Adding video sharing to your website like YouTube???

[Zephyris]

My title says it all... Basicly I'm trying to add video sharing feature to my website but I can't seem to figure out a few things and I dont know where to post this topic, but you guys have always been of great help so I decided to post it here

 

I need to be able to play .FLV files through a flash player however my main problem is uploading those video..

 

How would I make it so a user can upload any type of video which would be converted to .FLV in the upload process???

Converting the video to .flv via an activeX or javascript onsite using client's power.

 

This above is my main problem^^^

 

I would appreciate any help... there's no answer I could find for my problem on the internet :S

[phpQuestioner]

 

You need to look into something like using Sever Side Scripting (such as PHP) to convert AVI or MPEG files into FLA files. I would try to Google something like that or maybe post this question in the PHP forum or this website or a flash forums website. That is my best advice off the top of my head; sorry it's not to concise, but it's the best I know to tell you.

[nogray]

Commericial script: http://www.clip-share.com/

Server side video format conversion: http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/

 

Online tools for users:

http://www.zamzar.com/

http://heywatch.com/page/home

http://www.mediaconverter.org/index.php

 

Software for users:

http://www.download.com/Riva-FLV-Encoder/3000-2140_4-10320097.html?part=dl-RivaFLVEn&subj=dl&tag=button&cdlpid=10320097

http://www.download.com/Ultra-Video-To-Flash-Converter/3000-2194_4-10534134.html?tag=lst-0-8

 

JavaScript/ActiveX can't convert video when uploading, you'll need to convert it before or after.