Uploading, Grabbing Thumbnail and Displaying Videos in real time using PHP.

Chief-Techie · Aug 31, 2007

wats the Best For Uploading, Grabbing Thumbnail and Displaying Videos in real time using PHP ?

Once a User Uploads a Video to a Forum or Site say Something Like Youtube,Want the Thumbnail to Captured & Displayed Once the Video is Uploaded by the User

Any Help on this ?

6pack · Sep 1, 2007

Uploading, Grabbing Thumbnail and Displaying Videos in real time using PHP.

it was the very first link i got as i searched google

Chief-Techie · Sep 1, 2007

^^^ does not work well

Arya · Sep 1, 2007

I did a script sometime back for a website. let me see if i can find it. will update tonight.

Chief-Techie · Sep 1, 2007

^^^ thnx arya

Arya · Sep 4, 2007

Sorry cant find my old code, here are the snippets you could use. you need few other things as well...I've listed it below.

make a form

PHP:

<form action="uploadvid.php" method="post" name="form1"><label>File</label><input name="file1" type="file" /><input name="upload" type="submit" value="Upload" />

</form><body>

Upload the file

PHP:

//uploadvid.php

$yourfolder = 'some/folder';

$yourfile = $yourfolder . basename($_FILES['file1']['name']);

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file1']['tmp_name'], $yourfile)) {

    echo "Upload Successful...";

    

     $extn = explode(".", $_FILES['file1']['name']);

     $filename = extn[0];

     //convert uploaded vid to flv

    exec(/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i " . $yourfile . " -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320Ã—240 -y " . $yourfolder  . $filename . ".flv");

    //200x150 screenshot

    exec("/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -y -i " . $yourfolder  . $filename . ".flv" . " -f mjpeg -ss 2 -vframes 1 -s " . "200" ."x". "150" . " -an " . $yourfolder. $filename . ".jpg";);

    //code to display your screenshot and flv video using some video player

} 

else{

    die("Upload Failed");

}

You need to install ffmpeg and lame encoder. you can test basic things with ffmpeg, but there will be no audio without lame.

p.s. : ended up writing it all over again. its from the manual and am on windows right now so cant test. let me know if anything doesnt work.

Chief-Techie · Sep 4, 2007

^^^ this would do mate

U seem to be a PHP Guru

Arya · Sep 4, 2007

heh, glad to be of help. I'm just a small fry

btw Geshi didnt do it right.

This...

PHP:

    exec(/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i " . $yourfile . " -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320x240 -y " . $yourfolder  . $filename . ".flv");

should be

exec(/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i " . $yourfile . " -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320x240 -y " . $yourfolder . $filename . ".flv");