Hi,

I am developing a networking website for my collegemates. Where in
they can record their voice or their video profile online live in my
website and upload. Using webcams and microphones. I wanted a simple
and reasonably priced solution as this for private and non-commericial
use among our college. When i looked around i found in www.aff.com ,
they have this same system wherein once we register for free, we can
also record our video or audio profiles and upload. So, i wanted to
develop something similar to that wherein you can put in your profile,
your photos, audio & video profiles, all in flash.

Also i wanted to know if there is any freeware software which can
convert any media files like mpeg, avi, wma into flash and then posted
into the website as well. This will be useful if the internet
connection isn't fast enought for online recording in the case above.

My hosting server is a shared php based Linux server with other
default stuff, let me know if have to add-in any other linux
application.A handsome tip if the answer is in detail and precise.

Cheers!
Ap.

Anyway you need to have enought access to install and execute daemons
on your server. If you have access only to Web-server - nothing will
do for your streaming.

you will need dream weaver to make a video and voucie recorder
it will be so esay

Hi eugrus & cannahnealon,

Thanks for your comments. If it is needed i can host it at my home pc,
as i have my permanent IP address and connect it to the web. So,
installing anything new is also fine as far as it is free. I do have
dreamweaver with me, but can be pls tell me how can i develop the
application for online audio & video recording?

Ap.

You do not need the things you are talking about. A usual CMS with
file upload will do for you. Flash is always a barrier and a damn
technology, full-flash sites are always very nasty to use.

I don't think your going to try and find any freeware software which
enables you to change things to flash. You say are at college, you can
get Macromedia Studio 8, for £79.99. It should be about the same in
the US, if you live there. The package contains Flash, Contribute,
DreamWeaver, Flash Video Encoder- could be useful for you and
Fireworks. You do not evidence of being a student though.

For the main stuff I have no idea how you would be able to implement
something like that which would require a lot of coding work and
experience. I also dont get how getting Dreamweaver would make nething
easy for this. First off you are going to need some sortof user
interface where the people can upload their content (i dont know of
any programs that can record from the browser so users will probably
have to upload) and then all you need is a player that can play both
video and audio which you can use quicktime, wmp, or just a
flashplayer.This project might be somewhere to start
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tsuka.


As for the video to flash i dont know about freeware but there is a
lot of shareware out there

for recording flash (swf) files online, try out this application at :

www.flashsaver.com-http.com

hi this is cannahnealon-ga right all you need to do is send the source
code of the video please tell me your email addres

Hello arun_p-ga,

I think the best solution for you would be streaming the videos trough
flash instead of converting them to flash.
But I've found applications to do both, have fun:

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Converting
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ffmpeg free project on sourceforge, shell application on linux.
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/index.html

On2 Flix Engine software to convert, has a linux version (I've heard
this is the tool YouTube guys use.)
http://www.on2.com/

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Streaming
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Tutorials on how to stream video using flash:
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=7574E
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.asp?p=170179&rl=1

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Other
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Also take a look at this, might interest you:
http://www.pixpo.com/products/index.jsp


I assume you have knowledge on how to make a webpage to upload the
videos on the first place, in case you don't, ask me and I can
probably help you. Using this PHP framework will help you a lot.
http://www.symfony-project.com/

HTH, Eduardo Sampaio

I know a way to convert all video files to flash flv formats through a
freebie program.

http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

I current use SUPER to convert various movies etc.. It is a great tool
that is not laden with spyware. I hope this helps.