video on website with php

Question

I'm writing a web application where users can submit pictures, videos, and descriptons of points on a Google Map. I have the application written except for the video uploading. I've read about ffmpeg to convert uploaded videos and I've also read you need a flash video player for the users to view your videos. The server-side of my site is in PHP, am I on the right track here and is there a good open source flash video player that I could use? Any general tips from those who've done something like this? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

About the Flash video player, you could take a look at Flowplayer

You can also take a look at these questions, which might give you some pointers :

• How to display youtube-like video player in website?
• Making a video sharing site, need a videoplayer
• PHP and FFMPEG - Performing intelligent video conversion
• Add dynamic video content (YouTube like) (PHP)

Hope these help! Have fun!