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marcjacob · 09-21-2009, 04:29 AM

Hoping someone can help me. Is it possible for ffmpeg to make thumbs from a sponsor hosted flv file? Or would I need to copy the flv file to my own server before doing this?

If it is, if you feel like giving sample code I'd love you forever, if not just a "yes it's doable" or "no it's not" will help as at least that way I won't waste a day trying to figure out something that's not meant to be.

Thanks in advance

k0nr4d · 09-21-2009, 04:56 AM

you have to copy the file to your server first.

StariaDaniel · 09-21-2009, 04:57 AM

Imho it's not possible, ffmpeg can only access local files, so you'd need to make a small script
1) download file (via wget)
2) make thumbs (via ffmpeg)
3) delete file (via rm)

marcjacob · 09-21-2009, 04:59 AM

Thanks for that, that's exactly what I'll do

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