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clifgray
clifgray

Reputation: 4419

Video Conversion in Python on Google App Engine

I am using Google App Engine to host a website where I want users to be able to upload any video and then I want to use flowplayer to display it, which requires MP4 and webm formats to support all browsers. I have it working correctly where a user uploads a video and then I can serve it but I need to convert it into those two formats so that I everyone can view the video.

Is there any Python project I can import to do the conversion on App Engine or any resources showing how I can do it with something like Google Compute Engine? I need it to be done automatically on the server and most projects that look stable for this in python are written to by done by command line on a personal computer.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 641

Answers (1)

GetItDone
GetItDone

Reputation: 576

I'm not sure about Google App Engine, but you may want to look into using FFMPEG. I am currently hosting a site on heroku and have been able to use it spawning a task that will automatically grab an image from the uploaded video for display and convert the uploaded file to mp4. In order for conversion to mp4, you will need a compilation using libx264. I am no expert on this, but it may be something you want to look into if you haven't already. In my app on heroku, I am able to convert uploads to mp4, but it has definitely taken some time to figure out the right configuration and it still takes longer than I would like. However, I am also a fairly new developer and this is my first app ever created, so it might be easier for you to get working the way you want it.

Upvotes: 1

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