What is FFmpeg Hosting

FFmpeg hosting is a special type of web hosting where the host servers have software loaded on them (ffmpeg) which allows the automatic conversion of videos from one format to another.

FFmpeg hosting gets its name from a set of server side programs (modules) called ffmpeg. The creators of ffmpeg describe it as follows:

“FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec – the leading audio/video codec library.”

There are now available a number of applications or web scripts that will allow webmasters to create their own video sharing websites A good example of scuch script is the very popular PHPmotion Video Sharing Script. This free script will enable you to create a video site just like youtube.

According to PHPmotion systems requirements, FFmpeg hosting is required.  This is a typical example of the list of requirements for a video script.

Typical requirements for video Histing

- PHP 4.3 and above (including support of CLI)
- MySQL database server
- LAME MP3 Encoder
- Libogg + Libvorbis
- Mencoder and also Mplayer
- FFMpeg-PHP
- GD Library 2 or higher
- CGI-BIN

The trouble is that not a lot of web hosting companies have realised the huge demand and growth in the video makrket and as such there is very little by way of choice when it comes to ding a web host that will support all the requirements for a typical video intensive website.

This website aims to highlight the popular providers that do support (in most cases all) the typical requirements for a video sharing script.