# On-the-fly FLV compression?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-the-fly-flv-compression/190524>\
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**Created:** [June 12, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-the-fly-flv-compression/190524 "2006-06-12T17:44:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![shangrula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@shangrula](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shangrula)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-the-fly-flv-compression/190524/1 "2006-06-12T17:44:10Z")

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I wish to make use of on-the-fly FLV compression, i.e. someone selects a file of any supported type and Sorenson encoder (or simular) then compresses it to FLV format, ideally with a level of control over the compression ratios either via preset confirguations or via user input.

after some goo’ing I’ve found very little to support this, I know sites like youtube do it somehow but does anyone have a clue as to how I can achieve this on a server-side basis?

your help is much appreciated, I come to Kirupa for a reason 😉