# Simple Server-Side Video Encoding Solution?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-server-side-video-encoding-solution/281056
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [February 4, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-server-side-video-encoding-solution/281056 "2009-02-04T14:21:18Z")
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### Author: ![subtrend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@subtrend](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/subtrend)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-server-side-video-encoding-solution/281056/1 "2009-02-04T14:21:18Z")

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Hi Guys,

I am looking for a simple solution for a server-side video encoder where a user would be convert videos from any format to FLV upon uploading them to a website.

I see that FFMPEG is the standard for this type of thing, but that looks very complex and I am not sure I could deploy it without alot of coding work. I found this other script called NCODE which does much of the coding, but it looks to simple and I am not sure it works as well.

So my question is do you have any recommendations for any open source (or commercial, if necessary) scripts that could help me accomplish this? I have seen some of them but I just want to find a really good one that would work for my site.

Also, would I be able to use this type of script on a shared hosting account or would I need a dedicated server? Also, any other general caveats I should be aware of when using this type of script or uploading videos to a website?

Thanks for your help!!