[FFmpeg-devel] Online converter using ffmpeg

[Alexei Svitkine]

I hope you're running it in a sandbox.

Else someone could find some random exploit in an obscure codec and
take over your box. :P

-Alexei

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Tanguy <tanguysauvin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tomas H?rdin <tomas.hardin <at> codemill.se> writes:
>>
>> Cool. Tried it, seemed to work fairly well. Haven't tried without
>> Javascript though. I use NoScript at home.
>>
>> Some feedback:
>>
>> You should inform the user of which codecs you're using at least for AVI
>> and MOV. Usually these containers contain a rather heterogeneous mix of
>> codecs in the wild - the most common being divx variants and msmpeg4v2,
>> and mp3 (I think).
>>
>> You might want to make sure people's uploads/converted files don't
>> collide filename-wise.
>>
>> I can't find any mention of FFmpeg anywhere. I suspect a link to
>> ffmpeg.org is required if you want to be linked in return. It's also a
>> good idea since more savvy users just figure "aha, it takes anything
>> ffmpeg takes".
>>
>> /Tomas
>
>
>
> Thank you for the advices.
>
> For codecs, I will think about his even if I want to make something really
> simple. It was the reason why I didn't get into details.
>
> I didn't make any mention to ffmpeg, I wanted to put one, but at the end I
> didn't know where to put the link so I forgot it. If it is nedded, I can add one
> easily.
>
> Thank you Thomas.
>
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