PHP gurus ...

[qw12er]

I want to save a screenshot of a swf movie using PHP. Is there any way I can do this ?

[biskoppen]

I'd say there is no direct way of doing it... you probably need to install some software on the server which you can send commands from PHP

[HomerSimpson]

you will probably need ffmpeg installed

here's a link you might use
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/arch...-10327812.html

PS: is the video FLV or SWF?

[qw12er]

Can be both. Does it make a difference ?

[bashbug]

<?php
$movie = new ffmpeg_movie("video.flv", false);
$framenum = 15;
$frame = $movie->getFrame($framenum);
$im = $frame->toGDImage();
imagejpeg($im, "test.jpg");
imagedestroy($im);
print '<img src="test.jpg"/><br/>';
?>

you will need to have ffmpeg-php4 or ffmpeg-php5 installed.

[Hansm]

Only PHP Programmers who are starting are using for every thing a extension, alot hosts are not going to install php-ffmpeg. so save yourself alot of work and use ffmpeg direct with the shell_exec function.

using a extension for something so easy is ridicoules anyway.

<?php
$movie = new ffmpeg_movie("video.flv", false);
$framenum = 15;
$frame = $movie->getFrame($framenum);
$im = $frame->toGDImage();
imagejpeg($im, "test.jpg");
imagedestroy($im);
print '<img src="test.jpg"/><br/>';
?>

you will need to have ffmpeg-php4 or ffmpeg-php5 installed.

[Hansm]

FLV screenshot can be easy extracted. SWF is harder. As long as i know ffmpeg can not do this but not 100% sure about it, never tried.

only worked with movie files myself and ffmpeg.