Hi! I’m looking for an open-source, preferably FOSS video transcoding web interface.

I would like the transcoding to be done on the server side, be secured by a password if possible (so people don’t 100% the server), and I want no data sharing. Most important feature: must allow web uploads. I don’t want to automate transcoding, or transcode files that are in the server: I want clients to be able to upload their media and get it transcoded.

The transcoding aspect is important: not just a change in container / file extension, but a real transcoding (changing video codec). Being able to change the bitrate is a plus.

I’ve been looking at many projects and most are sadly either too simple for my needs (only container change, no real ability to choose the codec, or unchangeable bitrate), or focused on files that are already on the server.

(something like a ffmpeg web UI that runs on the server would be great)

Thanks :)

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    4 days ago

    I did. You’ve been told no such thing exists multiple times already. I’m just giving you options for what DOES exist. Fuck me, right?

    • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      23·
      4 days ago

      VLC is anything but intuitive and I’m pretty sure you can’t encode media and save it on your computer, and for sure not on mobile devices

        • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          1·
          42 minutes ago

          Just trolling

          You just sent a documentation page that comes straight from hell, having to use CLI on iPhone (how tf do I do that?), and on top of that it’s a page for STREAMING not TRANSCODING to a file

          You can’t pull the file from your own device anyways. It would require device -> server -> device to then transcode locally

          • non_burglar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            32 minutes ago

            I mean, you just keep asking different people whether a thing that does X exists. They’ve all said no, but you can use Y plus mods to do it. Doesn’t seem good enough for you.

            Now you’ve risen to “VLC cant do that”. I’ve shown you it can, and you not only beak back at me about it being CLI, but downvote me as well. Thanks for that.

            streaming not transcoding

            Literally the first sentence:

            “This functionality allows you to link VLC’s transcoding capability with a segmenter which will in turn create the series of files needed for http live streaming to the iPhone”

            You don’t know what you’re talking about, and you don’t understand your own problem.

            Regardless of any info you get here, you will still need to problem-solve. Good luck.

      • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        4 days ago

        That’s exactly what VLC’s main purpose is. Have you even looked at it? It’s one of the most intuitive front-ends to transcoding out there. Desktop, mobile, and web.

        • MajesticElevator@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          12·
          3 days ago

          I guess I never found out how to do that. I’ve been using VLC for many years and never found a way to encode a file to something else, change its bitrate, and save to disk. It doesn’t work on iOS for sure.