please check this video converter with ffmpeg that works?
PHP Code:
[QUOTE]<?php
function ffmpeg_convert($input_file, $to_format, $output_dir=null)
{
$input_file = realpath($input_file);
$output_dir = is_dir($output_dir) ? $output_dir : dirname($input_file);
$output_file = $output_dir.'/'.pathinfo($input_file,
PATHINFO_FILENAME).'.'.$to_format;
$cmd = sprintf('ffmpeg -y -i %s -f %s %s %s > /dev/null 2>&1',
escapeshellcmd($input_file),
$to_format,
(($to_format=='avi'||1)?'-f avi -vcodec mpeg4 -b 175k -g 300 -bf 2 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 32k':''),
escapeshellcmd($output_file)
);
echo $cmd;
exec($cmd, $output, $status);
$success = empty($status);
return $success ? $output_file : false;
}[/QUOTE]