Compress Videos using FFmpeg Laravel & shell_exec method

Compress Videos using FFmpeg Laravel & shell_exec method

Introduction

1. First of all, install FFmpeg in your composer. Perform the steps below to install it on Ubuntu:composer require pbmedia/laravel-FFmpeg
2. Start by updating the packages list: $ sudo apt update
3. In your app.php use these
4. In providers
   Pbmedia\LaravelFFmpeg\FFmpegServiceProvider::class
5. In your controller
   Use the following on top of the controller-
6. use FFmpeg;
use FFmpeg\Coordinate\Dimension;
use FFmpeg\Format\Video\X264;

Result:

By using this example you can do video compression.

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Originally published at https://blog.webnersolutions.com on April 29, 2020.