Help building a Youtube type site

DezUk · 31 Jan 2011 at 18:47

I have an idea for a video site I want to build but don't really know where to start. I want it to be like Youtube so:

Able to search
Able to Upload videos
Able to record your on video from webcam
Categorize videos

Are there any scripts out there that I can use to get this project of the ground?

BloodyL · 31 Jan 2011 at 18:55

Do you have a plan as to how to pay for such high volumes of data transfers?
Using a CMS on a 2gb/month shared hosting starter package might be fine for sharing vids with a few friends, but it'll die very quickly once out in the wild, and you'll be left with a very expensive bill for bringing down the 30 sites that were hosted on the same server as yours, not to mention the penalties for going way over your usage limits.

DezUk · 31 Jan 2011 at 19:01

Yeah I am not really bothered about all the ins and outs of that just now. I just want to get a prototype up and running of my idea then start to think about the hosting plans etc.

So what can you suggest as a system to get me started?

UncleRuckus · 1 Feb 2011 at 14:52

http://www.hotscripts.com/search/all/video

Have a look, be aware of the licensing though.

blade007 · 2 Feb 2011 at 00:28

or http://www.topclonescripts.com/category/clone-script-database/youtube/

Craig321 · 2 Feb 2011 at 00:32

I coded the start of one myself which would allow the uploading of a video, convert it to flv and allow details etc. to be posted. They're quite straight forward if you know a bit of PHP.

Or, just use this: http://www.phpmotion.com/

Izi · 4 Feb 2011 at 11:38

ffmpeg

atmax1 · 4 Feb 2011 at 12:04

phpmotion but remember you need a server that deals with

- PHP 4.3 and above (including support of CLI)
- MySQL database server
- LAME MP3 Encoder
- Libogg + Libvorbis
- Mencoder and also Mplayer
- FFMpeg-PHP
- GD Library 2 or higher
- CGI-BIN
- Be able to run background processes

supafly · 11 Feb 2011 at 21:46

There are no good scripts out there. There are some basic scripts which can handle a lot of traffic, but none have anywhere near the functionality that youtube has.