PHPmotion

PHPmotion is an free video sharing software that is written in PHP. PHPmotion supports many different video formats as well as audio formats that include (mpg, avi, divx, mp3, and wma.) PHP Motion also comes with a content management system (CMS) and administration interface that allows users to manage video and audio sharing websites.

Features

The following is a list of some features that are included with PHPMotion.
*Uploading, managing, and deletion of videos and audio files
*Embedding of videos
*Creation and management of groups and member profiles
*Internal email messaging

Requirements

PHP motion software requires a dedicated Linux or Unix server or a web host that has the following features.

*PHP 4.3 and above (including support of CLI)
*MySQL database server
*LAME MP3 Encoder
*Libogg + Lybvoris
*Mencoder and Mplayer
*FFMpeg-PHP
*GD Library 2 or higher
*CGI-Bin
*Ability to run background processes.

And the following PHP Settings

*open_basedir = (no value)
*upload_max_filesize = 100M
*post_max_size = 100M
*max_execution_time = 1500
*session.gc_maxlifetime = 14000
*safe_mode = off
*Thread saftery = disabled
*enable_dl = On

History

PHPmotion was developed in 2007 as a free video sharing software that would give the average person the ability to have their own video sharing website.

Milestone Releases

*Demo Website Released (June 21 2007)
*Beta Release v1.1 (July 1, 2007)
*Beta v2 Release (January 24, 2008)
*v2 RC1 Release (February 22, 2008)
*PHP Motion Wiki Release http://wiki.phpmotion.com/doku.php (February 23, 2008)
*PHP Motion Bug Tracking website released http://bugs.phpmotion.com/ (February 23, 2008)
*v2 Full Version Stable Release (April 29, 2008)
*PHPMotion Templates released http://phpmotiontemplates.com (June 24, 2008)

Current Status

Currently PHPmotion has over 100.000 webmasters that have downloaded the software world wide and the software has been customized in over 35 different languages.

Related Products

There are a variety of products that are made to be used in conjunction with PHPmotion software. These products enhance the usability, functionality, and aesthetics of the software. For example, VIDEOGRABBER PLUS+ allows users to easily retrieve authorized videos to use on their websites from other websites such as youtube.com and myspace. InviteMyContacts allows PHPmotion users the ability to instantly import contacts from their email accounts like hotmail, gmail, and yahoo. MassUploader(FTP) allows PHPmotion users to do bulk uploads and conversions of videos and auto-generate title, descriptions, and tags.

PHPmotion templatesSee main article on PHPmotion TemplatesPHPmotion templates was launched in June 2008 to provide PHPmotion users an easy way to modify and customize the look and aesthetics of their website. Users are able to choose from an assortment of templates based on a variety of themes.

References

*http://www.phpmotion.com/
*http://www.phpmotiontemplates.com/
*http://www.phpmotion.com/forum

External links

*http://wiki.phpmotion.com
*http://www.phpmotion.net/