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[Ben Sgro]

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.is-executable.php

FFMPEG was a PITA to setup for me.

Got it working though, converting .wmv's to .flv.

Web Scribble - Alexey Gutin wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am trying to check if a program is installed on the server through 
> PHP. In particular, FFMPEG. In Linux, I can just run “ffmpeg”, and the 
> shell will throw an error if it isn’t found. The same happens in Windows.
>
> Is there a way I can figure out if FFMPEG is installed on the server 
> (Windows or Linux)? I know I can try something like shell_exec(), but 
> it doesn’t seem to work too well if the command isn’t found.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexey
>
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