NYCPHP Meetup

[bz-gmort at beezifies.com]

Ben Sgro (ProjectSkyLine) wrote:
>> with ffmpeg when it becomes economically justifiable(ie you are 
>> willing to put the hours in to troubleshooting again and again when 
>> problems crop up).
> 
> Wish I knew what a problem it was before I fell into the trap of 
> deliverying
> a working application.

I knew what a problem it was and so set the rate quite high - so they 
had someone else do it and when they ran into problems than had to deal 
with hourly charges for troubleshooting.

The sad thing was they were uploading maybe a dozen videos over the 
course of a week - ie it would take next to nothing to convert the 
videos manually and ensure they work perfectly.  But they got stuck in 
the mindset that they paid hundreds of dollars for automatic conversion, 
so they wanted automatic conversion if it costs thousands more in 
troubleshooting problems.  :-(