Server side mp3 to ogg process

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I am working on streaming audio files in HTML5. The requirements are to supply both mp3 and ogg files to handle different browsers. If a user uploads test.mp3, I need to generate a copy called test.off, and vice versa.

I realize the conversion can be done manually with free tools users can download, but I want to automate this process on the web server to ensure both file types are available if the user does not upload both versions.

User Uploads MP3---->Server Copies MP3---->Server Converts MP3 Copy to OGG

This is the format I'll be using for my HTML5 audio in an ASP.NET environment, only generated from my database.

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<audio>
  <source src="test.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
  <source src="test.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
   Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>

Thanks for any advice. Please do not post links to tools that require manual client side conversion.

Posted 26-Mar-13 8:29am

Motley Drew

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-03-26T08:44:00

Both formats, and a lot more, are supported by FFmpeg or libavcodec, which are the best libraries I know. Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ffmpeg[^],
http://ffmpeg.org/[^],
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libavcodec[^],
http://libav.org/[^].

You can use them on the server-side either directly, as the utilities, or as the libraries (please see below.) Use the codec "libvorbis".

In both cases, you can get free open-source utilities which can make nearly everything, including assembling your video from frame pictures.

Now, how to use it programmatically in a .NET application? First, you can use the available utility by running it using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.start.aspx[^].

If this is not good enough, you can wrap the library in a .NET assembly by yourself or find appropriate wrapper. Please see:
http://www.ffmpeg-csharp.com/[^],
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sharpffmpeg/[^],
http://vbffmpegwrapper.codeplex.com/[^].

After all, try to find some more: http://bit.ly/VpboUJ[^].

If you wish to work at such wrapper by yourself but don't know how, ask a question, I'll give you the basic ideas (using P/Invoke or C++/CLI "mixed-mode" project).

See also my past answers:
HTML5 and Mime, Streaming a video?[^],
how to convert image to video in C#[^].

—SA