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Short video: Using flvmdi to inject metadata into flvs

Posted At : November 4, 2005 5:23 PM | Posted By : Stefan Richter | Related Categories: General

Just a quick little screen recording here. It shows how to use flvmdi from the commandline. The Explorer extension I use can be downloaded from the Microsoft website, it is called 'Open Command Window here'. I find it very useful as it enables you to open a DOS prompt at almost any location.

*** UPDATE ***
I have just noticed that the seek is not very accurate with this video. I think that's because I have encoded it with very few keyframes. FYI this video is also served via the PHP method posted previously.

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coool ... thanks!!!

# Posted By Tom Krcha | 11/5/05 4:44 AM

Easy but thanks for the "OpenCMDHere" executable ! I didn't know it, shame on me (I often use cmd ...) !
THX

# Posted By @lekss | 1/11/06 2:35 PM

maybe it's just me, but I don't see the video (only hear audio) on 2 computers. Win XP and a Linux Debian machine. ... both are running flash 7 -- maybe that's it. i'll try upgrading

# Posted By Jonathan | 1/25/06 2:19 PM

you need Flash Player 8, this is VP6 video I believe

# Posted By stoem | 1/25/06 2:22 PM

Does anyone know of a linux port of this flvmdi tool?

# Posted By Ted Gulesserian | 6/5/07 9:53 PM

Hi all, why i dont see any short video here ? i need help to inject metadata for the php flv stream please.
thx

# Posted By Herru | 12/19/07 6:20 AM

maybe update your flash player - the video is there...

# Posted By Stefan | 12/19/07 9:20 AM

Hi Stefan, i've update my flash player from adobe just now.. but still i cant see the video :( humm.. where can i view the instruction about how to inject the metadata to flv and use it with the "streaming flv video via php take two" ?
thx again

# Posted By Herru | 12/19/07 1:30 PM

Hi, finally i can see the video.. but it only played on mozilla firefox browser not on my IE7 strange.. maybe because the flash player version ? on my IE i've installed adobe flash player 9.0.47.0

there's an issue here.
btw thx alot for the video.

# Posted By Herru | 12/21/07 3:29 AM

Here's the Opencommandhere for vista - http://www.maximumpcguides.com/cmdhere-for-windows...

# Posted By Ben | 4/22/08 11:44 AM

where does the metadata come from - all that video does is show u selecting the app and then the video and then a k flag i thought injecting metadata would envolve an xml file with certain time points that was looked into the flash - if this is poss how ??? does flvmdi - i want to inject meta data i.e. chapter poss and then have hyperlinks that will skip the play head to that time point

# Posted By oliver | 7/14/08 11:37 PM

the metadata comes from the video itself - flvmdi examines the video's properties and writes the metadata for it.
To use the keyframe/timepoint injection you need to use another commandline flag, check the flvmdi docs for details on that.

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 7/15/08 9:09 AM

Very Helpful Thanks

# Posted By enaimator | 9/14/08 10:19 AM

Hi... can flvmdi be executed and eventually automated server-side? I'd like to automate this process for .swf files uploaded by many different members.

Thanks!

# Posted By Ray | 2/20/09 11:44 PM

hi Ray,
since this is a commandline tool it can very easily be automated server side, yes.

Regards,

Stefan

# Posted By Stefan Richter | 2/21/09 9:44 AM

Hey, is there a Linux utility to do the flvmdi thing?

Thanks
Crirus

# Posted By Cris | 7/4/09 8:42 PM

I just found it, on sourceforge, yamdi

# Posted By Cris | 7/4/09 9:07 PM

I am trying to add the 'duration' metadata to a flv file that I am streaming into my flash app via NetStream so that I can add a playhead etc... I have run the FLVMDI on this file but it doesn't appear to have added any extra metadata when I check the file in Bridge... any ideas? or am I not doinfg this correctly..?

# Posted By adguys | 9/23/09 12:02 AM

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