PyMedia - some questions

[Kjell Magne Fauske]

I'm not familiar with PyMedia, but this blog entry should be of
interest:

[Video Blogging using Django and Flash(tm) Video (FLV)]
   http://blog.go4teams.com/?p=56

It describes a toolchain for publishing AVI files as FLV on the web.
ffmpeg is used together with a few other tools, but Python is used to
glue it all togheter.

- Kjell Magne Fauske

Lad wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone answer the following questions?
>
> Question 1.
> Can pyMedia create/convert FLV format? I explain in details.
> As I would like
> to publish videos for viewing in a browser , I need a good video
> format.
> I learned that  FLV (Flash(tm) Video) format could be a good choice.
> Or does anybody suggest a better format???
>
>
> Question 2 .
> So, I need to convert a file captured from a video camera into that
> FLV (Flash(tm) Video) format .
> Can pyMedia do that or must I use ffmpeg directly
> like this( to convert from avi to FLV )
> ffmpeg -i [sourcefile.avi] -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s
> 320×240 [destfile.flv]
>
>
> Question 3,
>
> This command creates a simple FLV format file, containing the video and
> audio streams. In addition, FLV files need meta-information such as
> duration, frames, etc. FLV movie players use this information to
> calculate progress bar sliders and allow the user to fast-forward or
> reverse through the video.
> Can PyMedia add such meta- information?
> 
> 
> Thank you for help
> Lad.