/media-converter-api

A NodeJS API to convert media files. Any popular video/audio format can be converted to any video/audio format through API. And can be downloaded easily

Primary LanguageJavaScript

NodeJS API to convert Media Files

Convert your multimedia in nodejs as easy as you like

Description

By installing this application in your server you can easily convert media files to any format.

This module uses two other main modules that are referred to, at the end of this page.
Besides, ffmpeg tools are utilized for having a better performance.

Version 0.0.0

>> The conversion could be applied to these extensions:

  • Videos => (all formats supported by ffmpeg)
  • Audios => (all formats supported by ffmpeg)

Version 1.x.x

In Progress ...




Prerequisites

1. Install FFmpeg tools on your system

Its size is about 67.5M

You can find the installation solutions at their website here: ffmpeg

OR

You can do the following commands in preference to the first approach:

  • Windows :
    first, you need to install a download package manager for windows (sth like apt for Linux).
    I highly recommend you to download and install choco package manager from their website: chocolatey
    after the installation, just open up a command line (cmd or PowerShell) as administrator and then do the commands below:

    choco install ffmpeg
  • Linux (Ubuntu) :

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install ffmpeg
  • Mac :

    brew install ffmpeg --force
    brew link ffmpeg


References

As I said before, this module uses some other tools: