What are FFMPEG and MENCODER and do I need them?
FFMPEG and MENCODER are server programs which are used to convert video files into different formats. If you want to accept video uploads in a variety of video formats you need this software on your server. You should check with your hosting company that you have all the server requirements before Subscribing to hwdMediaShare. There are a number of shared hosts which support this software on their standard plans. If you do not have this software on your server, you can not convert videos. Therefore, you will only be able to accept video uploads in the flv video format, other formats can not be accepted. Not all shared hosting plans will support all requirements for hwdVideoShare so you need to ask before you buy your hosting services. However, there are still many companies that do offer shared hosting plans that fully support hwdVideoShare. You only need FFMPEG and MENCODER if you want to accept video uploads. If you only plan on using hwdVideoShare with videos from Third Party wesbit
