Perl function that returns info about a video (uses FFMPEG)

This program contains a Perl function I wrote to extract data about a given video.

It also shows how to parse information from program output and organize it usefully.

This has been used a few times in production systems.

If you use this, please drop a comment! It would be fun to know.

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#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# get_video_info.pl
# by Andrew [...]

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Create a test pattern video with Perl

I wanted a test pattern video to test a transcoding daemon I wrote for an iPhone application. I wanted to use the classic RCA test pattern image and a tone.

Simply edit the program header with the path to an image you want to use and the name of the output file you’d like to create.

You’ll need [...]

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My remote MySQL backup script in Perl - rtar_mysql.pl

Before you can use this script, you need to set up SSH so your local cron can access the remote servers without a password.

One thing to note about this script is that it automatically rotates the archived dump files; keeping a fie for the 1st of the week on a month, 1st of the month and [...]

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