Working on a new project, needed some things from Host Gator to get a script working... These were some of the requirements:
MySQL (version 4 or higher)
PHP 5
Fmpeg (
http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu)
FFmpeg-PHP (
http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net)
Mplayer + Mencoder (
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html)
flvtool2 (
http://inlet-media.de/flvtool2)
Libogg + Libvorbis (
http://www.xiph.org/downloads)
LAME MP3 Encoder (
http://lame.sourceforge.net)
Zend Optimizer
So I send them an email, usually they are great and get me whatever I need in less than 24 hours, but today I get this response: "Due to the fact that you are using a shared server you will be unable to run FFMPEG at all. If this is something that you absolutely require, you will need to upgrade to a dedicated server."
Should I just move to dedicated or am I getting the run around?