I need to have a function on my website which takes high quality mp3´s and convert them into low quality mp3, made for streaming. The process should take place automatically when a new mp3-file is uploaded.
I´ve begun working with lame but I can´t get it quite right. The lame.exe works fine when I start the application manually in a command-promt window (WIN XP). But when I try to call the program from a PHP-script the mp3-conversion stops after just a few seconds:
$bitrate = 48;
exec("lame -a --mp3input --resample $bitrate hej.mp3 12.mp3");
If I write that code directly to lame in a command prompt window it works fine, the conversion completes. But as I said, when I try to do the same thing from PHP it stops before the conversion is finished.
I´ve checked the php.ini and it´s not the time for how long a a script can "act" which is too short. So what can it be?
I also need a way to close down lame.exe after the conversion is complete. Otherwise new lame.exe´s will be started each time I call the program from my PHP-script.
If anyone have any ideas I would be grateful! 😕
