Commercial-friendly video converter/encoder
**What is a good, commercial-friendly video encoder w/ .NET or command line interface?**

I'm developing a **commercial** web software meant for sale and distribution. I need to take videos uploaded by users and compress, resize, and convert them for web playback. I intend to playback the videos using **HTML 5** video with Flash as a fall-back. Therefore, the output formats I'm most interested in are: **MP4, WebM or Ogg, and FLV**. I'd prefer to handle as many input formats as possible, but at the very least: .WMV, .AVI, and all the output formats. I'm developing with ASP **.NET**, so a C# interface would be preferred but command line works just as well. Money is not really an issue, can afford $1,000+ for per server license.

Video encoders I've considered:

 - **FFMPEG**: *Has all the features I need, but uses the GPL/LGPL license. Not suitable for commercial redistribution.* 
 - **MEncoder**: *(Same reasons as FFMPEG, the GPL license)* 
 - **Video Encoder Engine by Sothink**: *Just a wrapper for MEncoder and/or FFMPEG, still bound by GPL.*
 - **Theora/Xiph encoders**: *Acceptable BSD license, but this only gains me the .Ogg format. I also need at least the .FLV format, preferably .MP4 too.*
 - **WebM/VP8 encoders**: *Again, acceptable license, but this only gains me the .WebM format. I also need at least the .FLV format, preferably .MP4 too.*
 - **Encoding.com**: *Need to keep all the processing on our own servers. Client already owns the server power needed for video encoding, they don't want to pay to offload the work. Client's usage my fluctuate a lot so monthly plans may be wasteful, but at peek the volume is enough to make the pay-as-you go too expensive.*
 - **SUPER**: *I think it's GPL.*

These products do what I need, however I haven't found any information about server licenses and/or command-line/API interfacing:
 - DivX
 - Moyea/Leawo Video Converter
 - Squeeze


My best option may be to use multiple encoders: a Theora or WebM encoder and an .FLV encoder. In this case, **what would you recommend for a commercial-friendly .FLV encoder** and **which Theora or WebM encoder should I use?**

Cheers,
Daryl
Commercial-friendly video converter/encoder
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**What is a good, commercial-friendly video encoder w/ .NET or command line interface?**

I'm developing a **commercial** web software meant for sale and distribution. I need to take videos uploaded by users and compress, resize, and convert them for web playback. I intend to playback the videos using **HTML 5** video with Flash as a fall-back. Therefore, the output formats I'm most interested in are: **MP4, WebM or Ogg, and FLV**. I'd prefer to handle as many input formats as possible, but at the very least: .WMV, .AVI, and all the output formats. I'm developing with ASP **.NET**, so a C# interface would be preferred but command line works just as well. Money is not really an issue, can afford $1,000+ for per server license.

Video encoders I've considered:

 - **FFMPEG**: *Has all the features I need, but uses the GPL/LGPL license. Not suitable for commercial redistribution.* 
 - **MEncoder**: *(Same reasons as FFMPEG, the GPL license)* 
 - **Video Encoder Engine by Sothink**: *Just a wrapper for MEncoder and/or FFMPEG, still bound by GPL.*
 - **Theora/Xiph encoders**: *Acceptable BSD license, but this only gains me the .Ogg format. I also need at least the .FLV format, preferably .MP4 too.*
 - **WebM/VP8 encoders**: *Again, acceptable license, but this only gains me the .WebM format. I also need at least the .FLV format, preferably .MP4 too.*
 - **Encoding.com**: *Need to keep all the processing on our own servers. Client already owns the server power needed for video encoding, they don't want to pay to offload the work. Client's usage my fluctuate a lot so monthly plans may be wasteful, but at peek the volume is enough to make the pay-as-you go too expensive.*
 - **SUPER**: *I think it's GPL.*

These products do what I need, however I haven't found any information about server licenses and/or command-line/API interfacing:
 - DivX
 - Moyea/Leawo Video Converter
 - Squeeze


My best option may be to use multiple encoders: a Theora or WebM encoder and an .FLV encoder. In this case, **what would you recommend for a commercial-friendly .FLV encoder** and **which Theora or WebM encoder should I use?**

Cheers,
Daryl