How to restream a m3u8 stream to YouTube with FFmpeg
Whilst it’s not common if you want to restream a m3u8 source and view through YouTube here is the way to do it with FFmpeg. You need to have the…
Tag: Server
Installing XAMPP on Windows Server 2012r2
XAMPP is a program that makes having a local web server simple. With XAMPP you can easily handle a web server (Apache) plus MySQL. Here is how to install and…
How to upload and setup a Windows server 2012r2 custom iso with Vultr
Here is how to upload a windows server 2012 r2 ISO to Vultr to get a windows VPS very cheap! Vultr is a trusted and reliable cloud computing business with…
FTP vs SFTP vs FTP/S
FTP the well known elderstatesman, File Transfer Protocol which allows tow computers or servers to send and receive data (files). FTP uses port 21 and is not encrypted, The communication…
PHP MYSQL PDO Prepared statements examples
To avoid injections and vulnerabilities when doing MYSQL interaction in PHP use PDO and prepared statements. It’s a bit more work but is the safest way to ensure you are…
How to do a vanity url with PHP and htaccess
A vanity URL is a URL that is simplified or is a cover to what the URL is fetching. On website that you have usernames vanity URL’s are the domian.com/username…
How to SELECT +1 and then INSERT MYSQL
This is something i had trouble with at first. I wanted to select the highest number (user_id) add 1 onto it (+1) and then insert it back into the database…
What is a Cron job?
A Cron Job is a scheduled repetitive task, these tasks are set on a time, day or date examples being: Every 20 minutes Every 24 hours from 3am Every 6…
Shared vs dedicated ip address | web hosting
Domain names became a thing because its easier to remember them than an ip address, every domain name has an ip address. An example of an ip address could be:…
KVM or OVZ? The differences
KVM and OVZ are types of virtulisation with servers. Server hosting companies have what is called dedicated servers, very powerfull machines. These dedicated servers are split up into VPS’s which…