Myservercom Filemkv Work [ RELIABLE – BLUEPRINT ]
Here’s a production-ready Python script that watches a folder on myservercom and makes any new MKV file work via remux to MP4.
import subprocess import os from watchdog.observers import Observer from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandlerclass MKVHandler(FileSystemEventHandler): def on_created(self, event): if event.src_path.endswith('.mkv'): mkv_path = event.src_path mp4_path = mkv_path.replace('.mkv', '_web.mp4') print(f"Remuxing mkv_path to mp4_path") cmd = [ 'ffmpeg', '-i', mkv_path, '-c', 'copy', '-movflags', '+frag_keyframe+empty_moov', mp4_path ] subprocess.run(cmd, check=True) os.remove(mkv_path) # optional: delete original print("Done. MKV is now web-playable MP4.")
if name == "main": path = "/var/www/myservercom/videos" observer = Observer() observer.schedule(MKVHandler(), path) observer.start() print(f"Watching path for MKV files...") try: while True: time.sleep(1) except KeyboardInterrupt: observer.stop() observer.join()myservercom filemkv work
location /videos/
vod hls;
vod_mkv_remux mp4;
vod_segment_duration 2000;
Result: MKV works seamlessly in any browser without quality loss. Here’s a production-ready Python script that watches a
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -b:v 2000k -f mp4 output.mp4
Run a batch script on myservercom to convert all MKV files before serving.
If myservercom has a GPU (Intel QSV, NVIDIA NVENC): Result: MKV works seamlessly in any browser without
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -c:v h264_nvenc -c:a aac output.mp4
Trade-off: Quality loss, time, and storage but maximum compatibility.