Encode audio with cURL and open-source tools
Download audio with cURL, encode AAC, M4A, MP3, or Opus with FFmpeg, and check the results. Includes reusable Bash scripts and batch error handling.
Kevin van Zonneveld
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Track PHP file uploads with session upload progress
Track PHP file upload progress with a runnable PHP-FPM and Nginx example, validate uploaded files, and keep delayed polls from replacing the final result.
Tim Koschützki
Compose remote images with cURL and ImageMagick
Download and compose remote images with cURL and ImageMagick. Bound HTTPS transfers, resize a background and overlay, and clean up failed jobs.
Tim Koschützki
Automate animated GIF previews on the CLI
Generate short animated GIF previews with FFmpeg and Bash, preserving nested video filenames, protecting existing output, and reporting batch failures.
Kevin van Zonneveld
Content-aware resizing with PHP & ImageMagick
Resize a JPEG to 400 × 300 in PHP with Imagick’s liquid rescale, verify liblqr support, and understand when seam carving can distort your subject.
Tim Koschützki
