Keep getting:

"FFmpeg Wrapper could not find the path to the FFmpeg binary. You will need to set this by hand at: admin/settings/ffmpeg_wrapper"

What path am I supposed to supply? Is it relative to my Mac folder structure og relative to the Drupal folder structure?

I've tried everything (I know I haven't, off course). Can't find any README or documentation...? Using MAMP as dev platform and the ffmpeg folder/files found here: http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.6.1.tar.gz

Best,
Thomas

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arthurf commented

Do you know if your ffmpeg version is executable? On the command line type ffmpeg -v and see if you get any output.

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thomas1977 commented

Do you mean command line like in Windows command prompt? Entering "ffmpeg -v" produces "command not found" in Terminal (Mac).

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arthurf commented

You need to provide the path to where the ffmpeg binary is installed. Have you installed ffmpeg already?

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thomas1977 commented

I've unpacked http://ffmpeg.org/releases/ffmpeg-0.6.1.tar.gz to my Drupal root dir. I'm not sure if this is what you call "installing" ffmpeg. Anyway, I've tried moving the folder to other paths as well. No luck.

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arthurf commented

So that looks to be the ffmpeg source- you still need to compile it before it is useable for you. There are lots of guides out there for doing this, but if you're not familiar with compiling software I don't think starting with ffmpeg is going to be an easy first try. You might want to look here http://24b6.net/content/ffmpeg-binary.

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thomas1977 commented

Thanks for your time and the link :-) I had no idea it was going to be so relatively complicated to install a video format converter on my Drupal installation. Would be helpful to have some kind of downloadable step-by-step explanation on the "homepage" of the module.

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arthurf commented

The unfortunate truth is that anything regrading video is neither easy or obvious. I'd gladly accept a installation writeup if you wanted to do one!

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anuarlezama commented

thomas1977 just want to know if you installed the ffmpeg and if its working properly, I am having problems with the ffplay

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thomas1977 commented

@ anuarlezama

I'm afraid I never succeeded in getting it to work...

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arthurf commented

On the command line type: whereis ffmpeg
This will give you the path to the binary. You can put this in the configuration. It can be the case on shared hosts that ffmpeg is not executable because of basedir settings. In this case copy ffmpeg into your drupal root and use that path.