I have downloaded the following modules:

Video Module
FFMPEG Wrapper

I also downloaded one of the versions of FFMPEG (it is a zip file and has a bin folder which contains ffmpeg.exe) I placed the ffmpeg.exe file in my drupal directory. Set the path in the FFMPEG Wrapper settings.

Now everything went smooth so far, but when I go to "test convert file" and upload a simple .wmv video file, I keep getting the error "There were errors found!" "Errors found: FFmpeg failed to create an output file. This could be due to permission problems or an error from the encoding settings."

Does anyone know how much more work has to be done to get this to work properly? Is compiling involved? is it a simple permissions setting? Please let me know. Thank you.

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arthurf commented

On the settings page are you seeing the formats and codecs available?

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HunterT commented

yes I am, maybe I'm selecting something wrong?

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HunterT commented

I went to this link http://www.vidionline.com/php/7-how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-windows

will I have to do this? or does the ffmpeg wrapper module do it all for me as long as it can find ffmpeg.exe

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arthurf commented

If you're seeing the codecs and formats on the ffmepg_wrapper page that means that you should be able to convert files. Can you check your logs to see what the error is that ffmpeg_wrapper is reporting?

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HunterT commented

I looked under logs and the only one for today is file_get_contents(/misc/autocomplete.js) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\videos\includes\locale.inc on line 1714.

The file I'm trying to convert is a .WMV file.

For output format i select .flv

should i be selecting anything else under audio or video?

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HunterT commented

Hmm after following the first couple steps of that link that I posted above, I ran the command in msdos to see if it would convert the same video file I'm trying to test in ffmpeg wrapper. and the result was Audio Encoding Failed

output buffer too small

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arthurf commented

You might want to try the custom command option and just do a very basic conversion with a small file- that might help pinpoint if the issue is your server setup or a specific file.

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HunterT commented

ok I will try that, now besides the whole testing thing. I actually just tried to upload the video file through my content type.

The results were:

Successfully converted your video.
Video submission queued for transfer to your Amazon S3 server. Will be there shortly.
videotest has been created.

but in a red box it says This video is currently being processed. Please wait.

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arthurf commented

You might want to move this over to the video module issue queue- this last issue is not ffmpeg wrapper

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HunterT commented

ok sorry, just realized that. thank you for all of your help.