Having some problems with the module validating the path on LEMP Ubuntu 10.04. ffmpeg is installed and working with ffmpeg wrapper test file conversion (I converted a mp4 to flv). The binary is located at /usr/bin/ffmpeg. Here is the output from the ffmpeg -version command:
FFmpeg version SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.2, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --extra-version=4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.2 --prefix=/usr --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-vdpau --enable-bzlib --enable-libgsm --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --enable-zlib --disable-stripping --disable-vhook --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-x11grab --enable-libdc1394 --enable-shared --disable-static
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Sep 16 2011 17:08:44, gcc: 4.4.3
FFmpeg SVN-r0.5.1-4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.2
libavutil 49.15. 0 / 49.15. 0
libavcodec 52.20. 1 / 52.20. 1
libavformat 52.31. 0 / 52.31. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 4. 0 / 0. 4. 0
libswscale 0. 7. 1 / 0. 7. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
Any thoughts on how to debug or where to look in the logs for the problem?
Thanks,
Michael
Comments
Comment #1
slashrsm commentedHave you tried to visit admin/config/media/ffmpeg_simple to see if Drupal looks for ffmpeg binary at the right place?
Comment #2
Anonymous (not verified) commentedI actually got it to encode a .flv file to .mp4 with no problem. I think the real issue is that there is no output from the ffmpeg command to the admin overlay when the correct path is input on the engine setup form. I hope I said that in a way that makes since.
Peace and Happy New Year,
Michael
Comment #3
Anonymous (not verified) commentedFound the problem. I am running a distribution of BOA (Drupal project Barracuda) and it seems that the latest release has a change in the php.ini where it disables popen(). You may want to add this your knowledge base for requirements.
Peace,
Michael
Comment #4
slashrsm commentedGood to know that! Thanks.
Do you know any more robust way to achieve the same thing?
Comment #5
Anonymous (not verified) commentedI am only minor league at figuring such things out, asking the question now over in the BOA group.
Peace,
Michael
Comment #6
Anonymous (not verified) commentedHere is a link to the question I posted in the BOA group about performance:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/202728
Peace,
Michael