FFMPEG error -

How do I do that?

1. Are you talking about the UBUNTU FFMPEG? I am not sure how to set up the codec in Ubuntu.

2. Are you talking about the DRUPAL "Video" Module?

The Video module Transcoder setting are the following:

Video transcoder : FFmpeg

PATH TO FFMPEG EXECUTABLE FFMPEG : /usr/bin/ffmpeg

Path to save thumbnails: videos/thumbnails

Number of thumbnails: 5

In case you are looking for a Drupal error message. I attempted to upload a file and when I do I get this error in Drupal:

Notice: Undefined index: video_extension in Transcoder->executeConversion() (line 115 of /home/website/sites/all/modules/video/includes/Transcoder.inc).
Notice: Undefined index: extension in PHPVideoToolkit->setOutput() (line 2186 of /home/website/sites/all/modules/video/libraries/phpvideotoolkit/phpvideotoolkit.php5.php).
Notice: Undefined index: extension in PHPVideoToolkit->setOutput() (line 2187 of /home/website/sites/all/modules/video/libraries/phpvideotoolkit/phpvideotoolkit.php5.php).
Notice: Undefined index: extension in PHPVideoToolkit->setOutput() (line 2193 of /home/website/sites/all/modules/video/libraries/phpvideotoolkit/phpvideotoolkit.php5.php).
Something went wrong with your video transcoding. Please check your recent log entries for further debugging.
PDOException: SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry '158' for key 'PRIMARY': INSERT INTO {node_comment_statistics} (nid, cid, last_comment_timestamp, last_comment_name, last_comment_uid, comment_count) VALUES (:db_insert_placeholder_0, :db_insert_placeholder_1, :db_insert_placeholder_2, :db_insert_placeholder_3, :db_insert_placeholder_4, :db_insert_placeholder_5); Array ( [:db_insert_placeholder_0] => 158 [:db_insert_placeholder_1] => 0 [:db_insert_placeholder_2] => 1344218422 [:db_insert_placeholder_3] => [:db_insert_placeholder_4] => 1 [:db_insert_placeholder_5] => 0 ) in comment_node_insert() (line 1301 of /home/website/modules/comment/comment.module).

I think there is something wrong with the FFMPEG install but I do not have a clue as to where to start in order to understand the error. Any help would be great.

I am using the video presets module as a base. Here are the screen shots of the preset mp4.

I get the following error when I attempt to create a mp4 file.

• Something went wrong with your video transcoding. Please check your recent log entries for further debugging.
PDOException: SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1062 Duplicate entry '160' for key 'PRIMARY': INSERT INTO {node_comment_statistics} (nid, cid, last_comment_timestamp, last_comment_name, last_comment_uid, comment_count) VALUES (:db_insert_placeholder_0, :db_insert_placeholder_1, :db_insert_placeholder_2, :db_insert_placeholder_3, :db_insert_placeholder_4, :db_insert_placeholder_5); Array ( [:db_insert_placeholder_0] => 160 [:db_insert_placeholder_1] => 0 [:db_insert_placeholder_2] => 1344275450 [:db_insert_placeholder_3] => [:db_insert_placeholder_4] => 1 [:db_insert_placeholder_5] => 0 ) in comment_node_insert() (line 1301 of /home/website/modules/comment/comment.module).

Here is the Players and Transcoder pages

OK

Updating to the new version has changed the errors somewhat. I am now able to create the node which was not happening before but of course the video converter is still not working. Since there have been some changes I am going to give you a little more information about what has changed. I did the following steps.

1. Updated the video module to version 7.x-2.7
2 Attempted to create a new video node and upload a .mov video again.
3. Captured the new set of error messages.
4. Took a screen shot of the preset config page.

NEW ERRORS I FOUND.

1. Error appears when I look at the new video node I just created.

Notice: Undefined index: poster_image_style in video_field_formatter_view() (line 1088 of /home/website/sites/all/modules/video/video.field.inc).

1a. The converter was not able to convert the format. I received the following error.

The video conversion process has failed. You might want to submit a simpler video format like mpeg or divx avi.
If the problem persists contact your website administrator. Please check logs for further debugging.

I also took a screen shot of the node so you can see what it looks like.

2. Write protect error noted in the Drupal log.

-FFmpeg failed to transcode test_video.mov.
-Reported errors

-PHPVideoToolkit error: Execute error. The tmp directory supplied is not writable.
-Executed commands and output

I looked at the directory ...sites/default/files/video/ and I noticed that the automatically created number directories in the directories "Thumbnail" and "Converted" have the permission 776 and are owned by www-data. Most of my directories in this website have a "username" owner.

Can you tell me which temp directory this error is referring too?

Thanks,

Spineless

What do you mean by "Filesystem administrative page"? Are you referring to the sites/default/files directory? or the sites/default/temp directory. These two files are pointed to in the website configuration page located at admin/configuration/media/file system.

These directories have a permission of 777.

Or do you mean the Transcoder....

There are two folder the transcoder page points to which is visible in the screen shots I provide earlier. The directories are

"Path to FFMPEG Executable" is ... /usr/bin/ffmpeg

"Path to save thumbnails" is .... videos/thumbnails

Again....the error I see is " PHPVideoToolkit error: Execute error. The tmp directory supplied is not writable."

Could you provide me the path or the location where I can find the directory you are referring too?

When I took a look at the last directory I can see that the screenshots are being created and uploaded to this directory but the converted files that the trancoder is suppose to create and not being placed in the video/converted directory.

I noticed that when I create a new video node I see that an error appears on the node page. The error log indicates a permission issue but the node error states something else.

Could there be anything else that could be misconfigured?

There are two directories listed on the page admin/config/media/file-system.

sites/default/files

sites/default/temp

Both are owned by the "user". They are not owned by www-data. However, the permission setting for these two directories is set to 777 and can be written by everyone.

To double checked, I resubmitted the page admin/config/media/file-system and the configuration was able to be saved.

Yes I can do that. Please log in and I will upgrade your access.

www.cabinfeverclub.ca

OK...Give me a day. I just noticed that there are modules that need updating includes video preset. So i will update these back up the system then provide you access.

Hello Jorrit, You should have access now.

Hello Jorrit

Can you please update your doumentation to reflect these findings so that others can get this.

By the way. I am unable to open the link you provided to Ubuntu forum. I do not have permission....which is weird because I am fairly active on the site. I did some pocking around and found this FFMPEG Configuration guide that mentioned H.264.

https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/UbuntuCompilationGuide

IS this the link you mean to point to?

Thanks for your help.

This is the best documents I could find to install FFMPEG with X264 on UBUNTU 11.04.

https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/How%20to%20quickly%20compile%20FFmpeg%20with%20libx264%20(x264%2C%20H.264)

Hello Jorrit,

I was able to reinstall ffmpeg with X264 using the instructions in #25. The code compiled without any error and I assume it works but i do not know how to test if this is so.

I experienced the same error as before. When I checked the log I found a comment " File for preset 'libx264-hq' not found" So I took a look at the presets again and found a comment to use NONE in the field "FFMPEG video Preset".

This is the error report. http://www.cabinfeverclub.ca/admin/reports/event/96

When I used this setting I got a different error.

Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Operation not permitted.

This is the error report. http://www.cabinfeverclub.ca/admin/reports/event/101

I read through the preset documents at the ffmpeg website and could not figure out which preset would apply to this install. I was able to find the preset directory inside the ffmpeg directory and here are the files I found.

libvpx-1080p50_60.ffpreset
libvpx-720p50_60.ffpreset
libx264-ipod640.ffpreset
libvpx-1080p.ffpreset
libvpx-720p.ffpreset
libvpx-360p.ffpreset
libx264-ipod320.ffpreset

I tried selecting a couple of these.....libvpx-360p and libx264-ipod640.

http://www.cabinfeverclub.ca/admin/reports/event/110

http://www.cabinfeverclub.ca/admin/reports/event/114

I hope this helps. I do not have a clue why this is not working.

Any help would be great.

Thanks for your help. I was able to upload a video or two and everything works now.

Here is a screenshot of the final preset for anyone else reading this.

Spineless