video files get deleted when original file uploaded is a .flv

Same problem here.

Easy temporary solution is to check "Output Directories reference from Drupal Root" and set "Output Directory" like "sites/default/files/videos".

same pb
video files are deleted

I used the workaround but the cck module upload the video in the wrong directory (files instead of files/videos)
(the path under the attachment after upload)

so i can't play the video
but the videos are actually in the 'files/videos' directory
i checked "Output Directories reference from Drupal Root" and set "sites/default/files/videos" in the ffmpeg config

any helps

Confirming the issue, but even stranger, I don't have cron set up although I do run it manually (test site at the moment)?

Drupal 6.2, multi-site install, MySQL 4.1.222, PHP 5.1.6

Scenario 1

* default install
* upload any video file other than .flv
* thumbnail and .flv created in files directory
* everything works fine

Scenario 2

* default install
* upload a .flv
* thumbnail created and .flv found in files directory
* everything works fine
* sometime within the next few hours, .flv deleted
* bit worrying files can somehow be deleted even without cron running?

Scenario 3

* change "original directory" to in_vid and "output directory" to out_vid in ffmpeg settings
* upload a .flv
* thumbnail created, thumbnail and .flv found in files/outvid directory
* everything works fine - at least for now (19 hours later)

I can verify the same problem occurring.... Grrr.

MySQL 5.0.45 on Ubuntu Gutsy, PHP 5.2.3-1ubuntu6, and Apache 2 with Drupal 6.3.

When a flash video is uploaded, it works for a time (and is not run through the conversion process, it just gets copied). Eventually, it will disappear from the files folder.

Hi rantenki

Just change the directories as per my scenario 3 above - has been working fine ever since for me :)

Nope; that won't necessarily fix it (as per whysee's post). I found the bug however, and have a (tiny) patch. Basically, when a flv file is uploaded, it is never marked as permanent, so eventually gets eaten by the cron garbage collection call. In order to fix that, we need only add a single line of code in _flashvideo_perform_postop...

 701    else {
 702 
 703       // If the file was found, then all we need to do is just update the database information about that file.
 704       db_query("UPDATE {files} SET filepath='%s', filename='%s', filesize=%d WHERE fid=%d", $newfile->filepath, $newfile->filename, $newfile->filesize, $newfile->fid);  // Change the filepath in the files table.
 705       //Also, we need toset the status to permanent, otherwise the file will be deleted
 706       file_set_status($newfile, FILE_STATUS_PERMANENT);
 707    }

Is this still an issue for any one in version 1.5 or has this been resolved?