Log says successfull conversion, yet no file present at the location it points to...

Can you try selecting the audio codec liblamemp3 ? I think it's not happy about the mp3 codec

I'm having this same issue. I set up a configuration to harvest from a local directory, convert the video, and then save to a local directory. When I run the configuration Media Mover tells me:

Harvesting....
Configurationg process: harvest found 1 files
Configuration process: process is acting on 1 files
Configuration process: storage is acting on 1 files
Configuration process: complete is acting on 1 files

But I get this warning above from drupal:

warning: copy(files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/6/redblue.avi.avi) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\mbi\sites\all\modules\drupal-contrib\media_mover\contrib\mm_dir\mm_dir.module on line 276.

The issue seems to be that there is no converted video in files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/6/ (indeed the case when I check). I have tried converting from .avi and .wmv, and converting to .flv and .avi, and nothing works. I have also tried storing the converted file as a node, but still no luck. (I also tried using the liblamemp3 codec when converting to .flv as you suggested Arthur).

Here's my log:

Message 1:

Type media_mover
Date Monday, August 18, 2008 - 07:14
User davidlerin
Location http://localhost/mbi/admin/media_mover/config/4/run
Referrer http://localhost/mbi/admin/media_mover
Message mm_ffmpeg converted this file: files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/4/redblue.avi.flv
ffmpeg ran this command:
-i 'files/test_input/redblue.avi' -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 16 -vcodec flv -s 128x96 -b 50k -r 25 'files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/4/redblue.avi.flv'
Severity notice
Hostname 127.0.0.1

Message 2:

Type php
Date Monday, August 18, 2008 - 07:14
User davidlerin
Location http://localhost/mbi/admin/media_mover/config/4/run
Referrer http://localhost/mbi/admin/media_mover
Message copy(files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/4/redblue.avi.flv) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\mbi\sites\all\modules\drupal-contrib\media_mover\contrib\mm_dir\mm_dir.module on line 276.
Severity error
Hostname 127.0.0.1

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks!

Thought I should perhaps note my ffmpeg version info as well:

FFmpeg version SVN-r13118, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --enable-gpl --enable-liba52 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --disable-ffserver --enable-avisynth --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil version: 49.6.0 libavcodec version: 51.56.0 libavformat version: 52.13.0 libavdevice version: 52.0.0 built on May 11 2008 23:16:13, gcc: 4.2.3 c:/msys/local/bin/ffmpeg.exe: missing argument for option '-v'

I'm afraid I don't know a whole lot when it comes to ffmpeg... could "c:/msys/local/bin/ffmpeg.exe: missing argument for option '-v' " be the problem? I am running ffmpeg r13118 pre-compiled for win32.

Thanks again,

Jordan

can you run

#ffmpeg -i 'files/test_input/redblue.avi' -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 16 -vcodec flv -s 128x96 -b 50k -r 25 'files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/4/redblue.avi.flv'

from your drupal root? I'm guessing the audio settings are the problem, but let's see if it can convert

Thanks for the fast reply Arthur! Okay. I tried converting 2 files from drupal root with the command you gave me, one a small avi without sound, and one a larger wmv with sound. Both files seemed to convert fine, but I did get a couple of warnings. Here's what the command prompt gave me:

FFmpeg version SVN-r13118, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --ena
ble-gpl --enable-liba52 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --
enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --disable-
ffserver --enable-avisynth --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil version: 49.6.0
  libavcodec version: 51.56.0
  libavformat version: 52.13.0
  libavdevice version: 52.0.0
  built on May 11 2008 23:16:13, gcc: 4.2.3
[mpeg4 @ 6C184E10]frame skip 8

Seems stream 0 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 30000.00 (300
00/1) -> 30.00 (30/1)
Input #0, avi, from 'redblue.avi':
  Duration: 00:00:01.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2031 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 320x240 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], 30.00 tb(r)
WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not
kbits/s
Output #0, flv, to 'files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/4/redblue.avi.flv':
    Stream #0.0: Video: flv, yuv420p, 128x96 [PAR 1:1 DAR 4:3], q=2-31, 50 kb/s,
 25.00 tb(c)
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Press [q] to stop encoding
[mpeg4 @ 6C184E10]frame skip 8
frame=   26 fps=  0 q=21.3 Lsize=      30kB time=1.0 bitrate= 236.7kbits/s
video:25kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 20.939465%

And for the second file, wmv with sound:

FFmpeg version SVN-r13118, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
  configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --enable-postproc --enable-swscale --ena
ble-gpl --enable-liba52 --enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libmp3lame --
enable-libvorbis --enable-libtheora --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --disable-
ffserver --enable-avisynth --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --disable-static
  libavutil version: 49.6.0
  libavcodec version: 51.56.0
  libavformat version: 52.13.0
  libavdevice version: 52.0.0
  built on May 11 2008 23:16:13, gcc: 4.2.3
[wmv3 @ 6C184E10]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000
/1) -> 15.00 (15/1)
Input #0, asf, from 'session1.3.wmv':
  Duration: 00:09:31.52, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 155 kb/s
    Stream #0.0: Audio: wmav2, 16000 Hz, mono, 16 kb/s
    Stream #0.1: Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 320x240, 134 kb/s, 15.00 tb(r)
WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not
kbits/s
Output #0, flv, to 'files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/4/session1.3.wmv.flv':
    Stream #0.0: Video: flv, yuv420p, 128x96, q=2-31, 50 kb/s, 25.00 tb(c)
    Stream #0.1: Audio: libmp3lame, 22050 Hz, mono, 0 kb/s
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0.1 -> #0.0
  Stream #0.0 -> #0.1
[wmv3 @ 6C184E10]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0
Press [q] to stop encoding
frame=14317 fps=816 q=3.5 Lsize=    6650kB time=572.7 bitrate=  95.1kbits/s
video:2123kB audio:2238kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 52.513496%

Oops -- sorry, I am using Media Mover 5.x-1.0-alpha1, and FFMpeg Wrapper 5.x-1.0-alpha1.

Any ideas on a fix Arthur? I am in fairly urgent need of this module, so I really appreciate your help! Thanks again,

Jordan

Ah, it looks to me like -b 50k is the issue. Can you either remove that, or up the value to 500 or so?

Thanks Arthur! That put me on the right track: it turns out that that problem is the -ab 16, which I take it is the audio bit rate? I changed that to -ab 16k and everything worked without any warnings. I messed around, and discovered that anything from 1k up works without a warning, but anything lower (including -ab 999) produces a warning (it still converts the video okay from the command prompt, but I take it the warning is why media mover is not converting the file?)

The problem is when I select any of the audio bit rates in Media Mover (1k to 256k), when I look at the ffmpeg command in the log files, the 'k' is never there: it's always -ab 16 (for 16k) or -ab 256 (for 256k).

So I thought I could use the custom ffmpeg command box and run:

-i %in_file -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 16k -vcodec flv -s 128x96 -b 50k -r 25 %out_file

However, this didn't work either, and when I looked at the log it showed that the ffmpeg command run was:

-i n_file -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 16k -vcodec flv -s 128x96 -b 50k -r 25 0ut_file

Which is odd, because normally it shows the command with the actual file paths there, not 'n_file' and 'out_file'. It seems that the %in_file and %out_file tags did not work properly, as it should have said that this command was run:

-i 'files/test_input/redblue.avi' -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 16k -vcodec flv -s 128x96 -b 50k -r 25 'files/media_mover/ffmpeg/converted/12/redblue.avi.flv'

I hope I've been coherent with all this! Please let me know if you need me to explain anything better. Otherwise, is there any hope to finding a solution here?

Thanks always!

Jordan

Ok, that's interesting. This might be a change in ffmpeg. I'll have to check on my other machine to confirm that. As per the custom command- that was fixed recently, I think it hasn't made it to the forthcoming alpha4 which should be out shortly. I'll take a look at fixing the ffmpeg commands for that release as well.

Thanks a lot Arthur! Please let me know when an update is ready to try!

Hi Arthur, just wondering: do you have any rough estimate for when a fix might be available for this issue? I totally understand if you're swamped right now: it's just that I've got a deadline coming up for a big project I'm working on, and need to know whether I'll be able to use this module, or if I need to look for alternatives. That being said, do you know of any alternatives out there? I haven't found any Drupal modules that have anywhere near the same functionality as Media Mover.

If you have a fix for this anywhere close to being done, I would be willing to pay you to work on it. Feel free to email a quote to me at jm.magnuson@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Great news: custom FFMPEG commands are now working--which means that I can get video converted!

Slightly bad news: only custom commands are working. If I don't use a custom command, I still have this problem, and the video fails to convert:

The problem is when I select any of the audio bit rates in Media Mover (1k to 256k), when I look at the ffmpeg command in the log files, the 'k' is never there: it's always -ab 16 (for 16k) or -ab 256 (for 256k).

The main issue is resolved though, thanks to the custom commands working -- thanks a lot Arthur!

Ok, I'm going to put the k's into the ffmpeg_wrapper form- will require updating your ffmpeg_wrapper module and the configuration that you're currently using. Hopefully this will nip this issue in the bud!

Switched the project to ffmpeg. ks are now in the form, should hopefully solve the issue.