Conversion failed error

thanks a lot for the reply travist.....
its great to get advice from the creator of this awesome module
I yet am not able to figure out the issue..after running the command in shell I get this output:

/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i "/.automount/avenger.cis.ksu.edu/root/exports/home/grads/snehalm/public_html/sites/default/files/football.mpeg"
FFmpeg version SVN-r16916, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --shlibdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-static --enable-shared --cc=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc --disable-debug --disable-network --disable-optimizations --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvorbis --disable-demuxer=v4l --disable-demuxer=v4l2 --disable-demuxer=oss --disable-muxer=oss --enable-x11grab --disable-ssse3 --disable-altivec --disable-mmx2 --disable-amd3dnow --cpu=i686 --disable-vhook --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-swscale --disable-stripping
libavutil 49.14. 0 / 49.14. 0
libavcodec 52.11. 0 / 52.11. 0
libavformat 52.25. 0 / 52.25. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 3. 0 / 0. 3. 0
libswscale 0. 6. 1 / 0. 6. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Mar 23 2009 10:09:25, gcc: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)
Input #0, mpegvideo, from '/.automount/avenger.cis.ksu.edu/root/exports/home/grads/snehalm/public_html/sites/default/files/football.mpeg':
Duration: 00:00:06.96, bitrate: 1097 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 352x288 [PAR 178:163 DAR 1958:1467], 1098 kb/s, 25.00 tb(r)
At least one output file must be specified
viper$ -f flv -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 64k -ac 1 "/.automount/avenger.cis.ksu.edu/root/exports/home/grads/snehalm/public_html/sites/default/files/football_8.flv"

Now it already knows where to put the ouptput file from the path name...but yet the conversion is not working...
What else should I try?

thanks,

Snehal

Hi Travist,

It worked when I put the command on the command line! The flash file was successfully converted.
But still it doesnt work when I convert it by uploading a file. I am guessing it is something to do witht the cron task. Would you haver any ideas??

thanks,

Snehal

Hi,

This is really strange.
I checked the logging data field in the flashvideo settings.

I inspected the ffmpeg_data table, and it had the following output:

Command: /usr/bin/ffmpeg -y -i "/.automount/avenger.cis.ksu.edu/root/exports/home/grads/snehalm/public_html/sites/default/files/WhaleEat_0.wmv" -vframes 1 -ss "00:00:02" -an -vcodec mjpeg -f rawvideo -s ""130x100"" "/.automount/avenger.cis.ksu.edu/root/exports/home/grads/snehalm/public_html/sites/default/files/WhaleEat_0_32.jpg"
Data: FFmpeg version SVN-r16916, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-static --enable-shared --cc=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-network --disable-optimizations --disable-encoders --disable-demuxer=v4l --disable-demuxer=v4l2 --disable-demuxer=alsa --disable-demuxer=oss --disable-muxer=alsa --disable-muxer=oss --disable-mmx --disable-ssse3 --disable-altivec --disable-mmx2 --disable-amd3dnow --cpu=opteron --disable-vhook --enable-gpl --enable-postproc --enable-avfilter --enable-avfilter-lavf --enable-swscale --disable-stripping
libavutil 49.14. 0 / 49.14. 0
libavcodec 52.11. 0 / 52.11. 0
libavformat 52.25. 0 / 52.25. 0
libavdevice 52. 1. 0 / 52. 1. 0
libavfilter 0. 3. 0 / 0. 3. 0
libswscale 0. 6. 1 / 0. 6. 1
libpostproc 51. 2. 0 / 51. 2. 0
built on Mar 30 2009 13:33:15, gcc: 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 30.00 (30/1)
Input #0, asf, from '/.automount/avenger.cis.ksu.edu/root/exports/home/grads/snehalm/public_html/sites/default/files/WhaleEat_0.wmv':
Duration: 00:00:22.75, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 348 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: wmav2, 32000 Hz, stereo, s16, 32 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 320x240, 280 kb/s, 30.00 tb(r)
Unknown encoder 'mjpeg'

Note: This unknown encoder mjpeg

but when I run the above two statements using ssh the jpg thumbnail is successfully created!!
I cannot understand how it behaves differently when the same command is being used?

I would appreciate any comments please!

thanks,

Snehal