Change conversion command ffmpeg/mencoder

[admin]

You can use mencoder or ffmpeg to do conversion of video to FLV format. You can choose the one that works well on your server. To set this, edit the file include/settings/video_conversion.php

<?php

$cmd_ffmpeg = "$config[ffmpeg] -i $video_src -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv $video_flv";
$cmd_mencoder = "$config[mencoder] $video_src -o $video_flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -lavfopts i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames";

$cmd_all = $cmd_mencoder;


$convert_3gp = $cmd_all;
$convert_mp4 = $cmd_all;
$convert_mov = $cmd_all;
$convert_asf = $cmd_all;
$convert_mpg = $cmd_all;
$convert_avi = $cmd_all;
$convert_mpeg = $cmd_all;
$convert_wmv = $cmd_all;
$convert_rm = $cmd_all;
$convert_dat = $cmd_all;

If you need to use ffmpg for all video convertions, change

$cmd_all = $cmd_mencoder;

to

$cmd_all = $cmd_ffmpeg;

If you need to use ffmpge for converting files with extension dat, then use

$convert_dat = $cmd_ffmpeg;

You can also use your own custom convertion command for each of the file extensions.

[Alexy]

Thank you

[leki]

which is better?

[admin]

mencoder support more formats.

For more details, go a search

http://www.google.com/search?q=ffmpeg+vs+mencoder

[Blizzmo]

I had to use ffmpeg for .wmv videos.

The quality was really awful with mencoder.

So, I use:

$convert_wmv = $cmd_ffmpeg;

Now I have to finetune the bitrates to get the optimal quality/size...

[fugasi]

You can use mencoder or ffmpeg to do conversion of video to FLV format. You can choose the one that works well on your server. To set this, edit the file include/settings/video_conversion.php

<?php

$cmd_ffmpeg = "$config[ffmpeg] -i $video_src -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv $video_flv";
$cmd_mencoder = "$config[mencoder] $video_src -o $video_flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -lavfopts i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames";

$cmd_all = $cmd_mencoder;


$convert_3gp = $cmd_all;
$convert_mp4 = $cmd_all;
$convert_mov = $cmd_all;
$convert_asf = $cmd_all;
$convert_mpg = $cmd_all;
$convert_avi = $cmd_all;
$convert_mpeg = $cmd_all;
$convert_wmv = $cmd_all;
$convert_rm = $cmd_all;
$convert_dat = $cmd_all;

If you need to use ffmpg for all video convertions, change

$cmd_all = $cmd_mencoder;

to

$cmd_all = $cmd_ffmpeg;

If you need to use ffmpge for converting files with extension dat, then use

$convert_dat = $cmd_ffmpeg;

You can also use your own custom convertion command for each of the file extensions.

I cant find this file include/settings/video_conversion.php. Where is it? Should I create it? It is not in the include folder. There is also no settings folder in there.

[admin]

This will be available if you are using release - 20070530

You can see release by loging into admin area.

[commercebuddy]

How come this doesn't work? I have changed the file according to the instructions here and it still defaults to ffmpeg.

[somertech]

I have crawled this forum for a while and have tried many remedies suggested by Admin, but I still cannot get my site to convert uploaded video to flv file.
Here's the major problem. I am an experienced Windows admin, but have learned everything I know about linux in the past 4 weeks trying to get this site to work.
I am self hosting and running UBUNTU/Debian linux (Dapper release) and have managed to get the site requirements installed, in addition to the Vshare script. Most things seems to be working including file uploads but the end result is that a .flv file is not created, despite there being no obvious reason for the failure in the debug.txt file.

Here is a snippet from my debug.txt file

################### VSHARE DEBUG LOG START ###################


Temporary File Name :/tmp/phpIVQPWu
File Size :69818368
File Type :video/mpeg
File Name :AV11252005_190804.mpg

-------------------------------------------------------------

INSERT INTO video SET

UID=2,

title='DUNE_TEST_3',

description='DUNE TEST 3',

keyword='test3 dune3',

channel='0|7|0',

space = '67',

addtime='1183668887',

adddate='2007-07-05',

vkey='758126099',

type='public',

active=0,

filehome=''

-------------------------------------------------------------

SQL EXECUTED

LAST INSERT ID = 3
VIDEO URL = http://www.howdudothat.com/vshare/view/3/dune-test-3/
VIDEO LOCATION = /var/www/vshare/video/3.mpg
Uploded File Moved to: /var/www/vshare/video/3.mpg
Initialize ffmpeg - Begin
Initialize ffmpeg - END
Get video duration - START
Get video duration - END
DURATION: 215.724866
Create Thumbnail - START
Create Thumbnail - END

CONVERT COMMAND:

/usr/local/bin -i /var/www/vshare/video/3.mpg -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv /var/www/vshare/flvideo/3.flv


UPDATE VIDEO SQL:
update video set

vdoname='3.mpg',

flvdoname='3.flv',

duration='215.724866' WHERE VID=3


And here is what happens when I run the suggested Convert.php script with the appropriate convert command:

Last line of the output:
Return value: 126

What does this mean?

I have tried using both mencoder and ffmpeg in the video_conversion.php script to no avail.

What am I missing here? What else can I do to try and see where the file conversion is breaking down?

Please help. :cry:

[admin]

The convert command from the log file says

/usr/local/bin -i /var/www/vshare/video/3.mpg -acodec mp3 -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv /var/www/vshare/flvideo/3.flv

Ask your web host if they can run it on the server ?

Path to ffmpeg ends with ffmpeg. Your says /usr/local/bin that is not correct. Ask your web host about correct path of ffmpeg, mencoder, etc... Then fix it in config.php, it should end with ffmpeg.

If video is not getting converted, you need to check if convert command works on the server, if not it is problem with your requirements not properly working on the server.