FFmpeg

OK, I was reading the wiki, FFmpeg and it says that FFmpeg is already installed on dreamhost. Is that true?

if so, I would like to know why this doesn't work... any one know?

In reply to:

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<?php
$loca = '../../tzfiles.com/users/ryan/file.mpg';
$new = '../../tzfiles.com/users/ryan/file.flv';
if(exec("/home/ryannaddy/bin/ffmpeg -i $loca -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320x240 $new"))
echo 'SUCCESS!!!';
else
echo 'FAILED :(';
?>

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the output says FAILED :(

Does the ffmpeg binary actually exist in "/home/ryannaddy/bin/ffmpeg"?

Perhaps you should run a which ffmpeg (from the shell) to discover the exact location of ffmpeg on your dreamhost server, and use that instead

it is "/usr/bin/ffmpeg"

so I switched it, and it still doesn't work.

Any ideas why now?

In reply to:

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<?php
$loca = '../../tzfiles.com/users/ryan/file.mpg';
$new = '../../tzfiles.com/users/ryan/file.flv';
if(file_exists($loca)){
if(exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i ".$loca." -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 320x240 ".$new))
echo 'SUCCESS!!!';
else
echo 'FAILED :(';
}else{
echo 'File Doesn't exist';
}
?>

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Browsing to http://tzfiles.com/users/ryan/ shows that /home/yourusername/tzfiles.com/users/ryan/file.mpg does not exist, so it *should* fail (even if your path to that file was correctly stated).

--rlparker

OK, the file file.mpg is now there.

http://tzfiles.com/users/ryan/file.mpg

The file I was using had spaces in the file name.

If I remove the spaces it works.

What do I need to do to allow for the spaces? doesn't work, I have tried it.

Linux commandline tools do *not* like spaces...you should rename the file to eliminate spaces before processing it with ffmpeg.

--rlparker

That is what I thought I had to do, thanks!

I was thinking:
- rename the file to temp name
- process
- rename new file to old name

You could always just add quotes... Then you don't have to muck with filenames.

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Yeah, that is what I just found out, thanks guys for all the help!