ffmpeg related issue

[eluser]amitswba[/eluser]
Hello All,

I have use ffmpeg for creating thumbnail of any video file. and it is working properly when i directly type on Dos prompt. but it is not working when i execute command from php code.

for that i write the following code:

$s = getcwd()."/upload/robot_av.avi";
$d = getcwd()."/upload/robot_av.jpg";
$a = shell_exec($ffmpegPath . "-i ".$s." -ab 56 -ar 22050 -b 500 -r 25 -s 320x240 -y ".$d);

anyone know about that then please help me.

Thanks in advance.

Amit

[eluser]pistolPete[/eluser]
[quote author="amitswba" date="1255458383"]...but it is not working when i execute command from php code.[/quote]

You need to provide a better error description, e.g.:

- Which operating system do you use?
- Are all paths correct?
- Do you get any error messages?
- Is safe_mode enabled / disabled?

[eluser]amitswba[/eluser]
Thanks for the reply .

Below are the configuration of our server.

Apache version 1.3.37 (Unix)
PHP version 5.2.5
MySQL version 5.0.81-community-log
Architecture i686
Operating system Linux

all paths are correct.
No error Message.
safe mode is disable.

I will try to enable safe mode and for this i will change in to php.ini with the following code

ini_set('safe_mode', 'On');

but safe mode is not enabled. one more thing can u please tell me how to restart apache server.

Please reply me as soon as possible.

Thanks
Amit

[eluser]pistolPete[/eluser]
[quote author="amitswba" date="1255514532"]one more thing can u please tell me how to restart apache server.[/quote]

http://www.electrictoolbox.com/article/a...rt-apache/
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/stopping.html

safe_mode needs to remain disabled!

It might be a permissions problem, have a look at e.g. http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.ph...c=222161.0

[eluser]amitswba[/eluser]
i have already set permission 777 for the folder. i upload ffmpeg.exe on same location where system folder is uploaded. so it is right place or i will change the place of ffmpeg and place where public_html is located.

Thanks
Amit.

[eluser]pistolPete[/eluser]
You said above that you have a linux server, and now you want to run a windows executable?

google: Install ffmpeg linux

[eluser]amitswba[/eluser]
Hello,

Again thanks for reply.

i have upload ffmpeg.exe by cute ftp. and set the path of ffmpeg on exec function but it is not working.

if u do that type of code then please give me the code then i will try with your code.

Amit

[eluser]pistolPete[/eluser]
You CAN'T run windows executables (which ffmpeg.exe obviously is) on linux!
You either need to get the linux binaries or compile it yourself.

[eluser]amitswba[/eluser]
That means ffmpeg for linux is diffrent to windows ffmpeg. and we are not directly upload ffmpeg via ftp.

is it coorect?

[eluser]pistolPete[/eluser]
[quote author="amitswba" date="1255533847"]That means ffmpeg for linux is diffrent to windows ffmpeg. and we are not directly upload ffmpeg via ftp.[/quote]

Simply put you could say so.