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  • FFmpeg Concatenation Command Fails in Flutter App

    18 février 2024, par Petro

    I'm developing a Flutter application where I need to concatenate several images into a single video file using FFmpeg. Despite following the recommended practices and trying multiple variations of the FFmpeg command, all my attempts result in failure with an exit code of 1.

    


    FFMPEG Version : ffmpeg_kit_flutter: ^6.0.3-LTS

    


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    Environment :
Flutter app targeting Android
Using ffmpeg-kit-flutter for FFmpeg operations

    


    Objective :
To concatenate multiple images stored in the app's file system into a video.

    


    Code Snippet :
I'm generating a list of image paths, writing them to a file (ffmpeg_list.txt), and using that file with FFmpeg's concat demuxer. Here's a simplified version of my code :

    


    Future<void> _createVideoFromImages() async {&#xA;  final Directory appDir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();&#xA;  final Uuid uuid = Uuid();&#xA;  final String videoFileName = uuid.v4();&#xA;  final String outputPath = &#x27;${appDir.path}/$videoFileName.mp4&#x27;;&#xA;  &#xA;  final Directory tempImageDir = await Directory(&#x27;${appDir.path}/tempImages&#x27;).create();&#xA;  final StringBuffer ffmpegInput = StringBuffer();&#xA;  int index = 0;&#xA;&#xA;  for (var image in _images) {&#xA;    String newFileName = &#x27;img${index&#x2B;&#x2B;}${Path.extension(image.path)}&#x27;.replaceAll(&#x27; &#x27;, &#x27;_&#x27;);&#xA;    final String newPath = &#x27;${tempImageDir.path}/$newFileName&#x27;;&#xA;    await image.copy(newPath);&#xA;    ffmpegInput.writeln("file &#x27;$newPath&#x27;");&#xA;  }&#xA;&#xA;  final String listFilePath = &#x27;${appDir.path}/ffmpeg_list.txt&#x27;;&#xA;  await File(listFilePath).writeAsString(ffmpegInput.toString());&#xA;&#xA;  if(await File(listFilePath).exists()) {&#xA;    String ffmpegCommand = "-v verbose -f concat -safe 0 -i $listFilePath -vsync vfr -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -r 30 $outputPath";&#xA;    // Additional commands tried here...&#xA;    await FFmpegKit.execute(ffmpegCommand).then((session) async {&#xA;      // Error handling code...&#xA;    });&#xA;  }&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;Result Logs:&#xA;I/flutter: file exists at /data/user/0/com.example.app/app_flutter/ffmpeg_list.txt&#xA;I/flutter: FFmpeg command: -v verbose -f concat -safe 0 -i /data/user/0/com.example.app/app_flutter/ffmpeg_list.txt -vsync vfr -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -r 30 /data/user/0/com.example.app/app_flutter/58fdf92b-47b0-49d1-be93-d9c95870c733.mp4&#xA;I/flutter: Failed to create video&#xA;I/flutter: FFmpeg process exited with:1&#xA;I/flutter: FFmpeg command failed with logs: ffmpeg version n6.0 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers...&#xA;</void>

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    Attempts :&#xA;-Simplified the FFmpeg command by removing -vsync vfr, -pix_fmt yuv420p, and adjusting -r 30 parameters.&#xA;-Tried using the -c copy option to avoid re-encoding.&#xA;-Tested with a single image to ensure basic functionality works.&#xA;-Checked file permissions and ensured all images and the list file are accessible.

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    Despite these attempts, the command fails without providing specific error messages related to the command's execution. The verbose logs do not offer insights beyond the FFmpeg version and configuration.

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    Questions :&#xA;Are there known issues with FFmpeg's concat that might lead to such failures ?&#xA;Are there alternative approaches ?

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    I appreciate any insights or suggestions the community might have. Thank you !

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    Full code :

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    Future<void> _createVideoFromImages() async {&#xA;    final Directory appDir = await getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();&#xA;    final Uuid uuid = Uuid();&#xA;    final String videoFileName = uuid.v4();&#xA;    final String outputPath = &#x27;${appDir.path}/$videoFileName.mp4&#x27;;&#xA;    final String singleImagePath = _images[0]!.path;&#xA;&#xA;// Create a directory to store renamed images to avoid any naming conflict&#xA;    final Directory tempImageDir = await Directory(&#x27;${appDir.path}/tempImages&#x27;).create();&#xA;&#xA;    final StringBuffer ffmpegInput = StringBuffer();&#xA;    int index = 0; // To ensure unique filenames&#xA;&#xA;    for (var image in _images) {&#xA;      // Generate a new filename by replacing spaces with underscores and adding an index&#xA;      String newFileName = &#x27;img${index&#x2B;&#x2B;}${p.extension(image!.path)}&#x27;.replaceAll(&#x27; &#x27;, &#x27;_&#x27;);&#xA;      final String newPath = &#x27;${tempImageDir.path}/$newFileName&#x27;;&#xA;&#xA;      // Copy and rename the original file to the new path&#xA;      await image!.copy(newPath);&#xA;&#xA;      // Add the new, safely named file path to the ffmpegInput&#xA;      ffmpegInput.writeln("file &#x27;$newPath&#x27;");&#xA;    }&#xA;&#xA;// Write the paths to a temporary text file for FFmpeg&#x27;s concat demuxer&#xA;    final String listFilePath = &#x27;${appDir.path}/ffmpeg_list.txt&#x27;;&#xA;    await File(listFilePath).writeAsString(ffmpegInput.toString());&#xA;&#xA;    //check if file exists&#xA;    if(await File(listFilePath).exists()) {&#xA;      print("file exists at $listFilePath");&#xA;&#xA;// Use the generated list file in the concat command&#xA;      String ffmpegCommand = "-v verbose -f concat -safe 0 -i $listFilePath -vsync vfr -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:v libx264 -r 30 $outputPath";&#xA;      String ffmpegCommand2 = "-v verbose -f concat -safe 0 -i $listFilePath -c:v libx264 $outputPath";&#xA;      String ffmpegCommand3 = "-v verbose -i $singleImagePath -frames:v 1 $outputPath";&#xA;      //print command&#xA;      print("FFmpeg command: $ffmpegCommand");&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;      await FFmpegKit.execute(ffmpegCommand).then((session) async {&#xA;        // Check the session for success or failure&#xA;        final returnCode = await session.getReturnCode();&#xA;        if (returnCode!.isValueSuccess()) {&#xA;          print("Video created successfully: $outputPath");&#xA;          //okay all set, now set the video to be this:&#xA;          _actual_video_file_ready_to_upload = File(outputPath);&#xA;          print ("video path is: ${outputPath}");&#xA;        } else {&#xA;          print("Failed to create video");&#xA;          print("FFmpeg process exited with:" &#x2B; returnCode.toString());&#xA;          // Command failed; capture and log error details&#xA;          await session.getLogsAsString().then((logs) {&#xA;            print("FFmpeg command failed with logs: $logs");&#xA;          });&#xA;          // Handle failure, e.g., by showing an error message&#xA;          showSnackBarHelperERRORWrapLongString(context, "Failed to create video");&#xA;        }&#xA;      });&#xA;&#xA;      //try command 2&#xA;      if(_actual_video_file_ready_to_upload == null) {&#xA;        await FFmpegKit.execute(ffmpegCommand2).then((session) async {&#xA;          // Check the session for success or failure&#xA;          final returnCode = await session.getReturnCode();&#xA;          if (returnCode!.isValueSuccess()) {&#xA;            print("Video created successfully: $outputPath");&#xA;            //okay all set, now set the video to be this:&#xA;            _actual_video_file_ready_to_upload = File(outputPath);&#xA;            print ("video path is: ${outputPath}");&#xA;          } else {&#xA;            print("Failed to create video");&#xA;            print("FFmpeg process exited with:" &#x2B; returnCode.toString());&#xA;            // Command failed; capture and log error details&#xA;            await session.getLogsAsString().then((logs) {&#xA;              print("FFmpeg command failed with logs: $logs");&#xA;            });&#xA;            // Handle failure, e.g., by showing an error message&#xA;            showSnackBarHelperERRORWrapLongString(context, "Failed to create video");&#xA;          }&#xA;        });&#xA;      }&#xA;      //try command 3&#xA;      if(_actual_video_file_ready_to_upload == null) {&#xA;        await FFmpegKit.execute(ffmpegCommand3).then((session) async {&#xA;          // Check the session for success or failure&#xA;          final returnCode = await session.getReturnCode();&#xA;          if (returnCode!.isValueSuccess()) {&#xA;            print("Video created successfully: $outputPath");&#xA;            //okay all set, now set the video to be this:&#xA;            _actual_video_file_ready_to_upload = File(outputPath);&#xA;            print ("video path is: ${outputPath}");&#xA;          } else {&#xA;            print("Failed to create video");&#xA;            print("FFmpeg process exited with:" &#x2B; returnCode.toString());&#xA;            // Command failed; capture and log error details&#xA;            await session.getLogsAsString().then((logs) {&#xA;              print("FFmpeg command failed with logs: $logs");&#xA;            });&#xA;            // Handle failure, e.g., by showing an error message&#xA;            showSnackBarHelperERRORWrapLongString(context, "Failed to create video");&#xA;          }&#xA;        });&#xA;      }&#xA;    }else{&#xA;      print("file does not exist at $listFilePath");&#xA;    }&#xA;  }&#xA;</void>

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  • Split video with ffmpeg segment option is missing frame

    9 février 2024, par Dan

    I’m trying to get the ffmpeg “segment” option to split my video into segments at the Iframes. I'm using ffmpeg V6.1.1.

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    First I added time stamps to each frame of my video so that when it plays, I can see exactly which frame is being displayed. I used this command :

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    ffmpeg -i In.mp4 -vf "drawtext=fontfile='C :\Windows\Fonts\Arial.ttf' : text='%frame_num :~ %pts':fontsize=200 : r=25 : x=(w-tw)/2 : y=h-(2*lh) : fontcolor=white : box=1 : boxcolor=0x00000099" -y Out.mp4

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    Then I used ffprobe to confirm that the video is 30 FPS and the Iframes are as follows :

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    0.000000&#xA;4.933333&#xA;10.000000&#xA;11.533333&#xA;18.866667&#xA;24.966667

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    0 0 147 4.900000
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    300 10.000000 345 11.500000
    346 11.533333 565 18.833334
    566 18.866667 748 24.933334
    749 24.966667 867 28.906667

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    When I use ffmpeg to split the video into segments with the following command, I get six files as expected :

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    ffmpeg -i Out.mp4 -f segment -c copy -reset_timestamps 1 -map 0 "Out %d.mp4"

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    When I play the segments, they are all correct except the first segment file (Out 0.mp4). It seems to be missing the last frame. It contains frames 0 to 146 (4.866667 sec) but should also include frame 147 (4.9 sec). All the other segment files are as expected.

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    I’ve tried this on several different mp4 videos and they all are missing the last frame on the first segments.

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    Any idea why my first segment files is missing the last frame of the segment ?

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    Could this be an ffmpeg bug ?

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    Thanks for the help !&#xA;Dan

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    Here is my console session with all output :

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    C:\> ffprobe Out.mp4&#xA;ffprobe version 2023-12-21-git-1e42a48e37-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2007-2023 the FFmpeg developers&#xA;  built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)&#xA;  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --pkg-config=pkgconf --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-d3d11va --enable-libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint&#xA;  libavutil      58. 36.100 / 58. 36.100&#xA;  libavcodec     60. 36.100 / 60. 36.100&#xA;  libavformat    60. 20.100 / 60. 20.100&#xA;  libavdevice    60.  4.100 / 60.  4.100&#xA;  libavfilter     9. 14.100 /  9. 14.100&#xA;  libswscale      7.  6.100 /  7.  6.100&#xA;  libswresample   4. 13.100 /  4. 13.100&#xA;  libpostproc    57.  4.100 / 57.  4.100&#xA;Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from &#x27;Out.mp4&#x27;:&#xA;  Metadata:&#xA;    major_brand     : isom&#xA;    minor_version   : 512&#xA;    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41&#xA;    title           : Short 4k video sample - 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160)&#xA;    date            : 2014:05:24 19:00:00&#xA;    encoder         : Lavf60.20.100&#xA;  Duration: 00:00:28.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3181 kb/s&#xA;  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3045 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn (default)&#xA;      Metadata:&#xA;        handler_name    : VideoHandler&#xA;        vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]&#xA;        encoder         : Lavc60.36.100 libx264&#xA;  Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)&#xA;      Metadata:&#xA;        handler_name    : SoundHandler&#xA;        vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]&#xA;&#xA;C:\ ffprobe -loglevel error -skip_frame nokey -select_streams v:0 -show_entries frame=pts_time -of csv=print_section=0 Out.mp4&#xA;0.000000,&#xA;4.933333&#xA;10.000000&#xA;11.533333&#xA;18.866667&#xA;24.966667&#xA;&#xA;C:\ ffmpeg -i Out.mp4 -f segment -c copy -reset_timestamps 1 -map 0 "Out %1d.mp4"&#xA;ffmpeg version 2023-12-21-git-1e42a48e37-full_build-www.gyan.dev Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers&#xA;  built with gcc 12.2.0 (Rev10, Built by MSYS2 project)&#xA;  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --pkg-config=pkgconf --disable-w32threads --disable-autodetect --enable-fontconfig --enable-iconv --enable-gnutls --enable-libxml2 --enable-gmp --enable-bzlib --enable-lzma --enable-libsnappy --enable-zlib --enable-librist --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libzmq --enable-avisynth --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-sdl2 --enable-libaribb24 --enable-libaribcaption --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdavs2 --enable-libuavs3d --enable-libzvbi --enable-librav1e --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxavs2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libaom --enable-libjxl --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libvpx --enable-mediafoundation --enable-libass --enable-frei0r --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-liblensfun --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvmaf --enable-libzimg --enable-amf --enable-cuda-llvm --enable-cuvid --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-nvdec --enable-nvenc --enable-dxva2 --enable-d3d11va --enable-libvpl --enable-libshaderc --enable-vulkan --enable-libplacebo --enable-opencl --enable-libcdio --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libshine --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libilbc --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopus --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-ladspa --enable-libbs2b --enable-libflite --enable-libmysofa --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-chromaprint&#xA;  libavutil      58. 36.100 / 58. 36.100&#xA;  libavcodec     60. 36.100 / 60. 36.100&#xA;  libavformat    60. 20.100 / 60. 20.100&#xA;  libavdevice    60.  4.100 / 60.  4.100&#xA;  libavfilter     9. 14.100 /  9. 14.100&#xA;  libswscale      7.  6.100 /  7.  6.100&#xA;  libswresample   4. 13.100 /  4. 13.100&#xA;  libpostproc    57.  4.100 / 57.  4.100&#xA;Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from &#x27;Out.mp4&#x27;:&#xA;  Metadata:&#xA;    major_brand     : isom&#xA;    minor_version   : 512&#xA;    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41&#xA;    title           : Short 4k video sample - 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160)&#xA;    date            : 2014:05:24 19:00:00&#xA;    encoder         : Lavf60.20.100&#xA;  Duration: 00:00:28.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3181 kb/s&#xA;  Stream #0:0[0x1](und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 3045 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn (default)&#xA;      Metadata:&#xA;        handler_name    : VideoHandler&#xA;        vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]&#xA;        encoder         : Lavc60.36.100 libx264&#xA;  Stream #0:1[0x2](und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)&#xA;      Metadata:&#xA;        handler_name    : SoundHandler&#xA;        vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]&#xA;Stream mapping:&#xA;  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (copy)&#xA;  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (copy)&#xA;[segment @ 00000195bbc52940] Opening &#x27;Out 0.mp4&#x27; for writing&#xA;Output #0, segment, to &#x27;Out %1d.mp4&#x27;:&#xA;  Metadata:&#xA;    major_brand     : isom&#xA;    minor_version   : 512&#xA;    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41&#xA;    title           : Short 4k video sample - 4K Ultra HD (3840x2160)&#xA;    date            : 2014:05:24 19:00:00&#xA;    encoder         : Lavf60.20.100&#xA;  Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(progressive), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], q=2-31, 3045 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn (default)&#xA;      Metadata:&#xA;        handler_name    : VideoHandler&#xA;        vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]&#xA;        encoder         : Lavc60.36.100 libx264&#xA;  Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s (default)&#xA;      Metadata:&#xA;        handler_name    : SoundHandler&#xA;        vendor_id       : [0][0][0][0]&#xA;Press [q] to stop, [?] for help&#xA;[segment @ 00000195bbc52940] Opening &#x27;Out 1.mp4&#x27; for writing&#xA;[segment @ 00000195bbc52940] Opening &#x27;Out 2.mp4&#x27; for writing&#xA;[segment @ 00000195bbc52940] Opening &#x27;Out 3.mp4&#x27; for writing&#xA;[segment @ 00000195bbc52940] Opening &#x27;Out 4.mp4&#x27; for writing&#xA;[segment @ 00000195bbc52940] Opening &#x27;Out 5.mp4&#x27; for writing&#xA;[out#0/segment @ 00000195bc3e8cc0] video:10757kB audio:456kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: unknown&#xA;size=N/A time=00:00:28.86 bitrate=N/A speed= 322x&#xA;

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  • Presentation of Piwik’s collaborative translations platform : oTrance [Interview]

    19 avril 2013, par matt — Community, translation

    thank-you-around-worldPiwik enables domain administrators, hobbyists, power users, personal website builders and everyone in between to access enormous amounts of data for website analytics. To support all those users, Piwik needs to be available in a number of different languages. From the start, we made internationalization (i18n) part of Piwik’s DNA. There are now dozens active volunteers who help make sure each language is well represented in the latest official release of Piwik. As of now, Piwik is available in 48 languages.

    Recently a new tool became available that makes the translation of Piwik much easier. The software we are using is an open source platform called oTrance. It has made our translation architecture more robust, and it allows us to expedite the timely delivery of high quality and up-to-date translations to the thousands of people who rely on Piwik every day.

    We’ve met with oTrance creator and lead developer Daniel Schlichtholz who answered a few questions for us.

    What is oTrance ?

    oTranCe is the short form of “Online Translation Center”. It was born because I needed a translation platform for my project MySQLDumper.

    Many languages have been added by the community and manual maintenance became more and more time consuming. I wanted to change that. So I searched for an existing platform I could use and tested a lot of approaches. To put a long story short : none of the given solutions satisfied my needs.

    From the view of a translator maintaining a language should be as easy as possible. In most cases they have to install a program on their local machine or the workflow was too difficult. A translator doesn’t want to struggle with technical things ; he just wants to translate the phrases and wants to know the progress.

    That’s the main goal we want to reach : to make the translation process as easy as possible.

    What sets oTrance apart from the other ways to manage translations ?

    Ease of use is one advantage of oTranCe compared to other solutions. Another advantage is that project administrators can install oTranCe on their own server – so nobody is dependant of a third party provider.

    We love to get feedback from other users. User feedback influences the way oTranCe is developed. We believe that this way oTranCe satisfies the requirements of the real world.

    We also have extensive user documentation, in our “Working with oTranCe” wiki. We try to document use cases in an understandable way. We don’t write down marketing buzz words, but try to explain the use from the view of the user/administrator.

    Now that oTranCe 1.0 is out, what will you be working on next ?

    The language files can be exported to version control and oTranCe can commit changes to the target repository. Currently we support export to Subversion, and we are working on a Git export adapter, which will be released soon.

    Another issue we are trying to solve is the context problem. When your project uses many different phrases the translator often doesn’t know in which context the current phrase is used. Version 1.1.0 (not released yet, but you can grab the latest developer version from GitHub) introduces the oTranCe-connector. The idea behind it : a small plug in grabs the used phrases/keys on the current page, and on click this list is submitted to oTranCe, where the translator can edit the words. This way the translator knows in which context these phrases are used. I wrote a small plug in for OXID eShop. Since it is really easy to implement, my hope is that other plug ins for other applications will be added by the community.

    Matthieu : Congratulations Daniel for having created such an awesome Translation Platform. At Piwik we are really thankful for oTranCe, which has resulted in much better translation process, and happier translators. Keep up the good work !

    If you are a Piwik user, and if you want to participate in translating Piwik, please sign up for an account on oTrance and become part of the team making Piwik available in more languages across the world.