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• PHP-FFMpeg not converting (error with ffmpeg)

  13 août 2016, par Magurean Dan Sergiu

  I have installed ffmpeg server side with all the dependencies, updated it. And then installed PHP-FFMpeg with Composer. Tested that ffmpeg is instaled with a ssh conexion.

  root@host [/opt/ffmpeg]# ffmpeg
  
  ffmpeg version N-81322-ge8b355a Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  
  built with gcc 4.4.7 (GCC) 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)
  
  configuration: --disable-yasm
  
  libavutil      55. 28.100 / 55. 28.100
  
  libavcodec     57. 51.100 / 57. 51.100
  
  libavformat    57. 46.100 / 57. 46.100
  
  libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
  
  libavfilter     6. 51.100 /  6. 51.100
  
  libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
  
  libswresample   2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  
  Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
  
  usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options]     outfile}...
  
  
  
  Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

  But when I try to convert a video file with a php script it throws me a very long error.
  PHP Code :

  <?PHP
  
  include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/vendors/install/vendor/autoload.php");
  
  $ffmpeg = FFMpeg\FFMpeg::create();
  
  $video = $ffmpeg->open($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.wmv');
  
  $video
  
         ->filters()
  
         ->synchronize();
  
  $format = new FFMpeg\Format\Video\X264();
  
  $format->on('progress', function ($video, $format, $percentage) {
  
      echo "$percentage % transcoded";});
  
  $video
  
        ->save($format,$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.mp4');
  
  ?>

  Error displayed :

  <b>Fatal error</b>:  Uncaught exception 'Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutionFailureException' with message 'ffmpeg failed to execute command '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.wmv' '-async' '1' '-metadata:s:v:0' 'start_time=0' '-threads' '12' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-acodec' 'libfaac' '-b:v' '1000k' '-refs' '6' '-coder' '1' '-sc_threshold' '40' '-flags' '+loop' '-me_range' '16' '-subq' '7' '-i_qfactor' '0.71' '-qcomp' '0.6' '-qdiff' '4' '-trellis' '1' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/tmp/ffmpeg-passes57ad320a1b685j794u/pass-57ad320a1b716' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.mp4'' in /home/user/working/vendors/install/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/ProcessRunner.php:100↵Stack trace:↵#0 /home/user/working/vendors/install/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/ProcessRunner.php(72): Alchemy\BinaryDriver\ProcessRunner-&amp;gt;doExecutionFailure(''/usr/bin/ffmpe...')↵#1 / in <b>/home/user/working/vendors/install/vendor/php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg/src/FFMpeg/Media/Video.php</b> on line <b>168</b><br />↵"

  Then I have took the basic code displayed upwards and ran it directly through ssh.

  '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.wmv' '-async' '1' '-metadata:s:v:0' 'start_time=0' '-threads' '12' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-acodec' 'libfaac' '-b:v' '1000k' '-refs' '6' '-coder' '1' '-sc_threshold' '40' '-flags' '+loop' '-me_range' '16' '-subq' '7' '-i_qfactor' '0.71' '-qcomp' '0.6' '-qdiff' '4' '-trellis' '1' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/tmp/ffmpeg-passes57ad320a1b685j794u/pass-57ad320a1b716' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.mp4'

  And this is the response I get :

  ffmpeg version N-81322-ge8b355a Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built with gcc 4.4.7 (GCC) 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)
  
    configuration: --disable-yasm
  
    libavutil      55. 28.100 / 55. 28.100
  
    libavcodec     57. 51.100 / 57. 51.100
  
    libavformat    57. 46.100 / 57. 46.100
  
    libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
  
    libavfilter     6. 51.100 /  6. 51.100
  
    libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
  
    libswresample   2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  
  Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
  
  Input #0, asf, from '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.wmv':
  
    Metadata:
  
      SfOriginalFPS   : 299700
  
      WMFSDKVersion   : 11.0.6001.7000
  
      WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
  
      comment         : Footage: Small World Productions, Inc; Tourism New Zealand | Producer: Gary F. Spradling | Music: Steve Ball
  
      title           : Wildlife in HD
  
      copyright       : © 2008 Microsoft Corporation
  
      IsVBR           : 0
  
      DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP@L3
  
    Duration: 00:00:30.09, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 6977 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: wmav2 (a[1][0][0] / 0x0161), 44100 Hz, 2 channels, fltp, 192 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Video: vc1 (Advanced) (WVC1 / 0x31435657), yuv420p, 1280x720, 5942 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
  
  Unknown encoder 'libx264'

  My question is what to do next ? I have wasted 3 days to make this work and this is the furthest I have come. How can I test if libx264 is installed corectly ? And if it is not installed corectly how cand I reinstal or make it work ?

• Interfacing to an Xbox Optical Drive

  1er octobre 2013, par Multimedia Mike — xbox

  The next generation Xbox is going to hit the streets soon. But for some reason, I’m still interested in the previous generation’s unit (i.e., the original Xbox). Specifically, I’ve always wondered if it’s possible to use the original Xbox’s optical drive in order to read Xbox discs from Linux. I was never curious enough to actually buy an Xbox just to find out but I eventually came across a cast-off console on a recycle pile.

  I have long known that the Xbox has what appears to be a more or less standard optical drive with a 40-pin IDE connector. The only difference is the power adapter which I surmise is probably the easiest way to turn a bit of standardized hardware into a bit of proprietary hardware. The IDE and power connectors look like this :

  
  
  

  Thus, I wanted to try opening an Xbox and plugging the optical drive into a regular PC, albeit one that supports IDE cables, and allow the Xbox to supply power to the drive. Do you still have hardware laying around that has 40-pin IDE connectors ? I guess my Mac Mini PPC fits the bill, but I’ll be darned if I’m going to pry that thing open again. I have another IDE-capable machine buried in my closet, last called into service when I needed a computer with a native RS-232 port 3 years ago. The ordeal surrounding making this old computer useful right now can be another post entirely.

  Here’s what the monstrosity looks like thanks to characteristically short IDE cable lengths :

  
  

  

  Click for larger image

  
  

  Process :

  1. Turn on Xbox first
  2. Turn on PC

  Doing these things in the opposite order won’t work since the kernel really wants to see the drive when booting up. Inspecting the 'dmesg' log afterward reveals interesting items :
  

  <br />
hdd: PHILIPS XBOX DVD DRIVE, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive<br />
hdd: host max PIO5 wanted PIO255(auto-tune) selected PIO4<br />
hdd: UDMA/33 mode selected<br />
[...]<br />
hdd: ATAPI DVD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache<br />

  Why is that interesting ? When is the last time to saw disk devices prefixed by ‘hd’ rather than ‘sd’ ? Blast from the past. Oh, and the optical drive’s vendor string clearly indicates that this is an Xbox drive saying ‘hi !’.

  Time To Read
  When I first studied an Xbox disc in a normal optical drive, I noticed that I was able to read 6992 2048-byte sectors — about 14 MB of data — as reported by the disc table of contents (TOC). This is just enough data to play a standard DVD video animation that kindly instructs the viewer to please use a proper Xbox. At this point, I estimated that there must be something special about Xbox optical drive firmware that knows how to read alternate information on these discs and access further sectors.

  I ran my TOC query tool with an Xbox Magazine demo disc in the optical drive and it reported substantially more than 6992 sectors, enough to account for more than 2 GB of data. That’s promising. I then tried running 'dd' against the device and it was able to read… about 14 MB, an exact quantity of bytes that, when divided by 2048 bytes/sector, yields 6992 sectors.

  Future (Past ?) Work
  Assuming Google is your primary window into the broader internet, the world is beginning to lose its memory of things pertaining to the original Xbox (Microsoft’s naming scheme certainly doesn’t help searches). What I’m saying is that it can be difficult to find information about this stuff now. However, I was able to learn that a host needs to perform a sort of cryptographic handshake with the drive at the SCSI level before it is allowed to access the forbidden areas of the disc. I think. I’m still investigating this and will hopefully post more soon.

• A/B Testing Platform for Piwik Analytics

  10 novembre 2016, par InnoCraft — Plugins, Press Releases

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