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How do I use ffmpeg to overlay an effect for a certain amount of time ?
28 juin 2022, par A AThere is a command for FFMPEG that applies a filter to the video


ffmpeg -threads 2 -y -i 6.mp4 -vf rgbashift=rh=20:bh=-20 -hide_banner -y -vcodec mpeg4 -crf 23 -b:v 1000K -maxrate 1500K -bufsize 500K 7.mp4



The question is how to make it overlap a certain time
For example from 00:01:10 to 00:02:20
and then from 00:03:01 to 00:04:00 ?


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Libavformat/FFMPEG : Muxing into mp4 with AVFormatContext drops the final frame, depending on the number of frames
27 octobre 2020, par Galen LynchI am trying to use libavformat to create a
.mp4
video
with a single h.264 video stream, but the final frame in the resulting file
often has a duration of zero and is effectively dropped from the video.
Strangely enough, whether the final frame is dropped or not depends on how many
frames I try to add to the file. Some simple testing that I outline below makes
me think that I am somehow misconfiguring either theAVFormatContext
or the
h.264 encoder, resulting in two edit lists that sometimes chop off the final
frame. I will also post a simplified version of the code I am using, in case I'm
making some obvious mistake. Any help would be greatly appreciated : I've been
struggling with this issue for the past few days and have made little progress.

I can recover the dropped frame by creating a new mp4 container using
ffmpeg

binary with the copy codec if I use the-ignore_editlist
option. Inspecting
the file with a missing frame usingffprobe
,mp4trackdump
, ormp4file --dump
, shows that the final frame is dropped if its sample time is exactly the
same the end of the edit list. When I make a file that has no dropped frames, it
still has two edit lists : the only difference is that the end time of the edit
list is beyond all samples in files that do not have dropped frames. Though this
is hardly a fair comparison, if I make a.png
for each frame and then generate
a.mp4
withffmpeg
using theimage2
codec and similar h.264 settings, I
produce a movie with all frames present, only one edit list, and similar PTS
times as my mangled movies with two edit lists. In this case, the edit list
always ends after the last frame/sample time.

I am using this command to determine the number of frames in the resulting stream,
though I also get the same number with other utilities :


ffprobe -v error -count_frames -select_streams v:0 -show_entries stream=nb_read_frames -of default=nokey=1:noprint_wrappers=1 video_file_name.mp4



Simple inspection of the file with ffprobe shows no obviously alarming signs to
me, besides the framerate being affected by the missing frame (the target was
24) :


$ ffprobe -hide_banner testing.mp4
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'testing.mp4':
 Metadata:
 major_brand : isom
 minor_version : 512
 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
 encoder : Lavf58.45.100
 Duration: 00:00:04.13, start: 0.041016, bitrate: 724 kb/s
 Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 100x100, 722 kb/s, 24.24 fps, 24 tbr, 12288 tbn, 48 tbc (default)
 Metadata:
 handler_name : VideoHandler



The files that I generate programatically always have two edit lists, one of
which is very short. In files both with and without a missing frame, the
duration one of the frames is 0, while all the others have the same duration
(512). You can see this in the
ffmpeg
output for this file that I tried to put
100 frames into, though only 99 are visible despite the file containing all 100
samples.

$ ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -v 9 -loglevel 99 -i testing.mp4 
...
<edited to="to" remove="remove" the="the" class="class" printing="printing">
type:'edts' parent:'trak' sz: 48 100 948
type:'elst' parent:'edts' sz: 40 8 40
track[0].edit_count = 2
duration=41 time=-1 rate=1.000000
duration=4125 time=0 rate=1.000000
type:'mdia' parent:'trak' sz: 808 148 948
type:'mdhd' parent:'mdia' sz: 32 8 800
type:'hdlr' parent:'mdia' sz: 45 40 800
ctype=[0][0][0][0]
stype=vide
type:'minf' parent:'mdia' sz: 723 85 800
type:'vmhd' parent:'minf' sz: 20 8 715
type:'dinf' parent:'minf' sz: 36 28 715
type:'dref' parent:'dinf' sz: 28 8 28
Unknown dref type 0x206c7275 size 12
type:'stbl' parent:'minf' sz: 659 64 715
type:'stsd' parent:'stbl' sz: 151 8 651
size=135 4CC=avc1 codec_type=0
type:'avcC' parent:'stsd' sz: 49 8 49
type:'stts' parent:'stbl' sz: 32 159 651
track[0].stts.entries = 2
sample_count=99, sample_duration=512
sample_count=1, sample_duration=0
...
AVIndex stream 0, sample 99, offset 5a0ed, dts 50688, size 3707, distance 0, keyframe 1
Processing st: 0, edit list 0 - media time: -1, duration: 504
Processing st: 0, edit list 1 - media time: 0, duration: 50688
type:'udta' parent:'moov' sz: 98 1072 1162
...
</edited>


The last frame has zero duration :


$ mp4trackdump -v testing.mp4
...
mp4file testing.mp4, track 1, samples 100, timescale 12288
sampleId 1, size 6943 duration 512 time 0 00:00:00.000 S
sampleId 2, size 3671 duration 512 time 512 00:00:00.041 S
...
sampleId 99, size 3687 duration 512 time 50176 00:00:04.083 S
sampleId 100, size 3707 duration 0 time 50688 00:00:04.125 S



Non-mangled videos that I generate have similar structure, as you can see in
this video that had 99 input frames, all of which are visible in the output.
Even though the sample_duration is set to zero for one of the samples in the
stss box, it is not dropped from the frame count or when reading the frames back
in with ffmpeg.


$ ffmpeg -hide_banner -y -v 9 -loglevel 99 -i testing_99.mp4 
...
type:'elst' parent:'edts' sz: 40 8 40
track[0].edit_count = 2
duration=41 time=-1 rate=1.000000
duration=4084 time=0 rate=1.000000
...
track[0].stts.entries = 2
sample_count=98, sample_duration=512
sample_count=1, sample_duration=0
...
AVIndex stream 0, sample 98, offset 5d599, dts 50176, size 3833, distance 0, keyframe 1
Processing st: 0, edit list 0 - media time: -1, duration: 504
Processing st: 0, edit list 1 - media time: 0, duration: 50184
...



$ mp4trackdump -v testing_99.mp4
...
sampleId 98, size 3814 duration 512 time 49664 00:00:04.041 S
sampleId 99, size 3833 duration 0 time 50176 00:00:04.083 S



One difference that jumps out to me is that the mangled file's second edit list
ends at time 50688, which coincides with the last sample, while the non-mangled
file's edit list ends at 50184, which is after the time of the last sample
at 50176. As I mentioned before, whether the last frame is clipped depends on
the number of frames I encode and mux into the container : 100 input frames
results in 1 dropped frame, 99 results in 0, 98 in 0, 97 in 1, etc...


Here is the code that I used to generate these files, which is a MWE script
version of library functions that I am modifying. It is written in Julia,
which I do not think is important here, and calls the FFMPEG library version
4.3.1. It's more or less a direct translation from of the FFMPEG muxing
demo, although the codec
context here is created before the format context. I am presenting the code that
interacts with ffmpeg first, although it relies on some helper code that I will
put below.


The helper code just makes it easier to work with nested C structs in Julia, and
allows
.
syntax in Julia to be used in place of C's arrow (->
) operator for
field access of struct pointers. Libav structs such asAVFrame
appear as a
thin wrapper typeAVFramePtr
, and similarlyAVStream
appears as
AVStreamPtr
etc... These act like single or double pointers for the purposes
of function calls, depending on the function's type signature. Hopefully it will
be clear enough to understand if you are familiar with working with libav in C,
and I don't think looking at the helper code should be necessary if you don't
want to run the code.

# Function to transfer array to AVPicture/AVFrame
function transfer_img_buf_to_frame!(frame, img)
 img_pointer = pointer(img)
 data_pointer = frame.data[1] # Base-1 indexing, get pointer to first data buffer in frame
 for h = 1:frame.height
 data_line_pointer = data_pointer + (h-1) * frame.linesize[1] # base-1 indexing
 img_line_pointer = img_pointer + (h-1) * frame.width
 unsafe_copyto!(data_line_pointer, img_line_pointer, frame.width) # base-1 indexing
 end
end

# Function to transfer AVFrame to AVCodecContext, and AVPacket to AVFormatContext
function encode_mux!(packet, format_context, frame, codec_context; flush = false)
 if flush
 fret = avcodec_send_frame(codec_context, C_NULL)
 else
 fret = avcodec_send_frame(codec_context, frame)
 end
 if fret < 0 && !in(fret, [-Libc.EAGAIN, VIO_AVERROR_EOF])
 error("Error $fret sending a frame for encoding")
 end

 pret = Cint(0)
 while pret >= 0
 pret = avcodec_receive_packet(codec_context, packet)
 if pret == -Libc.EAGAIN || pret == VIO_AVERROR_EOF
 break
 elseif pret < 0
 error("Error $pret during encoding")
 end
 stream = format_context.streams[1] # Base-1 indexing
 av_packet_rescale_ts(packet, codec_context.time_base, stream.time_base)
 packet.stream_index = 0
 ret = av_interleaved_write_frame(format_context, packet)
 ret < 0 && error("Error muxing packet: $ret")
 end
 if !flush && fret == -Libc.EAGAIN && pret != VIO_AVERROR_EOF
 fret = avcodec_send_frame(codec_context, frame)
 if fret < 0 && fret != VIO_AVERROR_EOF
 error("Error $fret sending a frame for encoding")
 end
 end
 return pret
end

# Set parameters of test movie
nframe = 100
width, height = 100, 100
framerate = 24
gop = 0
codec_name = "libx264"
filename = "testing.mp4"

((width % 2 !=0) || (height % 2 !=0)) && error("Encoding error: Image dims must be a multiple of two")

# Make test images
imgstack = map(x->rand(UInt8,width,height),1:nframe);

pix_fmt = AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8
framerate_rat = Rational(framerate)

codec = avcodec_find_encoder_by_name(codec_name)
codec == C_NULL && error("Codec '$codec_name' not found")

# Allocate AVCodecContext
codec_context_p = avcodec_alloc_context3(codec) # raw pointer
codec_context_p == C_NULL && error("Could not allocate AVCodecContext")
# Easier to work with pointer that acts like a c struct pointer, type defined below
codec_context = AVCodecContextPtr(codec_context_p)

codec_context.width = width
codec_context.height = height
codec_context.time_base = AVRational(1/framerate_rat)
codec_context.framerate = AVRational(framerate_rat)
codec_context.pix_fmt = pix_fmt
codec_context.gop_size = gop

ret = avcodec_open2(codec_context, codec, C_NULL)
ret < 0 && error("Could not open codec: Return code $(ret)")

# Allocate AVFrame and wrap it in a Julia convenience type
frame_p = av_frame_alloc()
frame_p == C_NULL && error("Could not allocate AVFrame")
frame = AVFramePtr(frame_p)

frame.format = pix_fmt
frame.width = width
frame.height = height

# Allocate picture buffers for frame
ret = av_frame_get_buffer(frame, 0)
ret < 0 && error("Could not allocate the video frame data")

# Allocate AVPacket and wrap it in a Julia convenience type
packet_p = av_packet_alloc()
packet_p == C_NULL && error("Could not allocate AVPacket")
packet = AVPacketPtr(packet_p)

# Allocate AVFormatContext and wrap it in a Julia convenience type
format_context_dp = Ref(Ptr{AVFormatContext}()) # double pointer
ret = avformat_alloc_output_context2(format_context_dp, C_NULL, C_NULL, filename)
if ret != 0 || format_context_dp[] == C_NULL
 error("Could not allocate AVFormatContext")
end
format_context = AVFormatContextPtr(format_context_dp)

# Add video stream to AVFormatContext and configure it to use the encoder made above
stream_p = avformat_new_stream(format_context, C_NULL)
stream_p == C_NULL && error("Could not allocate output stream")
stream = AVStreamPtr(stream_p) # Wrap this pointer in a convenience type

stream.time_base = codec_context.time_base
stream.avg_frame_rate = 1 / convert(Rational, stream.time_base)
ret = avcodec_parameters_from_context(stream.codecpar, codec_context)
ret < 0 && error("Could not set parameters of stream")

# Open the AVIOContext
pb_ptr = field_ptr(format_context, :pb)
# This following is just a call to avio_open, with a bit of extra protection
# so the Julia garbage collector does not destroy format_context during the call
ret = GC.@preserve format_context avio_open(pb_ptr, filename, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE)
ret < 0 && error("Could not open file $filename for writing")

# Write the header
ret = avformat_write_header(format_context, C_NULL)
ret < 0 && error("Could not write header")

# Encode and mux each frame
for i in 1:nframe # iterate from 1 to nframe
 img = imgstack[i] # base-1 indexing
 ret = av_frame_make_writable(frame)
 ret < 0 && error("Could not make frame writable")
 transfer_img_buf_to_frame!(frame, img)
 frame.pts = i
 encode_mux!(packet, format_context, frame, codec_context)
end

# Flush the encoder
encode_mux!(packet, format_context, frame, codec_context; flush = true)

# Write the trailer
av_write_trailer(format_context)

# Close the AVIOContext
pb_ptr = field_ptr(format_context, :pb) # get pointer to format_context.pb
ret = GC.@preserve format_context avio_closep(pb_ptr) # simply a call to avio_closep
ret < 0 && error("Could not free AVIOContext")

# Deallocation
avcodec_free_context(codec_context)
av_frame_free(frame)
av_packet_free(packet)
avformat_free_context(format_context)



Below is the helper code that makes accessing pointers to nested c structs not a
total pain in Julia. If you try to run the code yourself, please enter this in
before the logic of the code shown above. It requires
VideoIO.jl, a Julia wrapper to libav.


# Convenience type and methods to make the above code look more like C
using Base: RefValue, fieldindex

import Base: unsafe_convert, getproperty, setproperty!, getindex, setindex!,
 unsafe_wrap, propertynames

# VideoIO is a Julia wrapper to libav
#
# Bring bindings to libav library functions into namespace
using VideoIO: AVCodecContext, AVFrame, AVPacket, AVFormatContext, AVRational,
 AVStream, AV_PIX_FMT_GRAY8, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE, AVFMT_NOFILE,
 avformat_alloc_output_context2, avformat_free_context, avformat_new_stream,
 av_dump_format, avio_open, avformat_write_header,
 avcodec_parameters_from_context, av_frame_make_writable, avcodec_send_frame,
 avcodec_receive_packet, av_packet_rescale_ts, av_interleaved_write_frame,
 avformat_query_codec, avcodec_find_encoder_by_name, avcodec_alloc_context3,
 avcodec_open2, av_frame_alloc, av_frame_get_buffer, av_packet_alloc,
 avio_closep, av_write_trailer, avcodec_free_context, av_frame_free,
 av_packet_free

# Submodule of VideoIO
using VideoIO: AVCodecs

# Need to import this function from Julia's Base to add more methods
import Base: convert

const VIO_AVERROR_EOF = -541478725 # AVERROR_EOF

# Methods to convert between AVRational and Julia's Rational type, because it's
# hard to access the AV rational macros with Julia's C interface
convert(::Type{Rational{T}}, r::AVRational) where T = Rational{T}(r.num, r.den)
convert(::Type{Rational}, r::AVRational) = Rational(r.num, r.den)
convert(::Type{AVRational}, r::Rational) = AVRational(numerator(r), denominator(r))

"""
 mutable struct NestedCStruct{T}

Wraps a pointer to a C struct, and acts like a double pointer to that memory.
The methods below will automatically convert it to a single pointer if needed
for a function call, and make interacting with it in Julia look (more) similar
to interacting with it in C, except '->' in C is replaced by '.' in Julia.
"""
mutable struct NestedCStruct{T}
 data::RefValue{Ptr{T}}
end
NestedCStruct{T}(a::Ptr) where T = NestedCStruct{T}(Ref(a))
NestedCStruct(a::Ptr{T}) where T = NestedCStruct{T}(a)

const AVCodecContextPtr = NestedCStruct{AVCodecContext}
const AVFramePtr = NestedCStruct{AVFrame}
const AVPacketPtr = NestedCStruct{AVPacket}
const AVFormatContextPtr = NestedCStruct{AVFormatContext}
const AVStreamPtr = NestedCStruct{AVStream}

function field_ptr(::Type{S}, struct_pointer::Ptr{T}, field::Symbol,
 index::Integer = 1) where {S,T}
 fieldpos = fieldindex(T, field)
 field_pointer = convert(Ptr{S}, struct_pointer) +
 fieldoffset(T, fieldpos) + (index - 1) * sizeof(S)
 return field_pointer
end

field_ptr(a::Ptr{T}, field::Symbol, args...) where T =
 field_ptr(fieldtype(T, field), a, field, args...)

function check_ptr_valid(p::Ptr, err::Bool = true)
 valid = p != C_NULL
 err && !valid && error("Invalid pointer")
 valid
end

unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{T}}, ap::NestedCStruct{T}) where T =
 getfield(ap, :data)[]
unsafe_convert(::Type{Ptr{Ptr{T}}}, ap::NestedCStruct{T}) where T =
 unsafe_convert(Ptr{Ptr{T}}, getfield(ap, :data))

function check_ptr_valid(a::NestedCStruct{T}, args...) where T
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, a)
 GC.@preserve a check_ptr_valid(p, args...)
end

nested_wrap(x::Ptr{T}) where T = NestedCStruct(x)
nested_wrap(x) = x

function getproperty(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, s::Symbol) where T
 check_ptr_valid(ap)
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)
 res = GC.@preserve ap unsafe_load(field_ptr(p, s))
 nested_wrap(res)
end

function setproperty!(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, s::Symbol, x) where T
 check_ptr_valid(ap)
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)
 fp = field_ptr(p, s)
 GC.@preserve ap unsafe_store!(fp, x)
end

function getindex(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, i::Integer) where T
 check_ptr_valid(ap)
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)
 res = GC.@preserve ap unsafe_load(p, i)
 nested_wrap(res)
end

function setindex!(ap::NestedCStruct{T}, i::Integer, x) where T
 check_ptr_valid(ap)
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, ap)
 GC.@preserve ap unsafe_store!(p, x, i)
end

function unsafe_wrap(::Type{T}, ap::NestedCStruct{S}, i) where {S, T}
 check_ptr_valid(ap)
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{S}, ap)
 GC.@preserve ap unsafe_wrap(T, p, i)
end

function field_ptr(::Type{S}, a::NestedCStruct{T}, field::Symbol,
 args...) where {S, T}
 check_ptr_valid(a)
 p = unsafe_convert(Ptr{T}, a)
 GC.@preserve a field_ptr(S, p, field, args...)
end

field_ptr(a::NestedCStruct{T}, field::Symbol, args...) where T =
 field_ptr(fieldtype(T, field), a, field, args...)

propertynames(ap::T) where {S, T<:NestedCStruct{S}} = (fieldnames(S)...,
 fieldnames(T)...)




Edit : Some things that I have already tried


- 

- Explicitly setting the stream duration to be the same number as the number of frames that I add, or a few more beyond that
- Explicitly setting the stream start time to zero, while the first frame has a PTS of 1
- Playing around with encoder parameters, as well as
gop_size
, using B frames, etc. - Setting the private data for the mov/mp4 muxer to set the movflag
negative_cts_offsets
- Changing the framerate
- Tried different pixel formats, such as AV_PIX_FMT_YUV420P














Also to be clear while I can just transfer the file into another while ignoring the edit lists to work around this problem, I am hoping to not make damaged mp4 files in the first place.


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FFmpeg WASM writeFile Stalls and Doesn't Complete in React App with Ant Design
26 février, par raiyan khanI'm using FFmpeg WebAssembly (WASM) in a React app to process and convert a video file before uploading it. The goal is to resize the video to 720p using FFmpeg before sending it to the backend.


Problem :


Everything works up to fetching the file and confirming it's loaded into memory, but FFmpeg hangs at ffmpeg.writeFile() and does not proceed further. No errors are thrown.


Code Snippet :


- 

-
Loading FFmpeg


const loadFFmpeg = async () => {
 if (loaded) return; // Avoid reloading if 
 already loaded

 const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.6/dist/umd';
 const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
 ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
 messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
 console.log(message);
 });
 await ffmpeg.load({
 coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
 wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
 });
 setLoaded(true);
 };

 useEffect(() => {
 loadFFmpeg()
 }, [])



-
Fetching and Writing File


const convertVideoTo720p = async (videoFile) => {
 console.log("Starting video 
 conversion...");



 const { height } = await getVideoMetadata(videoFile);
 console.log(`Video height: ${height}`);

 if (height <= 720) {
 console.log("No conversion needed.");
 return videoFile;
 }

 const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
 console.log("FFmpeg instance loaded. Writing file to memory...");

 const fetchedFile = await fetchFile(videoFile);
 console.log("File fetched successfully:", fetchedFile);

 console.log("Checking FFmpeg memory before writing...");
 console.log(`File size: ${fetchedFile.length} bytes (~${(fetchedFile.length / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(2)} MB)`);

 if (!ffmpeg.isLoaded()) {
 console.error("FFmpeg is not fully loaded yet!");
 return;
 }

 console.log("Memory seems okay. Writing file to FFmpeg...");
 await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.mp4', fetchedFile); // ❌ This line hangs, nothing after runs
 console.log("File successfully written to FFmpeg memory.");
 };









Debugging Steps I've Tried :


- 

- Ensured FFmpeg is fully loaded before calling
writeFile()

✅ffmpeg.isLoaded()
returnstrue
. - Checked file fetch process :
✅
fetchFile(videoFile)
successfully returns aUint8Array
. - Tried renaming the file to prevent caching issues
✅ Used a unique file name like
video_${Date.now()}.mp4
, but no change - Checked browser console for errors :
❌ No errors are displayed.
- Tried skipping FFmpeg and uploading the raw file instead :
✅ Upload works fine without FFmpeg, so the issue is specific to FFmpeg.












Expected Behavior


- 

ffmpeg.writeFile('input.mp4', fetchedFile);
should complete and allow FFmpeg to process the video.




Actual Behavior


- 

- Execution stops at
writeFile
, and no errors are thrown.




Environment :


- 

- React : 18.x
- FFmpeg WASM Version : @ffmpeg/ffmpeg@0.12.15
- Browser : Chrome 121, Edge 120
- Operating System : Windows 11










Question :
Why is FFmpeg's
writeFile()
stalling and never completing ?
How can I fix or further debug this issue ?

Here is my full code :




import { useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
import { Form, Input, Button, Select, Space } from 'antd';
const { Option } = Select;
import { FaAngleLeft } from "react-icons/fa6";
import { message, Upload } from 'antd';
import { CiCamera } from "react-icons/ci";
import { IoVideocamOutline } from "react-icons/io5";
import { useCreateWorkoutVideoMutation } from "../../../redux/features/workoutVideo/workoutVideoApi";
import { convertVideoTo720p } from "../../../utils/ffmpegHelper";
import { FFmpeg } from '@ffmpeg/ffmpeg';
import { fetchFile, toBlobURL } from '@ffmpeg/util';


const AddWorkoutVideo = () => {
 const [videoFile, setVideoFile] = useState(null);
 const [imageFile, setImageFile] = useState(null);
 const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
 const ffmpegRef = useRef(new FFmpeg());
 const videoRef = useRef(null);
 const messageRef = useRef(null);
 const [form] = Form.useForm();
 const [createWorkoutVideo, { isLoading }] = useCreateWorkoutVideoMutation()
 const navigate = useNavigate();

 const videoFileRef = useRef(null); // Use a ref instead of state


 // Handle Video Upload
 const handleVideoChange = ({ file }) => {
 setVideoFile(file.originFileObj);
 };

 // Handle Image Upload
 const handleImageChange = ({ file }) => {
 setImageFile(file.originFileObj);
 };

 // Load FFmpeg core if needed (optional if you want to preload)
 const loadFFmpeg = async () => {
 if (loaded) return; // Avoid reloading if already loaded

 const baseURL = 'https://unpkg.com/@ffmpeg/core@0.12.6/dist/umd';
 const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
 ffmpeg.on('log', ({ message }) => {
 messageRef.current.innerHTML = message;
 console.log(message);
 });
 await ffmpeg.load({
 coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
 wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
 });
 setLoaded(true);
 };

 useEffect(() => {
 loadFFmpeg()
 }, [])

 // Helper: Get video metadata (width and height)
 const getVideoMetadata = (file) => {
 return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 const video = document.createElement('video');
 video.preload = 'metadata';
 video.onloadedmetadata = () => {
 resolve({ width: video.videoWidth, height: video.videoHeight });
 };
 video.onerror = () => reject(new Error('Could not load video metadata'));
 video.src = URL.createObjectURL(file);
 });
 };

 // Inline conversion helper function
 // const convertVideoTo720p = async (videoFile) => {
 // // Check the video resolution first
 // const { height } = await getVideoMetadata(videoFile);
 // if (height <= 720) {
 // // No conversion needed
 // return videoFile;
 // }
 // const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
 // // Load ffmpeg if not already loaded
 // // await ffmpeg.load({
 // // coreURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.js`, 'text/javascript'),
 // // wasmURL: await toBlobURL(`${baseURL}/ffmpeg-core.wasm`, 'application/wasm'),
 // // });
 // // Write the input file to the ffmpeg virtual FS
 // await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.mp4', await fetchFile(videoFile));
 // // Convert video to 720p (scale filter maintains aspect ratio)
 // await ffmpeg.exec(['-i', 'input.mp4', '-vf', 'scale=-1:720', 'output.mp4']);
 // // Read the output file
 // const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
 // console.log(data, 'data from convertVideoTo720p');
 // const videoBlob = new Blob([data.buffer], { type: 'video/mp4' });
 // return new File([videoBlob], 'output.mp4', { type: 'video/mp4' });
 // };
 const convertVideoTo720p = async (videoFile) => {
 console.log("Starting video conversion...");

 // Check the video resolution first
 const { height } = await getVideoMetadata(videoFile);
 console.log(`Video height: ${height}`);

 if (height <= 720) {
 console.log("No conversion needed. Returning original file.");
 return videoFile;
 }

 const ffmpeg = ffmpegRef.current;
 console.log("FFmpeg instance loaded. Writing file to memory...");

 // await ffmpeg.writeFile('input.mp4', await fetchFile(videoFile));
 // console.log("File written. Starting conversion...");
 console.log("Fetching file for FFmpeg:", videoFile);
 const fetchedFile = await fetchFile(videoFile);
 console.log("File fetched successfully:", fetchedFile);
 console.log("Checking FFmpeg memory before writing...");
 console.log(`File size: ${fetchedFile.length} bytes (~${(fetchedFile.length / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(2)} MB)`);

 if (fetchedFile.length > 50 * 1024 * 1024) { // 50MB limit
 console.error("File is too large for FFmpeg WebAssembly!");
 message.error("File too large. Try a smaller video.");
 return;
 }

 console.log("Memory seems okay. Writing file to FFmpeg...");
 const fileName = `video_${Date.now()}.mp4`; // Generate a unique name
 console.log(`Using filename: ${fileName}`);

 await ffmpeg.writeFile(fileName, fetchedFile);
 console.log(`File successfully written to FFmpeg memory as ${fileName}.`);

 await ffmpeg.exec(['-i', 'input.mp4', '-vf', 'scale=-1:720', 'output.mp4']);
 console.log("Conversion completed. Reading output file...");

 const data = await ffmpeg.readFile('output.mp4');
 console.log("File read successful. Creating new File object.");

 const videoBlob = new Blob([data.buffer], { type: 'video/mp4' });
 const convertedFile = new File([videoBlob], 'output.mp4', { type: 'video/mp4' });

 console.log(convertedFile, "converted video from convertVideoTo720p");

 return convertedFile;
 };


 const onFinish = async (values) => {
 // Ensure a video is selected
 if (!videoFileRef.current) {
 message.error("Please select a video file.");
 return;
 }

 // Create FormData
 const formData = new FormData();
 if (imageFile) {
 formData.append("image", imageFile);
 }

 try {
 message.info("Processing video. Please wait...");

 // Convert the video to 720p only if needed
 const convertedVideo = await convertVideoTo720p(videoFileRef.current);
 console.log(convertedVideo, 'convertedVideo from onFinish');

 formData.append("media", videoFileRef.current);

 formData.append("data", JSON.stringify(values));

 // Upload manually to the backend
 const response = await createWorkoutVideo(formData).unwrap();
 console.log(response, 'response from add video');

 message.success("Video added successfully!");
 form.resetFields(); // Reset form
 setVideoFile(null); // Clear file

 } catch (error) {
 message.error(error.data?.message || "Failed to add video.");
 }

 // if (videoFile) {
 // message.info("Processing video. Please wait...");
 // try {
 // // Convert the video to 720p only if needed
 // const convertedVideo = await convertVideoTo720p(videoFile);
 // formData.append("media", convertedVideo);
 // } catch (conversionError) {
 // message.error("Video conversion failed.");
 // return;
 // }
 // }
 // formData.append("data", JSON.stringify(values)); // Convert text fields to JSON

 // try {
 // const response = await createWorkoutVideo(formData).unwrap();
 // console.log(response, 'response from add video');

 // message.success("Video added successfully!");
 // form.resetFields(); // Reset form
 // setFile(null); // Clear file
 // } catch (error) {
 // message.error(error.data?.message || "Failed to add video.");
 // }
 };

 const handleBackButtonClick = () => {
 navigate(-1); // This takes the user back to the previous page
 };

 const videoUploadProps = {
 name: 'video',
 // action: 'https://660d2bd96ddfa2943b33731c.mockapi.io/api/upload',
 // headers: {
 // authorization: 'authorization-text',
 // },
 // beforeUpload: (file) => {
 // const isVideo = file.type.startsWith('video/');
 // if (!isVideo) {
 // message.error('You can only upload video files!');
 // }
 // return isVideo;
 // },
 // onChange(info) {
 // if (info.file.status === 'done') {
 // message.success(`${info.file.name} video uploaded successfully`);
 // } else if (info.file.status === 'error') {
 // message.error(`${info.file.name} video upload failed.`);
 // }
 // },
 beforeUpload: (file) => {
 const isVideo = file.type.startsWith('video/');
 if (!isVideo) {
 message.error('You can only upload video files!');
 return Upload.LIST_IGNORE; // Prevents the file from being added to the list
 }
 videoFileRef.current = file; // Store file in ref
 // setVideoFile(file); // Store the file in state instead of uploading it automatically
 return false; // Prevent auto-upload
 },
 };

 const imageUploadProps = {
 name: 'image',
 action: 'https://660d2bd96ddfa2943b33731c.mockapi.io/api/upload',
 headers: {
 authorization: 'authorization-text',
 },
 beforeUpload: (file) => {
 const isImage = file.type.startsWith('image/');
 if (!isImage) {
 message.error('You can only upload image files!');
 }
 return isImage;
 },
 onChange(info) {
 if (info.file.status === 'done') {
 message.success(`${info.file.name} image uploaded successfully`);
 } else if (info.file.status === 'error') {
 message.error(`${info.file.name} image upload failed.`);
 }
 },
 };
 return (
 <>
 <div classname="flex items-center gap-2 text-xl cursor-pointer">
 <faangleleft></faangleleft>
 <h1 classname="font-semibold">Add Video</h1>
 </div>
 <div classname="rounded-lg py-4 border-[#79CDFF] border-2 shadow-lg mt-8 bg-white">
 <div classname="space-y-[24px] min-h-[83vh] bg-light-gray rounded-2xl">
 <h3 classname="text-2xl text-[#174C6B] mb-4 border-b border-[#79CDFF]/50 pb-3 pl-16 font-semibold">
 Adding Video
 </h3>
 <div classname="w-full px-16">
 / style={{ maxWidth: 600, margin: '0 auto' }}
 >
 {/* Section 1 */}
 {/* <space direction="vertical" style="{{"> */}
 {/* <space size="large" direction="horizontal" classname="responsive-space"> */}
 <div classname="grid grid-cols-2 gap-8 mt-8">
 <div>
 <space size="large" direction="horizontal" classname="responsive-space-section-2">

 {/* Video */}
 Upload Video}
 name="media"
 className="responsive-form-item"
 // rules={[{ required: true, message: 'Please enter the package amount!' }]}
 >
 <upload maxcount="{1}">
 <button style="{{" solid="solid">
 <span style="{{" 600="600">Select a video</span>
 <iovideocamoutline size="{20}" color="#174C6B"></iovideocamoutline>
 </button>
 </upload>
 

 {/* Thumbnail */}
 Upload Image}
 name="image"
 className="responsive-form-item"
 // rules={[{ required: true, message: 'Please enter the package amount!' }]}
 >
 <upload maxcount="{1}">
 <button style="{{" solid="solid">
 <span style="{{" 600="600">Select an image</span>
 <cicamera size="{25}" color="#174C6B"></cicamera>
 </button>
 </upload>
 

 {/* Title */}
 Video Title}
 name="name"
 className="responsive-form-item-section-2"
 >
 <input type="text" placeholder="Enter video title" style="{{&#xA;" solid="solid" />
 
 </space>
 </div>
 </div>

 {/* </space> */}
 {/* </space> */}


 {/* Submit Button */}
 
 <div classname="p-4 mt-10 text-center mx-auto flex items-center justify-center">
 
 <span classname="text-white font-semibold">{isLoading ? 'Uploading...' : 'Upload'}</span>
 
 </div>
 
 
 </div>
 </div>
 </div>
 >
 )
}

export default AddWorkoutVideo







Would appreciate any insights or suggestions. Thanks !


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