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• How to convert .flv file to .3gp using ffmpeg ? [migrated]

  19 octobre 2011, par Chetana

  I have converted any video format to 3gp file format using ffmpeg on one server.
  But on another server it not works.

  Following is my script :

  exec("ffmpeg -i test.flv -sameq -acodec libmp3lame -ar 22050 -ab 96000
  
      -deinterlace -nr 500 -s 320x240 -aspect 4:3 -r 20 -g 500 -me_range 20
  
      -b 270k -deinterlace -f flv -y test.3gp ");

  Can anyone tell me what is wrong in script ?

  Following is my ffmpeg setting :

  root@ninja [ ]# ffmpeg -formats
  ffmpeg version CVS, build 3277056, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
  configuration : —enable-mp3lame —enable-libogg —enable-gpl —disable-mmx
  —enable-shared
  built on Jun 17 2009 10:51:43, gcc : 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)

• Playing videos on iPhone after video conversion using ffmpeg

  12 juillet 2013, par Shashi

  It is a backend API(developed in Ruby on Rails) which is used by iphone and android mobiles to upload the videos. API is converting uploaded videos to MP4 format. I am using paperclip-ffmpeg gem for video conversion at backend. Here is what I used :

  has_attached_file :video , 
  
                :styles=>{
  
                  :medium=>{ :geometry=>"480x360",:format=>'mp4',:streaming => true,
  
                      :convert_options => { :output => 
  
                                          {
  
                                            :acodec => 'aac',
  
                                            :ac => 2 ,
  
                                            :strict => 'experimental',
  
                                            'b:a' => '160k',
  
  
  
                                            :vcodec => 'libx264',
  
                                            :preset => 'slow',
  
                                            'profile:v' => 'baseline',
  
                                            :level => '30',
  
                                            :maxrate => '10000000',
  
                                            :bufsize => '10000000',
  
                                            'b:v' => '750k',
  
                                            :f => 'mp4',
  
                                            :threads => '0'
  
                                          } 
  
                                      } },
  
                    :thumb => { :geometry => "160x120", :format => 'jpg', :time => 2 },
  
                    :thumb_large => { :geometry => "520x390", :format => 'jpg', :time => 2}
  
                  }, :processors => [:ffmpeg, :qtfaststart],
  
          :path => path/to/store/video,
  
          :url => url/of/video

  Problems I am facing are :

  When user uploads videos from android mobile it works perfect on android but does not play on iPhone. One more strange thing happens when user upload videos from iPhone, then it play perfect just after video upload, but after some time(2 or 3 hours) it stops to play those videos.

  How can I get rid of both these issues ? Any suggestion would be appreciated. Thanks

  @Michael, here is the detailed log for the video conversion uploaded by android mobile

  ffmpeg version git-2013-05-28-ced0307 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built on May 28 2013 07:45:18 with gcc 4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
  
    configuration: --extra-libs=-ldl --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
  
    libavutil      52. 34.100 / 52. 34.100
  
    libavcodec     55. 12.100 / 55. 12.100
  
    libavformat    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
  
    libavdevice    55.  1.101 / 55.  1.101
  
    libavfilter     3. 72.100 /  3. 72.100
  
    libswscale      2.  3.100 /  2.  3.100
  
    libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  
    libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
  
  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 0
  
      compatible_brands: isom3gp4
  
      creation_time   : 2013-06-19 15:39:02
  
    Duration: 00:00:25.88, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 16700 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080, 16829 kb/s, 29.75 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        creation_time   : 2013-06-19 15:39:02
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandle
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 122 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        creation_time   : 2013-06-19 15:39:02
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandle
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSEMisalign LZCNT
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] profile Constrained Baseline, level 3.0
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] 264 - core 133 r2 a3ac64b - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2013 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=0 ref=5 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x1:0x111 me=umh subme=8 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=0 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=3 lookahead_threads=1 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=0 weightp=0 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=50 rc=abr mbtree=1 bitrate=750 ratetol=1.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 vbv_maxrate=10000 vbv_bufsize=10000 nal_hrd=none ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
  
  Output #0, mp4, to '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 0
  
      compatible_brands: isom3gp4
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 640x360, q=-1--1, 750 kb/s, 15360 tbn, 30 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        creation_time   : 2013-06-19 15:39:02
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandle
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 160 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        creation_time   : 2013-06-19 15:39:02
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandle
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)
  
    Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac -> aac)
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  frame=  765 fps= 19 q=-1.0 Lsize=    2621kB time=00:00:25.88 bitrate= 829.4kbits/s dup=7 drop=0    
  
  video:2093kB audio:504kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.878228%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] frame I:4     Avg QP:25.48  size: 11731
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] frame P:761   Avg QP:26.71  size:  2754
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] mb I  I16..4: 33.0%  0.0% 67.0%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] mb P  I16..4:  2.1%  0.0%  0.9%  P16..4: 47.2%  9.5%  3.4%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:36.9%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] final ratefactor: 23.58
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 31.9% 54.5% 9.5% inter: 11.9% 24.4% 0.5%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] i16 v,h,dc,p: 25% 33%  7% 34%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 14%  9% 14% 10% 10% 11%  8%  7%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] i8c dc,h,v,p: 50% 25% 17%  9%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] ref P L0: 67.6% 15.2% 10.1%  3.9%  3.2%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x2613c00] kb/s:672.30
  
  ffmpeg version git-2013-05-28-ced0307 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built on May 28 2013 07:45:18 with gcc 4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
  
    configuration: --extra-libs=-ldl --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
  
    libavutil      52. 34.100 / 52. 34.100
  
    libavcodec     55. 12.100 / 55. 12.100
  
    libavformat    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
  
    libavdevice    55.  1.101 / 55.  1.101
  
    libavfilter     3. 72.100 /  3. 72.100 octet-stream\r\n" name="video" tempfile=#tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m>>
  
    libswscale      2.  3.100 /  2.  3.100
  
    libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  
    libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
  
  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
    Duration: 00:00:25.91, start: 0.021333, bitrate: 828 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x360, 672 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 159 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandler
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSEMisalign LZCNT
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] profile Constrained Baseline, level 3.0
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] 264 - core 133 r2 a3ac64b - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Copyleft 2003-2013 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=0 ref=5 deblock=1:0:0 analyse=0x1:0x111 me=umh subme=8 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 me_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=0 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chroma_qp_offset=-2 threads=3 lookahead_threads=1 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 interlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=0 weightp=0 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenecut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=50 rc=abr mbtree=1 bitrate=750 ratetol=1.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 vbv_maxrate=10000 vbv_bufsize=10000 nal_hrd=none ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
  
  Output #0, mp4, to '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-130rd1i.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuv420p, 480x270, q=-1--1, 750 kb/s, 15360 tbn, 30 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 160 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandler
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)
  
    Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac -> aac)
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  frame=  766 fps= 38 q=-1.0 Lsize=    2666kB time=00:00:25.90 bitrate= 843.2kbits/s dup=1 drop=0    
  
  video:2138kB audio:505kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.863633%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] frame I:4     Avg QP:20.82  size: 11283
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] frame P:762   Avg QP:22.03  size:  2813
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] mb I  I16..4: 19.9%  0.0% 80.1%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] mb P  I16..4:  1.7%  0.0%  1.1%  P16..4: 49.3% 20.6%  7.0%  0.0%  0.0%    skip:20.3%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] final ratefactor: 19.24
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 43.4% 76.7% 29.0% inter: 23.0% 44.6% 1.7%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] i16 v,h,dc,p: 23% 29%  9% 39%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 12% 21%  9% 11% 10% 10% 11%  8%  8%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] i8c dc,h,v,p: 44% 26% 18% 12%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] ref P L0: 74.0% 13.1%  7.7%  3.0%  2.1%
  
  [libx264 @ 0x326d820] kb/s:685.81
  
  ffmpeg version git-2013-05-28-ced0307 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built on May 28 2013 07:45:18 with gcc 4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
  
    configuration: --extra-libs=-ldl --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
  
    libavutil      52. 34.100 / 52. 34.100
  
    libavcodec     55. 12.100 / 55. 12.100
  
    libavformat    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
  
    libavdevice    55.  1.101 / 55.  1.101
  
    libavfilter     3. 72.100 /  3. 72.100
  
    libswscale      2.  3.100 /  2.  3.100
  
    libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  
    libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
  
  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
    Duration: 00:00:25.91, start: 0.021333, bitrate: 828 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x360, 672 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 159 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandler
  
  Output #0, image2, to '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-1bdslpu.jpg':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p, 160x90, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 30 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> mjpeg)
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  frame=    1 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:00.03 bitrate=N/A dup=0 drop=57    
  
  video:4kB audio:0kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead -100.479303%
  
  ffmpeg version git-2013-05-28-ced0307 Copyright (c) 2000-2013 the FFmpeg developers
  
    built on May 28 2013 07:45:18 with gcc 4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5)
  
    configuration: --extra-libs=-ldl --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libvpx --enable-x11grab --enable-libx264 --enable-nonfree --enable-version3
  
    libavutil      52. 34.100 / 52. 34.100
  
    libavcodec     55. 12.100 / 55. 12.100
  
    libavformat    55.  7.100 / 55.  7.100
  
    libavdevice    55.  1.101 / 55.  1.101
  
    libavfilter     3. 72.100 /  3. 72.100
  
    libswscale      2.  3.100 /  2.  3.100
  
    libswresample   0. 17.102 /  0. 17.102
  
    libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
  
  Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
    Duration: 00:00:25.91, start: 0.021333, bitrate: 828 kb/s
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 640x360, 672 kb/s, 30 fps, 30 tbr, 15360 tbn, 60 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
      Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, fltp, 159 kb/s
  
      Metadata:
  
        handler_name    : SoundHandler
  
  Output #0, image2, to '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-1vp4al6.jpg':
  
    Metadata:
  
      major_brand     : isom
  
      minor_version   : 512
  
      compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
  
      encoder         : Lavf55.7.100
  
      Stream #0:0(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p, 520x292, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 30 tbc
  
      Metadata:
  
        rotate          : 90
  
        handler_name    : VideoHandler
  
  Stream mapping:
  
    Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> mjpeg)
  
  Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
  
  frame=    1 fps=0.0 q=0.0 Lsize=N/A time=00:00:00.03 bitrate=N/A dup=0 drop=57    
  
  video:19kB audio:0kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead -100.113677%
  
  
  
  
  
  Started POST "/api/v1/videos/create" for 69.42.0.13 at 2013-06-20 09:41:50 -0500
  
  Command :: file -b --mime '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m'
  
  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] ffmpeg -i "/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l" 2>&1
  
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  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] -i :source -acodec aac -ac 2 -strict experimental -b:a 160k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -profile:v baseline -level 30 -maxrate 10000000 -bufsize 10000000 -b:v 750k -f mp4 -threads 0 -s 640x360 -y :dest
  
  Command :: ffmpeg -i '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l' -acodec aac -ac 2 -strict experimental -b:a 160k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -profile:v baseline -level 30 -maxrate 10000000 -bufsize 10000000 -b:v 750k -f mp4 -threads 0 -s 640x360 -y '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p.mp4'
  
  [paperclip] [qt-faststart] :source :dest
  
  Command :: qt-faststart '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p.mp4' '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl.mp4'
  
  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] ffmpeg -i "/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4" 2>&1
  
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  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] Convert Options: 480x270
  
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  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] -i :source -acodec aac -ac 2 -strict experimental -b:a 160k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -profile:v baseline -level 30 -maxrate 10000000 -bufsize 10000000 -b:v 750k -f mp4 -threads 0 -s 480x270 -y :dest
  
  Command :: ffmpeg -i '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4' -acodec aac -ac 2 -strict experimental -b:a 160k -vcodec libx264 -preset slow -profile:v baseline -level 30 -maxrate 10000000 -bufsize 10000000 -b:v 750k -f mp4 -threads 0 -s 480x270 -y '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-130rd1i.mp4'
  
  [paperclip] [qt-faststart] :source :dest
  
  Command :: qt-faststart '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-130rd1i.mp4' '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-130rd1i20130620-28711-snde6v.mp4'
  
  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] ffmpeg -i "/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4" 2>&1
  
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  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] Building Parameters
  
  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] -ss 2 -i :source -s 160x90 -vframes 1 -f image2 -y :dest
  
  Command :: ffmpeg -ss 2 -i '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4' -s 160x90 -vframes 1 -f image2 -y '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-1bdslpu.jpg'
  
  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] ffmpeg -i "/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4" 2>&1
  
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  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] Convert Options: 520x292
  
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  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] Building Parameters
  
  [paperclip] [ffmpeg] -ss 2 -i :source -s 520x292 -vframes 1 -f image2 -y :dest
  
  Command :: ffmpeg -ss 2 -i '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi06.mp4' -s 520x292 -vframes 1 -f image2 -y '/tmp/RackMultipart20130620-28711-187049m20130620-28711-2x7b7l20130620-28711-uibd1p20130620-28711-1tgemjl20130620-28711-15qsi0620130620-28711-1vp4al6.jpg'
  
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• Neutral net or neutered

  4 juin 2013, par Mans — Law and liberty

  In recent weeks, a number of high-profile events, in the UK and elsewhere, have been quickly seized upon to promote a variety of schemes for monitoring or filtering Internet access. These proposals, despite their good intentions of protecting children or fighting terrorism, pose a serious threat to fundamental liberties. Although at a glance the ideas may seem like a reasonable price to pay for the prevention of some truly hideous crimes, there is more than first meets the eye. Internet regulation in any form whatsoever is the thin end of a wedge at whose other end we find severely restricted freedom of expression of the kind usually associated with oppressive dictatorships. Where the Internet was once a novelty, it now forms an integrated part of modern society ; regulating the Internet means regulating our lives.

  Terrorism

  Following the brutal murder of British soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, attempts were made in the UK to revive the controversial Communications Data Bill, also dubbed the snooper’s charter. The bill would give police and security services unfettered access to details (excluding content) of all digital communication in the UK without needing so much as a warrant.

  The powers afforded by the snooper’s charter would, the argument goes, enable police to prevent crimes such as the one witnessed in Woolwich. True or not, the proposal would, if implemented, also bring about infrastructure for snooping on anyone at any time for any purpose. Once available, the temptation may become strong to extend, little by little, the legal use of these abilities to cover ever more everyday activities, all in the name of crime prevention, of course.

  In the emotional aftermath of a gruesome act, anything with the promise of preventing it happening again may seem like a good idea. At times like these it is important, more than ever, to remain rational and carefully consider all the potential consequences of legislation, not only the intended ones.

  Hate speech

  Hand in hand with terrorism goes hate speech, preachings designed to inspire violence against people of some singled-out nation, race, or other group. Naturally, hate speech is often to be found on the Internet, where it can reach large audiences while the author remains relatively protected. Naturally, we would prefer for it not to exist.

  To fulfil the utopian desire of a clean Internet, some advocate mandatory filtering by Internet service providers and search engines to remove this unwanted content. Exactly how such censoring might be implemented is however rarely dwelt upon, much less the consequences inadvertent blocking of innocent material might have.

  Pornography

  Another common target of calls for filtering is pornography. While few object to the blocking of child pornography, at least in principle, the debate runs hotter when it comes to the legal variety. Pornography, it is claimed, promotes violence towards women and is immoral or generally offensive. As such it ought to be blocked in the name of the greater good.

  The conviction last week of paedophile Mark Bridger for the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones renewed the debate about filtering of pornography in the UK ; his laptop was found to contain child pornography. John Carr of the UK government’s Council on Child Internet Safety went so far as suggesting a default blocking of all pornography, access being granted to an Internet user only once he or she had registered with some unspecified entity. Registering people wishing only to access perfectly legal material is not something we do in a democracy.

  The reality is that Google and other major search engines already remove illegal images from search results and report them to the appropriate authorities. In the UK, the Internet Watch Foundation, a non-government organisation, maintains a blacklist of what it deems ‘potentially criminal’ content, and many Internet service providers block access based on this list.

  While well-intentioned, the IWF and its blacklist should raise some concerns. Firstly, a vigilante organisation operating in secret and with no government oversight acting as the nation’s morality police has serious implications for freedom of speech. Secondly, the blocks imposed are sometimes more far-reaching than intended. In one incident, an attempt to block the cover image of the Scorpions album Virgin Killer hosted by Wikipedia (in itself a dubious decision) rendered the entire related article inaccessible as well as interfered with editing.

  Net neutrality

  Content filtering, or more precisely the lack thereof, is central to the concept of net neutrality. Usually discussed in the context of Internet service providers, this is the principle that the user should have equal, unfiltered access to all content. As a consequence, ISPs should not be held responsible for the content they deliver. Compare this to how the postal system works.

  The current debate shows that the principle of net neutrality is important not only at the ISP level, but should also include providers of essential services on the Internet. This means search engines should not be responsible for or be required to filter results, email hosts should not be required to scan users’ messages, and so on. No mandatory censoring can be effective without infringing the essential liberties of freedom of speech and press.

  Social networks operate in a less well-defined space. They are clearly not part of the essential Internet infrastructure, and they require that users sign up and agree to their terms and conditions. Because of this, they can include restrictions that would be unacceptable for the Internet as a whole. At the same time, social networks are growing in importance as means of communication between people, and as such they have a moral obligation to act fairly and apply their rules in a transparent manner.

  Facebook was recently under fire, accused of not taking sufficient measures to curb ‘hate speech,’ particularly against women. Eventually they pledged to review their policies and methods, and reducing the proliferation of such content will surely make the web a better place. Nevertheless, one must ask how Facebook (or another social network) might react to similar pressure from, say, a religious group demanding removal of ‘blasphemous’ content. What about demands from a foreign government ? Only yesterday, the Turkish prime minister Erdogan branded Twitter ‘a plague’ in a TV interview.

  Rather than impose upon Internet companies the burden of law enforcement, we should provide them the latitude to set their own policies as well as the legal confidence to stand firm in the face of unreasonable demands. The usual market forces will promote those acting responsibly.

  Further reading

  • Tory-Labour pact could save data bill, says Lord Howard
  • Internet companies warn May over ‘snooper’s charter’
  • Snooper’s charter ‘should be replaced by strengthening of existing powers’
  • Exclusive : ‘Snooper’s charter’ would not have prevented Woolwich attack, says MI5
  • Search engines urged to block more online porn sites
  • Why technology must be the solution to child abuse material online
  • Google must take more action to police explicit content, says Vince Cable
  • Facebook bows to campaign groups over ‘hate speech’
  • Facebook sexism campaign attracts thousands online
  • Türkischer Ministerpräsident : Twitter ist eine Plage
  • Valls : « La traque sur Internet doit être une priorité pour nous »
  • La Cnil, futur juge d’Internet
  • “National security matter” : Third agency caught unilaterally blocking web sites