Hey,

I have a little problem with converting videos to .flv through flash_hq preset and I've no idea what to do, cause I'm kinda amateur.

Here's the error

Video conversion failed for preset hq_flash. FFMPEG reported the following output: FFmpeg version r11872+debian_0.svn20080206-18+lenny1, Copyright (c) 2000-2008 Fabrice Bellard, et al. configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-libfaad --enable-pp --enable-swscaler --enable-x11grab --prefix=/usr --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-pthreads --disable-strip --enable-libdc1394 --disable-armv5te --disable-armv6 --disable-altivec --disable-vis --enable-shared --disable-static libavutil version: 49.6.0 libavcodec version: 51.50.0 libavformat version: 52.7.0 libavdevice version: 52.0.0 built on Jan 28 2010 20:57:25, gcc: 4.3.2 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'sites/default/files/videos/original/lfw_4.mp4': Duration: 00:00:08.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 475 kb/s Stream #0.0(und): Audio: mpeg4aac, 44100 Hz, stereo Stream #0.1(und): Video: h264, yuv420p, 480x270 [PAR 0:1 DAR 0:1], 23.85 tb(r) WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s Could not open 'sites/default/files/videos/converted/lfw_4.flv'

Could you help me please? Because I'm desperate about it... :-X

Many thanks in advance,
Kazimir :o)

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artycul commented

hi,

open your

sites/all/modules/video/video_preset/hq_flash.inc
and change the line
'!cmd_path -i !videofile -s !widthx!height -r 15 -b 250 -ar 22050 -ab 48 !convertfile'
to
'!cmd_path -i !videofile -s !widthx!height -r 15 -b 250k -ar 22050 -ab 48 !convertfile'

you can alter this line to your need, just take a look at the ffmpeg-documentation. you could enable 2-pass encoding for higher quality for instance.

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Kaziq commented

well, I've tried it and one of the warnings dissapeared, but it's still the same. Any idea?

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artycul commented

oh, sorry, sure... '-ab 48' also needs a 'k' ;)

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Kaziq commented

yep, I thought... :) ok, 2nd warning dissapeared but but it's still the same :-X

I checked both directories original and converted and it's not creating .flv file in converted directory o.O
It's creating thumbnails etc, just not the file...

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artycul commented

i think this is a permissions-issue then, do you have shell access to your space? if so, try running ffmpeg by hand, like:

cd [your-drupal-root]
ffmpeg -i sites/default/files/videos/original/lfw_4.mp4 -s 480x270 -r 15 -b 250k -ar 22050 -ab 48k sites/default/files/videos/converted/lfw_4.flv

i think you'll get a better error then... if it works, the problem is with writing permissions in your folder-structure.

i'm using completely different commands for my flash encoding, you can try those too:

	'!cmd_path -pass 1 -passlogfile !videofile -threads 16 -vb 800k -i !videofile -vcodec libx264 -vpre slow_firstpass -s !widthx!height -sws_flags lanczos -an -f flv -y /dev/null',
	'!cmd_path -pass 2 -passlogfile !videofile -threads 16 -vb 800k -i !videofile -vcodec libx264 -vpre slow -s !widthx!height -sws_flags lanczos -acodec libfaac -ac 2 -ab 128k -y !convertfile'

i doubt these will work for you, though, as your output above indicates, that your ffmpreg-build is missing libx264 and libfaac-support. i see you're using debian, so maybe this is helpful for building ffmpeg:
http://www.adminsehow.com/2009/07/how-to-install-ffmpeg-on-debian-lenny-...

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Kaziq commented

oh my god, I love you man! Problem was with permissions... I wish I wouldn't be so stupid...

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Kaziq commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)