ffmpeg not starting after video download

[mcorvo]

Dear Daniel,

I'm working with AVideo-Encoder inside a container managed by Podman and I'm facing a strange issue (I cloned the last master of the git repo): when I try to upload a video from my laptop or from youtube, it is correctly downloaded, but ffmpeg doesn't start. From the log I see that the program should be correctly called, but it is not and the Encoder uploads only the preview of the video and not the encoded files. Furthermore if I run the command I find in the log directly from the command line inside the container, ffmpeg works correctly, so it seems not a problem with ffmpeg itself

This is the relevant part of the log:

[15-Mar-2023 10:56:02 UTC] Encoder:Format:: getDynamicCommandFromFormat(/var/www/html/videos/6_tmpFile.mp4, 31) [resolutions=[240,360,480,540,720,1080,1440,2160]] [height=720] [15-Mar-2023 10:56:02 UTC] Encoder:Format:: getDynamicCommandFromFormat resolution 1080 was ignored, your upload file is 720 we wil not up transcode your video [15-Mar-2023 10:56:02 UTC] Encoder:Format:: getDynamicCommandFromFormat::return(ffmpeg -i "{$pathFileName}" -vf scale=-2:240 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_240.mp4 -vf scale=-2:360 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_360.mp4 -vf scale=-2:480 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_480.mp4 -vf scale=-2:540 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_540.mp4 -vf scale=-2:720 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_720.mp4) [15-Mar-2023 10:56:02 UTC] AVideo-Encoder Format::exec Start Encoder [ffmpeg -i "/var/www/html/videos/6_tmpFile.mp4" -vf scale=-2:240 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_240.mp4 -vf scale=-2:360 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_360.mp4 -vf scale=-2:480 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_480.mp4 -vf scale=-2:540 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_540.mp4 -vf scale=-2:720 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_720.mp4] [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] progressFileHasVideosWithErrors: we could not detect files on the progress log, we will ignore errors ffmpeg version 4.3.5-0+deb11u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6) configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100 libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100 libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100 libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100 libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100 libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 Option user_agent not found.

[15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] getReturn_vars {"videos_id":712,"video_id_hash":"cHlEZEhBN3dUTng5c1h3bU9TMmwrdlRaR2Vud0NTWms0VUtZV1NiNzc5VT0=","releaseDate":"2023-03-15 10:33"} [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] Encoder::send() order_id=7 [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] Encoder::run: Autodelete Not active [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] getReturn_vars {"videos_id":712,"video_id_hash":"cHlEZEhBN3dUTng5c1h3bU9TMmwrdlRaR2Vud0NTWms0VUtZV1NiNzc5VT0=","releaseDate":"2023-03-15 10:33"} [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] AVideo-Encoder sending confirmation to objects/aVideoEncoderNotifyIsDone.json.php [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer to objects/aVideoEncoderNotifyIsDone.json.php [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer spectrumimage not set [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer rawVideo not set [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer image not set [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer gifimage not set [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer webpimage not set [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer video not set [15-Mar-2023 10:56:03 UTC] sendToStreamer https://mediawall-test.infn.it/objects/aVideoEncoderNotifyIsDone.json.php in 0.606 seconds {"error":false,"target":"objects\/aVideoEncoderNotifyIsDone.json.php","postFields":{"fail":0,"streamers_id":"1","user":"admin","pass":"_user_hash_S3Q2RmV2a3hCWDJ3aFZkOEdlMEIrSW8wZ1lmeU9Ob2dTWGhrRHZLakhIejR5SFdNbU1XSWYzeVJYVTdIQjB0a3NQTGJWRTJTNTZLdWdHcFUwMERWWnc9PQ==","return_vars":"{\"videos_id\":712,\"video_id_hash\":\"cHlEZEhBN3dUTng5c1h3bU9TMmwrdlRaR2Vud0NTWms0VUtZV1NiNzc5VT0=\",\"releaseDate\":\"2023-03-15 10:33\"}","releaseDate":"2023-03-15 10:33","videos_id":712,"video_id_hash":"cHlEZEhBN3dUTng5c1h3bU9TMmwrdlRaR2Vud0NTWms0VUtZV1NiNzc5VT0="},"response_raw":"{\"error\":false,\"video_id\":712}","response":{"error":false,"video_id":712}}

Could you give me any hints to help me solve this issue?

Thanks in advance,

Marco

[DanielnetoDotCom]

I cannot see any issue but try to manually run this command

ffmpeg -i "/var/www/html/videos/6_tmpFile.mp4" -vf scale=-2:240 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_240.mp4 -vf scale=-2:360 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_360.mp4 -vf scale=-2:480 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 128k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_480.mp4 -vf scale=-2:540 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_540.mp4 -vf scale=-2:720 -movflags +faststart -preset veryfast -vcodec h264 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -max_muxing_queue_size 1024 -y /var/www/html/videos/avideoTmpFile_6_streamers_id_1_720.mp4

[mcorvo]

The command, run from command line inside the container, works just fine. The only difference I see is that when running from CLI, the output starts like this:

ffmpeg version 4.3.5-0+deb11u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6) configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-av resample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --e nable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt - -enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-l ibtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --en able-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-f rei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100 libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100 libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100 libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100 libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100 libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/var/www/html/videos/17_tmpFile.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : isom minor_version : 512 compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41 encoder : Lavf58.45.100 Duration: 00:04:28.80, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 2002 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 1869 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 12800 tbn, 50 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 127 kb/s (default) Metadata: handler_name : ISO Media file produced by Google Inc. Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Stream #0:0 -> #1:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #1:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Stream #0:0 -> #2:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #2:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Stream #0:0 -> #3:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #3:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Stream #0:0 -> #4:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #4:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Stream #0:0 -> #5:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264)) Stream #0:1 -> #5:1 (aac (native) -> aac (native)) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help .....

while the log created inside Encoder shows (this is taken from an X_tmpFile_progress.txt):

ffmpeg version 4.3.5-0+deb11u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2022 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6) configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-av resample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --e nable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt - -enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-l ibtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --en able-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-f rei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100 libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100 libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100 libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100 libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100 libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0 libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100 libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100 libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100 Option user_agent not found.

and there is stops. I tried to find some hints on this "user_option" but didn't find anything useful. Could it be something that is wrapped around the command when

$encoder->exec($code . " 1> \"{$progressFile}\" 2>&1", $output, $return_val);

is run?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Marco

[DanielnetoDotCom]

I am not sure what is happening but looks like a permission thing. maybe php has a memory limit or has no permission to execute ffmpeg commands

Are you using Ubuntu? and php as an apache module?

[mcorvo]

Actually I'm using a docker image called php:7-apache which is a Debian (from /etc/os-release)

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="11" VERSION="11 (bullseye)" VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye ID=debian

It's the default of the Dockerfile to build Encoder image.

[DanielnetoDotCom]

Make sure you are using this docker

https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/wiki/Running-AVideo-with-Docker

this is working fine

[mohmafia]

@DanielnetoDotCom the php-mod apache module is very insecure you should consider to make things work with fpm and that the script needs root also big security risk .. nothing needs root permissions to encode or do cli stuff over php root access is a very very dangerous thing and leaves the door wide open to hackers please considder that with your next update