[cause]: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_URL]: Invalid URL

[danielBourke]

ffmpeg is failing to load in node 18

[cause]: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_URL]: Invalid URL

const getFFmpeg = async () => {
  const ffmpeg = createFFmpeg({
    log: true,
  });
  await ffmpeg.load();
  return ffmpeg;
};

[adriaandotcom]

According to their docs Node.js support has been dropped from ffmpeg.wasm since v0.12.

You can use v0.11.6 with node 16 or use something like:

• fluent-ffmpeg (7 years old)
• ffmpeg (11 years old, guide)

These packages are mainly wrappers around ffmpeg, so they might work fine without updates.