ffmpeg-php and shell_exec

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I'm using ffmpeg-php for uploading videos and converting videos from

"ogv", "mp4", "avi", "flv", "ogg", "mpg", "wmv", "asf" and "mov"

formats to

"flv" , "ogg" and "flv" formats.

I'm doing this by:

        $command1='ffmpeg -i '.$Source." -ar 44100 -ab 128k -s wvga -aspect 4:3 -f FLV -y ".$dest;
        $command2="ffmpeg -i ".$Source." -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -ac 2 -vcodec libx264  -vpre slow -threads 10 -s wvga -aspect 4:3 -f mp4 -y ".$dest;
        $command3="ffmpeg -i ".$Source." -acodec libvorbis -ab 128k -ac 2 -vcodec libtheora  -threads 10 -s wvga -aspect 4:3 -f ogg -y ".$dest;
        @shell_exec($command1.";".$command2.";".$command3);

When applying those commands on .ogv videos it works fine but when applying on .MOV it does not work and no errors displays although when I paste the command into the terminal it works fine.

Hint: Script is running by cron job.

is there any suggestions for this problem?

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2 Answers

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Most likely the script is running out of time before the conversion takes place.

Increase the execution time of your scripts.

Although its not a recommend solution for production. You might want to run background processes to do the conversion and use the PHP script just to upload the video.

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  1. What happens when you run the problem part outside of a crontab?

  2. are you saving the output of your crontab entry to files? i.e.

    59 12 1 1 * { myPhpScript ; } > /tmp/myPhpScript.log 2>&1` ...

( The semicolon preceding the closing '}' is critical)

This captures any stdout or stderr messages to a logfile.

I hope this helps.

P.S. as you appear to be a newish user, if you get an answer that helps you please remember to mark it as accepted, and/or give it a + (or -) as a useful answer.