ffmpegbest way to feed lots of images - php

I have a php script which is creating a list of images (usually around 400) to feed to ffmpeg via an exec command, it breaks. Is there another way to send multiple images?
Sample code below
$imgs4vid = "'dir/img1.jpg' 'dir/img2.jpg' 'dir/img3.jpg' 'dir/img4.jpg' 'dir/img5.jpg' etc.."
exec("ffmpeg -r 1/5 -pattern_type glob -i ".$imgs4vid." -c:v libx264 -r 30 -pix_fmt yuv420p ".$vid_name.".mp4 2>&1", $output);
var_dump($output);
I have a way to do with -f concat -i (generatoe a list of files and put her)
Seems like a long way to do it though, must be an easier solution?
Thanks

You can use patterns for input (and output) file names:
ffmpeg -i /dir/img%d.jpg -s 640x480 -vcodec mjpeg /tmp/out.avi

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I'm using ffmpeg with PHP to compress the size of some videos I upload on my website, but I also want to capture the error If something goes wrong during the process when executing the command.
I have read that there's no way to capture the error, but I'm not sure if that's correct.
I hope someone will help me out with this doubt I have.
Here's my code:
$command="$ffmpeg -i $video['tmp_name'] -i pics/watermark.png -s $resolution -filter_complex [1:v][0:v]scale2ref=(127/60)*ih/10/sar:ih/10[wm][base];[base][wm]overlay=10:10 -pix_fmt yuv420p -c:a copy videos/$video_name";
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php library for ffmpeg video processing?

I have installed ffmpeg on my server.
Now I am looking for a php library which can perform ffmpeg functionality, like retrieving video information, converting it to FLV or in any other format, and streaming video.
Please help, Thanks!
You can use below function to convert mp4 video to flv
function mp4toflv($in, $out)
{
//echo $in.' '.$out;
$thumb_stdout;
$errors;
$retval = 0;
// Delete the file if it already exists
if (file_exists($out)) { unlink($out); }
$cmd = "ffmpeg -i $in -ar 22050 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 32K -r 25 -s 320x240 -vcodec flv $out";
//$cmd = "ffmpeg -i $in -b 1024k -s 352x264 -r 25 -acodec copy $out";
//echo escapeshellcmd($cmd);
exec(escapeshellcmd($cmd));
unlink($in);
}
similarly you can also convert other video formats to flv or any other format. Below are some help to convert videos to mp4(h264)
1]. ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -vcodec libx264 output.mp4
2]. ffmpeg input.AVI -vcodec libx264 -sameq output.mp4
option 1 can use for :- (mp4,mov,flv)
option 2 can user for :- (3gp,avi,mp4,mov,flv)
execute above commands using "exec(escapeshellcmd($cmd))" where $cmd will be any from above two options.
Hope this will help someone :)
We have been using ffmpeg-php without any major problems, just make sure you are using supported ffmpeg version. If you need any special behaviour, you can always additionally wrap it using exec().

How to take pictures of the video through mplayer or ffmpeg to php?

How to take pictures of the video through mplayer or ffmpeg to php?
try,
exec("ffmpeg -i $video_file_path -an
-y -f mjpeg -ss 00:02:00 -vframes 1 $image_path")
Assuming ffmpeg is installed on your server, you can use the following code to output the frame at exactly 2 minutes to a JPEG file:
function vidtojpeg($video_filename, $dimensions) {
exec("ffmpeg -i $video_filename -an -ss 00:01:59 -t 00:00:01 -r 1 -y -s $dimensions video%d.jpg");
}
In this function, the $video_filename parameter is self-explanatory. The $dimensions parameter accepts width and height of the outputted images in this format: WIDTHxHEIGHT. For example: 320x480 would be an acceptable parameter.
Converting the video to frames and getting the required frames based on timings can help. Try this : ffmpeg -i video.flv -r 25 -vcodec png -pix_fmt rgb32 %d.png
You can manipulate the formats and bitrate(-r) for getting the required frame in proper format.

How to convert videos with ffmpeg

I want to convert a video from one format to another using ffmpeg. I try lots of code but it does not convert the video.
For example:
exec("ffmpeg -i mickey.flv -ar 22050
-ab 32 -f avi -s 320x240 mickey.avi ");
This code does not convert the video, it does not show any error, it is loading continuously.
It is impossible to pinpoint the problem, because you are executing an external application and any number of things could be going wrong in the process.
See this question for a number of very good hints to debug exec() commands.
Display FFMPEG Error Output:
Command Line:
$command = "ffmpeg -i mickey.flv -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f avi -s 320x240 mickey.avi ";
exec($command . ' 2>&1', $output);
print_r($output);

how to convert video from one format to another using php

hi i want to include the vedio download option in my webpage. I am using ffmpeg, but it seems to work very slow. Is there is any other way to do this or how to spead up the ffmpeg.
i am using this code to get the frames from the vedio.
to convert the vedio
$call="ffmpeg -i ".$_SESSION['video_to_convert']." -vcodec libvpx -r 30 -b ".$quality." -acodec libvorbis -ab 128000 -ar ".$audio." -ac 2 -s ".$size." ".$converted_vids.$name.".".$type." -y 2> log/".$name.".txt";
$convert = (popen("start /b ".$call, "r"));
pclose($convert);
to get the frame from the vedio
exec("ffmpeg -vframes 1 -ss ".$time_in_seconds." -i $converted_vids video_images.jpg -y 2>);
but this code does not generate any error its loading continously.
Cache or pre-generate the output format.
Use the ffmpeg-php library. Should boost up some processes rather then manually calling the ffmpeg command line tool using exec.
I'd first of all take PHP out of the equasion and time how long it takes to do what you're after via the command line.
Once you're happy that works the way you'd like it to, make sure you've tweaked your script's execution time (see http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-time-limit.php) to accomodate what's likely to take a while.
Consider an async approach if it's getting in the way of UX.
Ta

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