Does Dolphin need ffmpeg-php?

Hi i have managed to install ffmpeg easier on my server but for some reason non of the videos are converting, then i looked at the error log and it said it could not load dymactic libaries ffmpeg.so.

I then found out what ffmpeg.so is and found out it was ffmpeg-php which i have tried to install muitiple times but gives me errors.

I thought dolphin just needed the ffmpeg.exe?

Also if Dolphin does not need ffmpeg-php why is nothing converting as the ffmpeg.exe is chmod 755.

Thanks

Liam 

Dolphin just needs ffmpeg.exe.. but it should be chmod to 777.

hmm now something odd has happened as my flash uploader has given me a 404 error but the normal uploader works perfectly fine.

Also nothing is still converting even with the ffmpeg.exe on chmod 0777.

The cron job is set up and working, i am using dolphin 7.0.9, also do i need some addon for my server to allow executable files to run.

Lastly i am running apache 2.2 and php 5.3.9 (Latest), OS is CentOS 6 i also use cpanel/WHM

Thanks for any help.

You shouldn't have to add anything extra to get executables to run. Are you absolutely positive the cron job is working?

Something else to look at is the server error log and see if you see anything in there after a video is uploaded. It should be at /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log

My setup is almost exactly the same as yours but with CentOS 5.6 and PHP 5.3.8

I managed to get the flash upload working be reinstalling all the models.

Now here somthing odd, I have uploaded a video and it processing fine but it does seem to be taking a while (But i know it is precessing as i looking at the file size of a m3v going up).

Also When it has processed it does not show up on the site but you can see clearly from this url is has processed: http://main.ik-soft.co.uk/flash/modules/video/files/1.m4v

It's the same for when i upload audio it processes but does not show on the site and it stays at 00:00 minutes and the video/audio player does not show up?

Any ideas, i looked in the Apache log there is nothing there.

Edit: Here is the clip i uploaded (It is the wildlife video you get with windows): https://main.ik-soft.co.uk/m/videos/view/Wildlife

And here is the audio i uploaded: https://main.ik-soft.co.uk/m/sounds/view/Eternal-Battle

Yeah, the audio files don't really process so they are available instantly after you upload them.

About the videos, it sounds like it is working correctly. It normally takes smaller ones on my server 5 or 10 minutes before they are available. Larger ones take a little longer.

How big is the video your trying to upload?

25 MB but it is clearly ready now, same with the audio file i can see it in my file manager but it just does not want to show up on my site, is it somthing i done wrong?

Thanks for the help

Ahhh! Sorry I posted that last one before you added the extra info.

I'm pretty sure your problem is either template or flash related. It looks like the videos are uploading and processing fine but the flash video/audio player isn't showing up!

Can you swap to the stock Dolphin template and see what that video page does?

Posted before you posted xD, also just on a side note it's not even showing up on the Admincp on approved files tab it says 00:00 sitll but i try what you said and see if it works.

Nope that has not worked, i used dolphin 7 to 7.0.8 and never, ever had this issue just ever since i had 7.0.9 this has happened.

Shoot, I see that didn't work... this is a very interesting problem.

Do you have any video related modules installed that DIDN'T come with dolphin? Like something you bought from the market here?

Nope, the only other non-boonex  modules i have is the rpx which is twitter, facebook and etc intergration and Deanos Tools.

Could be a folder permission issue but i did chmod everything that the installer told me to do.

Try this, sometimes it fixes things it would take forever to find if we looked at each file individually.

Get a fresh copy of the dolphin 7.0.9 zip and take out these directories:

flash/modules/video

and

modules/boonex/videos

Upload them to the server and make sure to choose "overwrite" on the ftp software. If any of the files were currupted this will fix it. If this doesn't work it might be something screwed up in the database, were're going to hope that isn't it!

Give me a few minutes and i will do that.

Looks like it could be the database which is annoying.

Uploaded everything like you said, nothing at all.

Yeah, VERY annoying... it's like searching for a needle in a haystack. While you were doing that I was googling around trying to find something but no luck. I even tried a different browser to see if maybe we were both using IE and that was the problem, no luck in Chrome either.

Ok, try this before we go database diving:

1. Clear the cache

2. Disable all the caches, there are 3 or 4 spots under advanced options to turn them off.

Yea i tried that no luck, may i ask what does you cron look like?

Mine looks like this 

But i not sure if that is 100% the right one, The one that the installer told me to add did not seem like it was working.

Thanks for the help.

I use the default one the installer recommends on all my sites:

/usr/bin/php -q /home/XXXX/public_html/periodic/cron.php

The cron job must be working or the video wouldn't process at all. Plus the fact that the audio file you uploaded doesn't show either makes me confidant it's the flash player. The audio files aren't manipulated by the cron job at all so even if it wasn't working the sound file would show up.

You said you uninstalled the video module but what stinks is I'm betting the problem is in the database of the "flash modules" which isn't setup so you can uninstall it like the other ones.

Hmm annoying, but what is the database called do you know? if i know what it is called i can backup the other ones and just leave the flash one out and do a fresh install.

Unless there is a easier way.

Ok, lets try this:

1. Go to phpmyadmin

2. Backup the WHOLE database

3. Delete all the tables that start with "Ray"

4. Run the sql file I have attached, it's all the Ray tables for a fresh 7.0.9 install

5. Clear the cashes again

*fingers crossed*

Oh, one other question.. is the audio file you uploaded showing in admin under sounds?

It worked thanks alot, i can finally get my site open i hope :).

 https://main.ik-soft.co.uk/m/sounds/view/test

Yea it was before but it was showing 00:00 for how long.

But anyway looks like it is working now to try a video :).

Awesome!! I knew we would get to the bottom of it. Glad I could help.

Right the Audio is working fine as you can see below.

https://main.ik-soft.co.uk/m/sounds/albums/my/add_objects/klimyriad-s-sounds/owner/klimyriad

But the Videos is not working, there are processing like before but not showing?

Please could you help?

I have included some images to show what i am getting on the site and in the admin area (Note the images are in gif and i have a dual screen)

Thanks 

Let me ask you something, you said you used 7.0.0 to 7.0.8 and the videos were working. Did you have the site using SSL on those versions too?

I have no idea if this is the issue but supposedly flash has issues some times with SSL. If you had SSL when you used the previous versions of Dolphin this probably isn't the issue. I can't check the music link you posted, it says "access denied".

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/000/fdc7b5c.html

No on the old versions i did not have ssl but still you can still  access the site on non-ssl as well and even on the non-ssl version the video does not load up.

http://main.ik-soft.co.uk (Note when you view pages it may redirect you to the https:// site just remove the s when it does.

Also not sure why it says access denied but try this one instead https://main.ik-soft.co.uk/m/sounds/home/

Edit: Just a question does Dolphin use the .mp4 file instead of the .flv file i am just asking because the .mp4 file does not seem to load to me in my browser http://main.ik-soft.co.uk/flash/modules/video/files/4.mp4  but the .flv does http://main.ik-soft.co.uk/flash/modules/video/files/4.flv                           It seems alittle odd.     If the video player uses the ,mp4 this could be why it is not loading.

I'm wondering what would happen if you reverted the site back to non-SSL and tried everything.

Right i turned ssl off and re-uploaded the video and still not working at all, i turned ssl back on for the moment..

The audio player seems fine still too.

This is a tough one. How much would it set you back to re-install?

Quite a lot if i must be honest, but maybe if i replace the all of the video sql tables and all of ray s videos sql tables it might work.

If not what i will do is run a copy locally and if i get it all set up and working i will replace my current one on my site with my locale on.

If you have any ideas please do say, but for now i need to get the fresh sql tables which means i will need to install dolphin again on a new account :).

Going back to your original question; does Dolphin need ffmpeg-php? Yes

depending on your OS

i.e. for Ubuntu based system I had to install it..

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg-php/files/ffmpeg-php/0.6.0/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2/download

this is taken from the step by step procedures to get your own server up and running Dolphin with proper video encoding working.

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=goto&my_flags=1#topic/D7-Ubuntu-9-10.htm

I got CentOS 6 i don't need it, and tbh you should not need it i found out what was causeing the error can not load dramatic libaries i just had to remove ffmpeg.so from my php,ini.

I can't seem to install ffmpeg-php in my server anyway i tried many ways.

Also looks like i will have to do a complete fresh install instead as the database thing does not seem to want to work.

Thanks Liam.

Reinstalling has seemed to fix the issue i will just have to re-do my site hopefully it will not take to long.

Right i only have one issue now.

You know the status update well when i try to update it in the userbar or my profile i type in whatever and hit enter and nothing happens it does not update or do anything.

Any suggestions.

Thanks a lot guys.

Liam

Topic is old I know.

After years of server setups and wasting time installing "ffmpeg" to show in the php.ini info section of host tools, by installing ffmpeg, codecs, mplayer and so on on the server side, it is not needed for just hosting a Dolphin site. DUH, now that we are at 7.1.1 and the new ffmpeg.exe in the flash/modules/blah blah processes videos and audio files!

So, when your setting up a server from scratch, just do the install and do not worry about ffmpeg-php and all that is needed to show in php.ini.

Yes you seasoned programmers may know this, I've been here a while and didn't, but I just do server setups mostly so please refrain from your sarcastic remarks as much as you can, I know some will not; this should be fun.