WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low

I am getting a warning message (via Cron) re uploading video:

WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s

WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s Output #0, mp4, to

What do I need to adjust this?

Stuart

Help on this one, please!

Stuart

What are you uploading to get this error?

Does it happen with everything or one specific file?

Chris

It happens on all. The files are small and were uploaded with no problems on D6.1.4.

You can see the videos (one did load but it shows two videos) at www.asia-connect-th.com

Many thanks,

Stuart

Go to your Admin Panel>Modules>Flash Apps

Click the + next to Music Player, then click settings. Tell me what your "Use Audio Bitrate (kbs) is set to.

Since video settings do not have one, you are getting this error with video uploads too?

Check your Cron Jobs and paste your command in here (mark out your site name).

Chris

Flash apps music bitrate is set at 192. Video mic input at 44.

Cron:

***** /usr/bin/php -c /home/xxxxx/public_html/ -q /home/xxxxx/public_html/periodic/cron.php

Thanks!

Stuart

Cron Job is messed up.. Try it like this and then try to upload a video (try small one first < 5MB)

***** /usr/bin/php -q /home/xxxxx/public_html/periodic/cron.php

My server company set the cron job up for me...

Stuart

So do you not have a cPanel login or something? Who is your hosting company? Either way, the cron job is wrong.

 Yes I have CPanel. The cron was setup as you describe and I had problems with allow_url_include is ON errors. This cron corrected that problem globally together with an additional entry in my htaccess file.

Stuart

Does your current .htaccess file in the root of your dolphin install have this at the top?

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_flag register_globals Off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_flag allow_url_include Off
php_flag register_globals Off
</IfModule>

My server uses suphp.exe, you cannot put php commands in the htaccess fiel. My php.ini files has all the commands you outlined.

Stuart

I am able to upload videos, I just get this warning from cron each time. A more pressing concern is, if I upload a video (individually) into the same album, it overwrites the existing video.

Stuart

Oh, Im sorry to hear that. I just left my other host because they installed suPhP. I kept me from doing specific things I had installed on my site.

When they refused to reverse it, I left ..

Chris

The full error report from Cron is outlined below:

FFmpeg version SVN-r19066, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

  configuration: --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-liba52 --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-pthreads --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-avfilter --enable-nonfree --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --extra-ldflags='-L/usr/lib -static'

  libavutil     50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0

  libavcodec    52.30. 1 / 52.30. 1

  libavformat   52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0

  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0

  libavfilter    0. 5. 0 /  0. 5. 0

  libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1

  built on Jul  1 2009 10:40:54, gcc: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)

[wmv3 @ 0x9302740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1) Input #0, asf, from '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8':

  Duration: 00:01:01.87, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 205 kb/s

    Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s

    Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 320x240, 118 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc [ffmpeg_output @ 0x9345b90]auto-inserting filter 'scale'

[wmv3 @ 0x9302740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0 Output #0, image2, to '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/1259117701.jpg':

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p, 320x240, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc Stream mapping:

  Stream #0.1 -> #0.0

Press [q] to stop encoding

frame=    1 fps=  0 q=0.0 Lsize=      -0kB time=0.04 bitrate=  -4.4kbits/s   

video:3kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead -100.634189% FFmpeg version SVN-r19066, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

  configuration: --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-liba52 --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-pthreads --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-avfilter --enable-nonfree --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --extra-ldflags='-L/usr/lib -static'

  libavutil     50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0

  libavcodec    52.30. 1 / 52.30. 1

  libavformat   52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0

  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0

  libavfilter    0. 5. 0 /  0. 5. 0

  libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1

  built on Jul  1 2009 10:40:54, gcc: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)

[wmv3 @ 0xa50d740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1) Input #0, asf, from '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8':

  Duration: 00:01:01.87, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 205 kb/s

    Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s

    Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 320x240, 118 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc

[wmv3 @ 0xa50d740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0 Output #0, flv, to '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8.flv':

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: flv, yuv420p, 480x360, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 1k tbn, 25 tbc

    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: libmp3lame, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s Stream mapping:

  Stream #0.1 -> #0.0

  Stream #0.0 -> #0.1

Press [q] to stop encoding

frame=  127 fps=  0 q=13.8 size=     250kB time=5.08 bitrate= 402.8kbits/s   

frame=  234 fps=232 q=31.0 size=     543kB time=9.36 bitrate= 475.4kbits/s   

frame=  330 fps=218 q=31.0 size=     715kB time=13.20 bitrate= 443.5kbits/s   

frame=  485 fps=241 q=21.0 size=     945kB time=19.40 bitrate= 399.2kbits/s   

frame=  645 fps=257 q=31.0 size=    1173kB time=25.80 bitrate= 372.6kbits/s   

frame=  827 fps=274 q=31.0 size=    1361kB time=33.08 bitrate= 336.9kbits/s   

frame=  990 fps=282 q=14.4 size=    1518kB time=39.60 bitrate= 314.0kbits/s   

frame= 1134 fps=282 q=31.0 size=    1722kB time=45.36 bitrate= 310.9kbits/s   

frame= 1270 fps=281 q=31.0 size=    2091kB time=50.80 bitrate= 337.1kbits/s   

frame= 1411 fps=281 q=24.8 size=    2426kB time=56.44 bitrate= 352.1kbits/s   

frame= 1558 fps=282 q=31.0 size=    2611kB time=62.32 bitrate= 343.2kbits/s   

frame= 1677 fps=285 q=31.0 Lsize=    2772kB time=67.08 bitrate= 338.5kbits/s   

video:2180kB audio:525kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.464356% FFmpeg version SVN-r19066, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

  configuration: --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-liba52 --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-pthreads --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-avfilter --enable-nonfree --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --extra-ldflags='-L/usr/lib -static'

  libavutil     50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0

  libavcodec    52.30. 1 / 52.30. 1

  libavformat   52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0

  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0

  libavfilter    0. 5. 0 /  0. 5. 0

  libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1

  built on Jul  1 2009 10:40:54, gcc: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)

[wmv3 @ 0x9a0c740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1) Input #0, asf, from '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8':

  Duration: 00:01:01.87, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 205 kb/s

    Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s

    Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 320x240, 118 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc

[wmv3 @ 0x9a0c740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0 Output #0, mpeg, to '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8.mpg':

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p, 480x360, q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 90k tbn, 25 tbc

    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: libmp3lame, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s Stream mapping:

  Stream #0.1 -> #0.0

  Stream #0.0 -> #0.1

Press [q] to stop encoding

frame=  137 fps=  0 q=8.2 size=     246kB time=5.44 bitrate= 370.4kbits/s   

frame=  280 fps=279 q=20.2 size=     526kB time=11.16 bitrate= 386.1kbits/s   

frame=  437 fps=290 q=7.4 size=     720kB time=17.44 bitrate= 338.2kbits/s   

frame=  597 fps=297 q=13.3 size=     880kB time=23.84 bitrate= 302.4kbits/s   

frame=  754 fps=300 q=7.5 size=    1048kB time=30.12 bitrate= 285.0kbits/s   

frame=  912 fps=303 q=3.8 size=    1212kB time=36.44 bitrate= 272.5kbits/s   

frame= 1058 fps=301 q=5.1 size=    1376kB time=42.28 bitrate= 266.6kbits/s   

frame= 1206 fps=300 q=19.1 size=    1658kB time=48.20 bitrate= 281.8kbits/s   

frame= 1327 fps=294 q=19.8 size=    1898kB time=53.04 bitrate= 293.1kbits/s   

frame= 1480 fps=295 q=18.3 size=    2130kB time=59.16 bitrate= 294.9kbits/s   

frame= 1634 fps=296 q=23.2 size=    2344kB time=65.32 bitrate= 294.0kbits/s   

frame= 1677 fps=295 q=22.5 Lsize=    2414kB time=67.04 bitrate= 295.0kbits/s   

video:1861kB audio:525kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.172063% FFmpeg version SVN-r19066, Copyright (c) 2000-2009 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

  configuration: --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-libx264 --enable-gpl --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-liba52 --enable-libamr-nb --enable-libamr-wb --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-pthreads --disable-shared --enable-static --enable-avfilter --enable-nonfree --disable-ffplay --disable-ffserver --extra-ldflags='-L/usr/lib -static'

  libavutil     50. 3. 0 / 50. 3. 0

  libavcodec    52.30. 1 / 52.30. 1

  libavformat   52.34. 0 / 52.34. 0

  libavdevice   52. 2. 0 / 52. 2. 0

  libavfilter    0. 5. 0 /  0. 5. 0

  libswscale     0. 7. 1 /  0. 7. 1

  built on Jul  1 2009 10:40:54, gcc: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.0.2)

[wmv3 @ 0xa1e3740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0

Seems stream 1 codec frame rate differs from container frame rate: 1000.00 (1000/1) -> 25.00 (25/1) Input #0, asf, from '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8':

  Duration: 00:01:01.87, start: 5.000000, bitrate: 205 kb/s

    Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: wmav2, 44100 Hz, stereo, s16, 64 kb/s

    Stream #0.1(eng): Video: wmv3, yuv420p, 320x240, 118 kb/s, 25 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc

WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s

WARNING: The bitrate parameter is set too low. It takes bits/s as argument, not kbits/s

[wmv3 @ 0xa1e3740]Extra data: 8 bits left, value: 0 Output #0, mp4, to '/home/connect/public_html/flash/modules/video/files/8.mp4':

    Stream #0.0(eng): Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 176x144, q=2-31, 0 kb/s, 25 tbn, 25 tbc

    Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: libmp3lame, 44100 Hz, mono, s16, 0 kb/s Stream mapping:

  Stream #0.1 -> #0.0

  Stream #0.0 -> #0.1

Press [q] to stop encoding

frame=  279 fps=  0 q=0.0 size=     343kB time=11.16 bitrate= 251.8kbits/s   

frame=  606 fps=598 q=0.0 size=     598kB time=24.22 bitrate= 202.2kbits/s   

frame=  921 fps=607 q=0.0 size=     781kB time=36.84 bitrate= 173.7kbits/s   

frame= 1170 fps=580 q=0.0 size=    1007kB time=46.80 bitrate= 176.3kbits/s   

frame= 1430 fps=568 q=0.0 size=    1629kB time=57.20 bitrate= 233.2kbits/s   

frame= 1677 fps=573 q=0.0 Lsize=    2222kB time=67.08 bitrate= 271.4kbits/s   

video:1663kB audio:525kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 1.595206%

What problems did suphp cause?

Stuart

Oh THAT !! Thats not an error. That email is sent to you every time the cron job runs. I get those too. Its nothing to worry about. Its just letting you know that it processed a video.

What about the warning? (half way down)?

Stuart

I had specific .htaccess commands in my site that regulated my mods that I had installed. It killed them whenever you couldnt insert php commands into the .htaccess file anymore.

Chris

I have it in mine too. As long as the video plays and the sound works, I havent paid it much attention. :)

Chris

Yes, but the sound level on playback is very low.

Stuart