What's your max video?

OK

the question is..  What is the maximum size of a video you have successfully  uploaded to your site and that ffmpeg has converted?

I have found a cap at about 100mb, anything larger never processed and fails.

I've never tried anything beyond 100MB, mostly because I don't feel like pissing off my hosting provider.

Newton,

it may not be a limit on the video size as much as it is the max_execution time. even processing 100mb video and converting it would be quite strenuous on a server. specifically considering the http protocol that is not really meant for the purpose of uploading something that size. there are methods and protocols used for larger video files and video streaming.

possibly consider reading up on streaming media, and see what you can come up with. but i think your issue is the processing time on the video, not so much the file size. since we are forced to use the ffmpeg convertor on here, then it has to be processed and we are not able to just upload any video format. the other weird thing i have found is that even if you upload flv which is what the videos are getting converted to, it still wants to run through the conversion process.

ugh, hopefully we can adapt more modern technology for this process in the near future.

Great response Thanks!

@Mag- yes your right, my live sites, I do not allow anything larger that 50mb for that reason.

The reason asking is my testing server, I think we have talked about it b4, is here in my house. I daily try to stress it with everything I can think of..

So no reason to worry about hosting getting mad..just the computer..lol it is no biggie either basic dell with 1.5mb ram 2.8ghz hyperthread and I have performed every tweak mentioned in Andrew Boon's blogs to the php settings (memcache too)..and they did increase the server performance..a lot

Last night I installed Xcache, but still have some issues turning it on, because of so many errors.

@DosDawg- I have the execution time set high.. i have included a screenshot of the settings..

And yes, they do time out aparently because after running for hours!! they finally fail..

So there is a limit on processing time right? How can that be increased? Would that be hardware related or php settings?

It is not a site killer but I was, am curious about it. Also read some where that ffmpeg will only use "one" processor during encode..not true, and I have flash set to only work on one file at a time but if I upload 5 videos they all start after the cron. Is that normal?

so no one has experienced this enough to talk about it?

I'll see about setting up a local test install and trying some high-filesize media. If you don't hear from me within a week, it's most likely because my NetVista caught fire and burned down my house.

newton,

the issue is the protocol, even in trying to use ftp, where that is a protocol specifically for file transfer, and it will transfer larger files, http is not designed for large file transfers, then you get into the instance of processing capabilities, http has a max of 200mb, i've never seen 200mb uploaded on http to a webserver. now that you are talking about something locally, you are putting other dynamics into the picture. of course you are talking about up/down capabilities on the router, even on a local instance.

there are other resources available for stress testing an environment to where you are not having to actually push files. there are stress situations that can emulate pushing and pulling files.

so i dont think its that nobody has the knowledge to share, but you are asking about something that far exceeds the dolphin application, and or its abilities. for that matter, load joomla and see if you can push 200mb to joomla and have it convert?

Dont know if Im experienced enough or not, but since you are on a home server:

Adjust max execution time in php.ini file

max_execution_time= 6000    (currently you have set to 3000)

LMAO @Mag

Thank you DosDawg, I do realize the limits a little more now. This is an experiment only, but would like my family to see home videos converted. It's not a big issue really. What I do want to know is how to stress this server other than having it running at 100% when converting video. It has RMS on it as well, what test can I do with the "push pull?" could you PM me with resources please?

PS: I have upload larger files from friends house to the home server with no problems.  My home ISP speeds are 50mbs/in and 5mbs/out. Is bandwidth speed is an issue?

@Zarcon, I am going to do that right now and upload another 300mb video..

Hi, i have successful see a few 250 to 275mb videos file uploaded to my site from my members...but i yet to try.....i think the loading time will takes long...but for my site, the pending to processing takes 5mins and from processing to approved takes 10 to 15mins...

I have yet to get any site .2 .3 .4 and now .5b2 to process a video larger that 200MB

and yes for one site I need this..

After files are uploaded the ffmpeg starts as usual but never finishes, get process error.

I did all the adjustments Zarcon, Dawg and this had no effect.

Maybe this is because it is a home server, but its funny I can get almost to 200, 150MB works..and I have tweaked every setting according to Andrews blogs

not a big deal, just don't understand why yet

I've done 200+ without any real issues. My site is set to accept up to 500mb

I finally deselected the "Use H264 Codec" and now videos process quickly, 70MB video used to take 30-40 minutes.

Now can process videos so far upwards of 200MB and in only 4 minutes to encode, less than two minutes to do a 70MB video. I'm happy

now able to process videos at 700MB plus! just why or what is the H264 codec do for us anyway, I really see no difference in quality...

I should do that as well, Go back to the old way because the new codec surely creates CRAPPY video anyway. Obviously whoever is building the video stuff here needs to go back to school because it's EXTREMELY slow and EXTREMELY NOT HD.