problem with mencoder

sudhirmhrj · 02-17-2010, 01:10 PM

Hi all,

I have installed vshare in my linux system and also configured the linux server as described in http://labs.buyscripts.in/projects/v...i/Server_Setup

then i uploaded one sample video to the directory /public_html/videos/templates_c/import/

and imported the video from "Video Processing" section

and when i try to convert the imported it shows me the following screen

"""
STARTING VIDEO CONVERSION (process_queue.id = 25)

File: /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031.mp4

####################################################

SELECT * FROM `video` WHERE `VID`=24

####################################################

Video id: 24

Find video duration - START

Duration (ffmpeg-php): 49

DURATION: 00:49

Create Thumbnail - START

Create Thumbnail with ffmpeg-php - END

CONVERT COMMAND: /usr/bin/mencoder '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031.mp4' -o /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -ofps 24 -vf harddup

####################################################

####################################################

Return value:
Video Conversion Finished

Back
"""

and when i click back it shows "Convert Error"

i also checked that the file /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv doesnt exist

then i tried the same command in Shell it converts the video successfully without error. And the file 12664288231538911220.flv also exist on the specified folder.

Could you tell me why it is not hapening from the web.

Thank you

Regards
sudhir Maharjan

Tinkster · 02-18-2010, 01:43 PM

The first thing that springs to mind is that the userID as which
apache is running doesn't have the right permissions on that dir.

sudhirmhrj · 02-18-2010, 08:03 PM

Thank you for your suggestion

but i didnt understand what actually you are trying to say. Could you explain me in details.

Tinkster · 02-18-2010, 09:54 PM

Ummm ...

Check

Code:

$ ps -ef | grep http
root      3204     1  0 16:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
apache    3222  3204  0 16:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
apache    3223  3204  0 16:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
apache    3224  3204  0 16:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
apache    3225  3204  0 16:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -k start
apache    3226  3204  0 16:39 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -k start

Which user is apache running as?
For me it's apache. Now, assuming you have root access to that machine
you're working with, try:

Code:

sudo -u <apache user> touch /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/some_random_filename

What message or result do you get?

Cheers,
Tink

sudhirmhrj · 02-21-2010, 08:58 AM

Thanks Tinkster for your suggestion

my result for
ps -ef | grep http

root 3290 2815 0 08:45 pts/0 00:00:00 grep http
root 28976 29879 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 28986 29879 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 28988 29879 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 28989 29879 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 28990 29879 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 28992 29879 0 07:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 29548 29879 0 07:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
nobody 29551 29879 0 07:22 ? 00:00:00 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL
root 29879 1 0 Feb13 ? 00:00:05 /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd -k start -DSSL

and i am able to create the file using the code you written
but i am still not able to convert file from vshare.

Tinkster · 02-21-2010, 11:43 AM

The next thing to check will be whether 'nobody' is allowed to
read '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031.mp4' and allowed
to run mencoder ...

sudhirmhrj · 02-23-2010, 08:47 AM

Thanks

user 'nobody' is allowed to read '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031.mp4'

but how do i check if its allowed to run mencoder or not and if not how do i make it run...

bgrds

schneidz · 02-23-2010, 10:29 AM

Code:

ls -l `which mencoder`

will tell us the owner, group, permissions for mencoder.
are you able to ssh in as <nobody> and run:

Code:

/usr/bin/mencoder '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031.mp4' -o /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -ofps 24 -vf harddup

sudhirmhrj · 02-23-2010, 01:50 PM

with the command line

/usr/bin/mencoder '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031_2.mp4' -o /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -ofps 24 -vf harddup

it creates the file 12664288231538911220.flv

but with the following command the result is

sudo -u nobody /usr/bin/mencoder '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031_2.mp4' -o /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -ofps 24 -vf harddup

MEncoder SVN-r30552-4.1.2 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x3d29ff
libavformat file format detected.
[lavf] Video stream found, -vid 0
[lavf] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO: [MP4V] 320x240 24bpp 30.010 fps 539.9 kbps (65.9 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:44 fourcc:0x5634504D size:320x240 fps:30.010 ftime:=0.0333
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [faad] AAC (MPEG2/4 Advanced Audio Coding)
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 106.8 kbit/7.57% (ratio: 13352->176400)
Selected audio codec: [faad] afm: faad (FAAD AAC (MPEG-2/MPEG-4 Audio))
==========================================================================
File not found: '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv'
Failed to open /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv.
Cannot open output file '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv'.

Exiting...

Tinkster · 02-23-2010, 02:20 PM

Did you REMOVE the output file after the first run?

If the answer is 'YES' I'd suggest running the sudo version
under the strace

Code:

sudo -u nobody strace -o /tmp/mencoder.dbg -vFf /usr/bin/mencoder '/home/hijohn/public_html/videos/video/031_2.mp4' -o /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv -of lavf -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=flv:vbitrate=500:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -srate 22050 -ofps 24 -vf harddup

Cheers,
Tink

schneidz · 02-23-2010, 02:53 PM

is <nobody> allowed to read/ write to <hijohn>'s #HOME ?

Tinkster · 02-23-2010, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schneidz

is <nobody> allowed to read/ write to <hijohn>'s #HOME ?

Yup

Post #7 above

schneidz · 02-24-2010, 10:58 AM

Code:

sudo -u nobody touch /home/hijohn/public_html/videos/flvideo/12664288231538911220.flv