Unable to load FFProbe (0) error after upgrading to v4.1

[FOXCOO]

▶ Reproduction steps

1. Open the site, turn on support for mp4 uploads at the admin, then upload the video
2. It has been confirmed that FFmpeg and FFProbe are installed.

😢 Unexpected result

video_2022-02-13_17-30-14.mp4 - Unable to load FFProbe (0)

📃 Error log message

 

[Rodolfo]

From: https://github.com/PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg?tab=readme-ov-file#your-attention-please

Be sure that these binaries can be located with system PATH to get the benefit of the binary detection

 

[freejishu]

After going through all the PHP-FFMPEG documentation and issues, and trying many solutions without success, it was very frustrating. Both ffmpeg and ffprobe commands could run normally on Ubuntu. It wasn't until I saw someone suggesting to directly specify the paths for ffmpeg and ffprobe that I found a solution to the problem.

So, I decided to start from Chrevereto and modified two locations in app/src/Legacy/Classes/functions.php:1851 and app/src/Legacy/Classes/Image.php:1851 where $ffprobe = FFProbe::create(); was used, to specify the exact paths for ffmpeg and ffprobe.

$ffprobe = FFProbe::create(array(
    'ffmpeg.binaries' => '/usr/bin/ffmpeg',
    'ffprobe.binaries' => '/usr/bin/ffprobe',
));

To my surprise, after the modification, everything worked fine. It is recommended that these two parameters can be configured in the environment (such as env.php) to try to solve this issue.

 

[FOXCOO]

From: https://github.com/PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg?tab=readme-ov-file#your-attention-please

I have confirmed that the binaries FFMpeg and FFProbe can be found via the system path. Could it be that some part of the automatic upgrade is wrong? I'm also getting a ton of error messages now when I go into phpadmin 🤔



I'm going to try reinstalling it. Is it possible to migrate the database directly in this case?

 

[Rodolfo]

Both ffmpeg and ffprobe commands could run normally on Ubuntu. It wasn't until I saw someone suggesting to directly specify the paths for ffmpeg and ffprobe that I found a solution to the problem.

Run doesn't means "available on system path", it means that the binary is there but not available to run using ffmpeg. You need to make it available in the system path, I don't have plans to add manual binary location at this time.

I'm also getting a ton of error messages now when I go into phpadmin 🤔

I don't maintain neither provide PHPMyAdmin on Chevereto package. You need to address that issue with the concerning party.

 

[CMedia_de]

don't forget Open_Basedir in your hosting configuration.

 

[FOXCOO]

After going through all the PHP-FFMPEG documentation and issues, and trying many solutions without success, it was very frustrating. Both ffmpeg and ffprobe commands could run normally on Ubuntu. It wasn't until I saw someone suggesting to directly specify the paths for ffmpeg and ffprobe that I found a solution to the problem.

So, I decided to start from Chrevereto and modified two locations in app/src/Legacy/Classes/functions.php:1851 and app/src/Legacy/Classes/Image.php:1851 where $ffprobe = FFProbe::create(); was used, to specify the exact paths for ffmpeg and ffprobe.

$ffprobe = FFProbe::create(array(
    'ffmpeg.binaries' => '/usr/bin/ffmpeg',
    'ffprobe.binaries' => '/usr/bin/ffprobe',
));

To my surprise, after the modification, everything worked fine. It is recommended that these two parameters can be configured in the environment (such as env.php) to try to solve this issue.

I'm also ubuntu and had the exact same problem as you described.

But I can't find the code located at app/src/Legacy/Classes/functions.php:1851 and app/src/Legacy/Classes/Image.php:1851, can you please explain the context to confirm where the code to manually change the path is inserted?

chevereto/app/src/Legacy/G/functions.php at c8b0b3939daf4fcb271b5d613d2d9540c2847ec0 · chevereto/chevereto

Self-hosted Image and Video Hosting solution, your own Flickr/imgur alternative with your rules. - chevereto/chevereto

github.com

Also, you can refer to the official one here. My app catalog is exactly the same as this one.

 

[FOXCOO]

Run doesn't means "available on system path", it means that the binary is there but not available to run using ffmpeg. You need to make it available in the system path, I don't have plans to add manual binary location at this time.


I don't maintain neither provide PHPMyAdmin on Chevereto package. You need to address that issue with the concerning party.

Obviously, as #3 says, both ffmpeg and ffprobe commands work fine on Ubuntu and are 100% confirmed to be available in the system path. But it just doesn't understand them correctly. I'm trying to manually add the location of their binaries and test again.

root@209:~# which ffmpeg
/usr/bin/ffmpeg
root@209:~# echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
root@209:~#
root@209:~# ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 4.3.6-0+deb11u1 Copyright (c) 2000-2023 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100
libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100
libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100
root@209:~# ffprobe -version
ffprobe version 4.3.6-0+deb11u1 Copyright (c) 2007-2023 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 10 (Debian 10.2.1-6)
configuration: --prefix=/usr --extra-version=0+deb11u1 --toolchain=hardened --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --incdir=/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu --arch=amd64 --enable-gpl --disable-stripping --enable-avresample --disable-filter=resample --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libcdio --enable-libcodec2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libflite --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libjack --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libmysofa --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-librabbitmq --enable-librsvg --enable-librubberband --enable-libshine --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-lv2 --enable-omx --enable-openal --enable-opencl --enable-opengl --enable-sdl2 --enable-pocketsphinx --enable-libmfx --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libdrm --enable-libiec61883 --enable-chromaprint --enable-frei0r --enable-libx264 --enable-shared
libavutil 56. 51.100 / 56. 51.100
libavcodec 58. 91.100 / 58. 91.100
libavformat 58. 45.100 / 58. 45.100
libavdevice 58. 10.100 / 58. 10.100
libavfilter 7. 85.100 / 7. 85.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 7.100 / 5. 7.100
libswresample 3. 7.100 / 3. 7.100
libpostproc 55. 7.100 / 55. 7.100
root@209:~# which ffprobe
/usr/bin/ffprobe
root@209:~#

 

[Rodolfo]

See last comment: https://github.com/PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg/issues/531

 

[FOXCOO]

See last comment: https://github.com/PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg/issues/531

Thanks, problem solved. Uploading videos now works perfectly fine.

Note to anyone reading this thread. Here is the solution

Add or modify the env[PATH] environment variable in the PHP-FPM configuration file to ensure that PHP can load FFProbe correctly.
Find the appropriate location in the [www] section of the configuration file. Usually, the environment variable setting can be placed at the end of this section of the configuration file or near other relevant configuration items.
Add the following line:

env[PATH] = /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin

 

[gpl]

Hi, I cannot find php-fpm ..
I have ubuntu 22.04

ubuntu@ns557051:~$ which ffprobe
/usr/bin/ffprobe
ubuntu@ns557051:~$ which ffmpeg
/usr/bin/ffmpeg

what i do next ?

can someone write me step by step ?
thank you very much guys !

 

[Rodolfo]

Hi, I cannot find php-fpm ..
I have ubuntu 22.04

ubuntu@ns557051:~$ which ffprobe
/usr/bin/ffprobe
ubuntu@ns557051:~$ which ffmpeg
/usr/bin/ffmpeg

what i do next ?

can someone write me step by step ?
thank you very much guys !

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[Rodolfo]

This has been fixed in v4.1.2, you need to use ENV to configure the paths for FFmpeg related binaries.