Gallery3 doesn't auto-detect ffmpeg on Mac Mini Server
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angelo.corbo
Joined: 2010-07-19
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Posted: Tue, 2012-05-29 18:06
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I'm setting up the Gallery3 on a Mac Mini Server (10.6.8) which works as expected and I just finished compiling and installing the latest release of ffmpeg (as of 18May2012) which also runs just fine from a command prompt. The ffmpeg binaries are in the 'Library' directory, but I see no ffmpeg_path under Settings --> Advanced to set up, and I'm clueless as to how to configure G3 in this regard... I read the available documentation regarding ffmpeg, but G3 has not auto-detected it and I see no way of manually setting a directory path to it. Any help will be appreciated. |
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The ffmpeg binary isn't 'installed' under the Library directory - you need to copy it (as root/admin user) to /usr/local/bin for it to work properly.
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Hi jnash,
I already see four files in the usr/local/bin directory: ffmpeg, ffprobe, ffserver, and lame. Did you mean to copy the whole ffmpeg directory to usr/local/bin?
A better question still, where should I have done the 'configure and make' of ffmpeg in Snow Leopard Server?
Thanks,
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usr/local/bin needs to be 0755 recursively
chmod -R 0755 usr/local/bin
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angelo, did you also do a make install after you ran configure and make? If not, do that.
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suprsidr,
i did a chmod recursively and now it appears to be working... it may have been the problem. Thank you for the tip.
jnash,
I had already done the 'sudo make install', but did it again to make sure, and it seems to behave as expected, but I can't figure out why 'ffmpeg_path' is still not being listed in 'Settings > Advanced' in case I wanted to set it manually... it puzzles me.
In any event thank you for helping out... I owe the coffee fund an extra large latte (coming soon).