Converting files to FLV

[sadr]

I have just installed the software and all components. I THINK i installed the flv component through terminal. Not a pro at terminal...

I tried converting a mov file to flv

it exported but the flv file was only zero KB

so, i assume it didnt work.

any help? any way to know if it actually installed properly?

thanks yall
scott

[Case]

the flv file was only zero KB

Could you post the Process Information ("the log") here?
You can access that by pressing the blue "i" in the Progress window, after a (successful or failed) conversion.
That would help diagnose the issue.

[sadr]

here is what it said:

Encoding started on Tue Jan 29 17:26:23 EST 2008
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/*scott/*KidKoala/video/mexico_vids/small/kidkoala_dub_mexico.mov':
Duration: 00:04:15.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5400 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h261, yuv420p, 352x264
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

[Case]

Stream #0.0: Audio
Stream #0.1: Video
Codec type mismatch for mapping #0.0 -> #0.0

If the audio stream is listed before the video stream, then a "Codec type mismatch for mapping"-error can happen, as ffmpeg expects the streams video first, audio second. The solution is to set the "Invert mapping" checkbox in the Audio tab.

[sadr]

ok. so i did this. Now it did export and it became 8.2 mb in size. i opened in flash player but nothing happened. here is the info

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
Wed Jan 30 11:23:22 EST 2008
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/*scott/*KidKoala/video/mexico_vids/small/kidkoala_dub_mexico.mov':
Duration: 00:04:15.0, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 5400 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng), 29.97 fps(r): Video: h261, yuv420p, 352x264
Output #0, flv, to '/*scott/*KidKoala/video/mexico_vids/small/kidkoala_dub_mexico.mov.ff.flv':
Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: flv, yuv420p, 352x264, q=2-15, 200 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, stereo, 56 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0 [sync #0.0]
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1 [sync #0.1]
[h261 @ 0x54340c]warning: first frame is no keyframe
bench: utime=25.240s
video:1835kB audio:1744kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 135.029176%
/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

[Case]

/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

[s:7d02011bc3]Apparently, the installation of FLVtool2 didn't go well.
Try installing that again.[/s:7d02011bc3]
I was wrong, see two posts down.

[fap]

hi...

i have the same problem...
i reinstalled the flvtool2 again and again...
but the created flv file is corrupted and bad...

here is the info file...
FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
[mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0x5597b8]negative ctts, ignoring
Fri Feb 1 10:56:04 CET 2008
Users/photo_mac/Movies/Final-Cut-Projects/Play-the-game/ptg.mov':
Duration: 00:03:38.4, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 33492 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, stereo, 1536 kb/s
Stream #0.1(eng), 25.00 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 720x576
Output #0, flv, to '/Users/photo_mac/Movies/Final-Cut-Projects/Play-the-game/ptg.mov.ff.mp4.flv':
Stream #0.0, 12.00 fps(c): Video: flv, yuv420p, 432x240, q=2-9, 700 kb/s
Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 22050 Hz, stereo, 56 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.1 -> #0.0 [sync #0.0]
Stream #0.0 -> #0.1 [sync #0.1]
bench: utime=99.826s
video:9380kB audio:1493kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 65.477275%
/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

where is the problem???

i also find some other bugs...

please help......


best regards from germany...

[Case]

/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

It seems the script inside /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2
points to
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
while on my system (10.4.11), and maybe yours as well, it should point to
/usr/bin/ruby
because that's where ruby resides on my system.
You can edit that in any text editor. (I did it with BBEdit.) The "bad interpreter: No such file or directory"-error no longer appears in the log. This fixes the metadata being correctly added to the .flv file.
With the wrong path in the script, you should get a valid .flv file without the metadata, just like the previous version of ffmpegX.

It won't fix bad or corrupted .flv files.

[Case]

i opened in flash player but nothing happened.

Flash Player plays .swf files, not .flv files, afaik.
.flv files play in VLC, mplayer or QuickTime Player with Perian.

To embed .flv files in webpages, playable with the Flash plugin,
you should install an .swf media player that links to the .flv file.
I've had good results with JW FLV Media Player.

[maltePORN]

/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

/bin/sh: /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

It seems the script inside /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2
points to
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby
while on my system (10.4.11), and maybe yours as well, it should point to
/usr/bin/ruby
because that's where ruby resides on my system.
You can edit that in any text editor. (I did it with BBEdit.) The "bad interpreter: No such file or directory"-error no longer appears in the log. This fixes the metadata being correctly added to the .flv file.
With the wrong path in the script, you should get a valid .flv file without the metadata, just like the previous version of ffmpegX.

It won't fix bad or corrupted .flv files.

Hello,
how can I access /Applications/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2 ?

In applications I only see ffmpegX.app and this starts the application.

Normally I am working with windows, but a friend has a new mac book pro.

Please help me, thank you.

[Case]

Control-click the application and choose Show Package Contents from the contextual menu, to "open up" the application. Inside, you'll see a Contents folder, inside that a Resources folder, inside that a file called flvtool2.

[maltePORN]

Now I changed the destination of script, but this "LoadError" comes.. do yo have a solution for that?
I hope you will not get impatient with me..

Thx for your help!

FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
Mac OSX universal build for ffmpegX
libavutil version: 49.0.0
libavcodec version: 51.9.0
libavformat version: 50.4.0
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '/Users/RSPB/Desktop/Michael Picard Konzert SiebenGiebelHof Drenkow 02-08.m4v':
Duration: 00:12:26.9, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1602 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng), 25.00 fps(r): Video: h264, yuv420p, 640x480
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo
Output #0, flv, to '/Users/RSPB/Desktop/Michael Picard Konzert SiebenGiebelHof Drenkow 02-08.m4v.ff.flv':
Stream #0.0, 12.00 fps(c): Video: flv, yuv420p, 640x480, q=2-15, 200 kb/s
Sat Apr 5 13:59:25 CEST 2008
, stereo, 56 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
video:17884kB audio:5048kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.536927%
bench: utime=79.384s
/Applications/ffmpegX_0.0.9y/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2:2:in `require': no such file to load -- flvtool2 (LoadError)
from /Applications/ffmpegX_0.0.9y/ffmpegX.app//Contents/Resources/flvtool2:2

[Case]

Now I changed the destination of script, but this "LoadError" comes.. do yo have a solution for that?

Did you install the FLVtool2 (a separate download) correctly, as described in the 0.0.9y announcement and on the ffmpegX website?

It should be installed to /usr/bin/ (where many other command line tools reside, including 'ruby'). This is a totally different file from the one inside ffmpegX.

Either your file isn't there, or does not have the proper attributes to make it a command line executable. You need to do the four Terminal commands exactly right.

[maltePORN]

Thx for alle the help, but now I changed simply the output format to mp4

greets