FFmpeg behaves differently

[vinodkalpaka]

Hi,
Please see these files in FLV:
1) http://selectaplumber.com/files/local.flv
2) http://selectaplumber.com/files/lunar.flv
These are the output flv files converted from local and lunarhost (By using ffmpeg command line in PHP and source file is an mpeg4). But you can see that the lunar.flv is not showing progress bar, but local.flv shows it.

I use the command ffmpeg -i $inputfilename $outputfilename. Please advice.
Regards,
Vinod

[Baldrick]

Progress bar in what? Flash player? It works fine in vlc.

And I would recommend that you convert to h264 video in a mp4 or flv instead. See http://www.mosteo.com/index.php/random-stuff-mainmenu-46/25-development/47-ffmpeg-h264...-flv-container .

[vinodkalpaka]

I tried to run these flv's in adobe media player (ver 1.8).

[vinodkalpaka]

I tried to run these flv's in adobe media player (ver 1.8) and the lunar.flv is missing the total duration of video. But this is visible in local.flv.

[Case]

Things like missing duration for FLV files are often a sign of missing meta data.
FLVtool2 is a usual companion to ffmpeg for adding meta data into FLV files.

flvtool2 -UP foo.flv

[vinodkalpaka]

Is "flvtool" available with flv bundle or install separately ? You can see the difference in meta data
http://selectaplumber.com/files/local.JPG (local)
http://selectaplumber.com/files/lunar.JPG (online server)
Thanks,
Vinod

[Case]

I got FLVTool2 as a separate install from RubyForge.
flvtool2-1.0.6.tgz is the Linux/Unix/Mac OS X command line setup files.
flvtool2-1.0.6.zip contains a Windows executable.