Simple ffmpeg cmd working in windows cmd promt but not with shell_exec()

[lostnucleus]

Hello php people

 

I tried this simple cmd of ffmpeg with php

 echo shell_exec('c:/users/rootadmin/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.exe -i c:/kitty.avi'); 

 

it didnt work (no ouput echoed), but when i copy and paste the same cmd in windows cmd promt it worked perfectly.

 

Please Identify the problem , i have already wasted hrs on this .

thanks in Advance.

[trq]

but when i copy and paste the same cmd in windows cmd promt it worked perfectly

 

I'm afraid it wouldn't have. Windows uses forward slashes to define directories.

 

echo shell_exec('c:\users\rootadmin\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i c:\kitty.avi');

[lostnucleus]

but when i copy and paste the same cmd in windows cmd promt it worked perfectly

 

I'm afraid it wouldn't have. Windows uses forward slashes to define directories.

 

echo shell_exec('c:\users\rootadmin\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe -i c:\kitty.avi');

 

i tried your way but situation still the same , maybe windows uses both type of slashes for same purpose

[trq]

maybe windows uses both type of slashes for same purpose

 

Nope.

 

Most likely the user your server executes as doesn't have permissions to run the program in question.

[lostnucleus]

no thats not the case since just by replacing "-i" with "-formats" it works .