ffmpeg / ffplay / ampersand's

[The Little Guy]

I would really like #2 to be answered the most...

 

1. Is there a way to get the length of an audio file?

 

2. Ok, When ever I pass a value containing an ampersand, for some reason the file fails.

 

$flvName // this variable contains the ampersand

- it creates the file but i can not play it

- it doesn't create the thumb image

- it does save the file in the database

 

Create the flv file:

exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i '../../tzfiles.com/users/{$_POST['uploadTo']}/$fName' -sameq -qmax 5 -s 640x480 '../../tzfiles.com/users/{$_POST['uploadTo']}/$flvName'");

 

Create a Thumb:

exec("ffmpeg -i '../../tzfiles.com/users/{$_POST['uploadTo']}/$flvName' -an -ss 00:00:03 -t 00:00:01 -r 1 -y -s 120x90 '../../tzfiles.com/users/{$_POST['uploadTo']}/thumbs/videos/$f%d.jpg'");

[mem0ri]

I'm not sure exactly how the interaction with your file works from the user-interface, but the ampersand is a special character in a URL and can result in incomplete url-requests if you're expecting to include the ampersand character in the URL name.  You will want to use rawurlencode / rawurldecode in order to get around that difficulty.

[The Little Guy]

I am using it to upload a video, then converting the video to a flv file to play in a flash player.

[trq]

Don't use ambersands in file names, they have special meaning to the shell. reoplace them with something else prior.

[The Little Guy]

OK, I converted the & symbols to the word "and" and it works!

 

now, anyone have any info on my first question?