[plumi-discuss] indytube (was 'no subject')

Thu Aug 28 14:22:39 EST 2008

Indytube converts to an flv file but you can have it convert to ogg  
also. Playing back ogg in the browser however is no simple matter  
(though the next release of firefox will make ti simple). You can't  
just embed off in a flash player. Prob good to make sure you are  
converting to flv and calling that into the player.

Cheers.
And.

On 28/08/2008, at 8:08 AM, musicman wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> Unfortunately I don't know the software well enough to answer your
> question fully regards the transcoding.
>
> In regards the embedded video, I'm pretty sure all the plumi
> installations I've done have automatically put the video in the
> correct page.
>
> Do you have ffmpeg installed? This is required for indytube to work...
>
>
> L.
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:27 AM, James Gabe <sienasoft1 at hotmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Well I am still stuck on this one, I have done some poking around  
>> but have
>> not made any progress. Maybe I am confused about the process. It  
>> was my
>> thinking that Indytube would be converting the uploaded file to  
>> a .ogg and
>> creating a .flv "wrapper" for displaying the .off in the flow  
>> player. I was
>> able to do in as an admin and publish the video that was uploaded,  
>> but that
>> didnt do anything , it still does not show up as an embedded video  
>> on the
>> page, just a link to download the video in its original .mpg  
>> format. And I
>> still have the Transcode Status:The transcoding failed.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> James
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: sienasoft1 at hotmail.com
>> To: discuss at lists.plumi.org
>> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:30:12 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [plumi-discuss] (no subject)
>>
>> Thanks Andy and Datakid/Musicman/L
>>
>> That worked perfectly. I deleted the lockfile and also bumped the
>> NUMBER_OF_PARALLEL_ENCODERS and I am now converting my files  
>> to .ogg but the
>> flv file are ending up as 0 bytes. I took the command that it is  
>> executing
>> from the log file and ran it at the command line. It doesn't spit  
>> anytyhing
>> back out at me and just goes back to a command prompt, I was hoping  
>> to see
>> some kind of error message there. It is not a permisions problem  
>> because it
>> does create the file, its just empty. The command I tried at  
>> command line
>> that returned nothing was:
>>
>> /usr/bin/mencoder -quiet
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg
>> -o /var/www/plumi-flv-files/8pounder.flv -really-quiet -of lavf - 
>> lavfopts
>> i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames -oac mp3lame - 
>> lameopts
>> abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
>> vcodec 
>> =flv:keyint=50:vbitrate=150:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -vf
>> scale=320:240 -srate 22050
>>
>>
>> ######################################
>> Here is a little excerpt from the log.
>>
>> 2008-08-22 09:24:46,948 INFO Ending indytube... We checked 2  
>> eligble files,
>> converted 0 files
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:46,951 DEBUG started looperInvoker function at  
>> 08/22/08
>> 09:25:46, calling loop every 60 seconds
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:46,951 INFO Starting indytube... in
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:46,951 DEBUG Checking file
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg,
>> using extension .mpg
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:46,952 INFO OK to try encoding:
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:46,970 INFO Encoded
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg
>> in 0.02 seconds, using cmd -- /usr/bin/mencoder -quiet
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg
>> -o /var/www/plumi-flv-files/8pounder.flv -really-quiet -of lavf - 
>> lavfopts
>> i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames -oac mp3lame - 
>> lameopts
>> abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
>> vcodec 
>> =flv:keyint=50:vbitrate=150:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -vf
>> scale=320:240 -srate 22050
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,278 INFO Encoded
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg
>> in 2.28 seconds, using cmd -- ffmpeg2theora
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/8pounder.mpg
>> -o /var/www/plumi-flv-files/8pounder.ogg
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,279 INFO FLV file size is zero - assuming  
>> encoding
>> failed! Permanently skipping file!
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,279 DEBUG Checking file
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/ginnietop.wmv,
>> using extension .wmv
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,279 INFO OK to try encoding:
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/ginnietop.wmv
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,298 INFO Encoded
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/ginnietop.wmv
>> in 0.02 seconds, using cmd -- /usr/bin/mencoder -quiet
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/ginnietop.wmv
>> -o /var/www/plumi-flv-files/ginnietop.flv -really-quiet -of lavf - 
>> lavfopts
>> i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames -oac mp3lame - 
>> lameopts
>> abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts
>> vcodec 
>> =flv:keyint=50:vbitrate=150:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3 -vf
>> scale=320:240 -srate 22050
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,878 INFO Encoded
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/ginnietop.wmv
>> in 0.56 seconds, using cmd -- ffmpeg2theora
>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/jagaworktest/ 
>> videos/ginnietop.wmv
>> -o /var/www/plumi-flv-files/ginnietop.ogg
>> 2008-08-22 09:25:49,878 INFO FLV file size is zero - assuming  
>> encoding
>> failed! Permanently skipping file!
>>
>> Thanks again for all of the help,
>> --James
>>
>>
>>> From: andy at engagemedia.org
>>> To: discuss at lists.plumi.org
>>> Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:11:22 +0700
>>> Subject: Re: [plumi-discuss] (no subject)
>>>
>>> Hi James
>>>
>>> stop indytube, delete the file 'plumidemo-encoder.lock' and restart
>>> indytube - your log file pasted below is telling you it isnt  
>>> encoding
>>> since the max number of encoders you have set in the conf file to
>>> running in parallel (1) is already running. indytube only can tell  
>>> how
>>> many others are running by looking for the existence of this lock  
>>> file,
>>> and hence can get it wrong (if indytube dies, it doesnt clean up the
>>> file properly)
>>>
>>>
>>> andy
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 17:33 -0400, James Gabe wrote:
>>>> I have made it past the error with cheetah and everything seems  
>>>> to be
>>>> working now ....except the encoding. I upload files and nothing
>>>> happens to them. I installed all of the pieces needed for this and
>>>> modified the indytube.conf . I see the files at the OS level and
>>>> indytube.py is running but it doesnt seem to see the files.
>>>>
>>>> Here is my conf file
>>>>
>>>> [encoder]
>>>> BE_HOW_NICE=18
>>>>
>>>> CONVERT_THESE 
>>>> =['.avi','.qt','.mov','.mpeg','.mp4','.mpg','.asf','.wmv','.3gp']
>>>> DO_ENCODING=True
>>>> NUMBER_OF_PARALLEL_ENCODERS=1
>>>>
>>>> ENCODER_LOCKFILE_BASE=/opt/plumi-0.2-final/indytube/plumidemo- 
>>>> encoder.lock
>>>> POLLTIME=60
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [mencoder]
>>>> MENCODER_LOCATION=/usr/bin/mencoder
>>>> MENCODER_OPTIONS=-really-quiet -of lavf -lavfopts
>>>> i_certify_that_my_video_stream_does_not_use_b_frames -oac mp3lame
>>>> -lameopts abr:br=56 -ovc lavc -lavcopts v
>>>> codec 
>>>> =flv:keyint=50:vbitrate=150:mbd=2:mv0:trell:v4mv:cbp:last_pred=3
>>>> -vf scale=320:240 -srate 22050
>>>>
>>>> [ffmpeg2theora]
>>>>
>>>> CORTADO_LOCATION=http://demo.plumi.org/flowplayer/cortado-ovt-debug-0.2.2.jar
>>>> FFMPEG2THEORA_COMMAND=ffmpeg2theora
>>>>
>>>> [flvtool2]
>>>> FLVTOOL_LOCATION=/usr/bin/flvtool2
>>>>
>>>> [paths]
>>>>
>>>> VIDEO_FILE_DIRECTORY=/opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/ 
>>>> files/Members/jagaworktest/videos
>>>> FLV_FILE_DIRECTORY=/var/www/plumi-flv-files/
>>>> INCLUDE_FILE_DIRECTORY=/opt/instances/PlumiDemoLive/var/files/ 
>>>> Members
>>>> INCLUDE_FILE_SUFFIX=.flv.inc
>>>> INCLUDE_TEMPLATE=/opt/plumi-0.2-final/indytube/plumi.template
>>>>
>>>> [urls]
>>>> FLOWPLAYER_LOCATION=http://localhost/flowplayer/FlowPlayerClassic.swf
>>>> VIDEO_SERVER_URL=http://localhost/
>>>> SPLASH_IMAGE_BASE=http://localhost/flowplayer/
>>>> SPLASH_IMAGE_FILE=indytube.jpg
>>>>
>>>> [logging]
>>>> LOG_FILE=/opt/plumi-0.2-final/indytube/plumi-wetube.log
>>>> LOG_LEVEL=logging.INFO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And here is an ls of the dir where tthe files to be converted  
>>>> are, IE:
>>>> VIDEO_FILE_DIRECTORY
>>>>
>>>> $ pwd
>>>>
>>>> /opt/Plone-2.5.5/zeocluster/client1/var/files/Members/ 
>>>> jagaworktest/videos
>>>> $ ls -lrt
>>>> total 1108
>>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 plone plone 4096 2008-08-20 12:02 portal_factory
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 plone plone 744006 2008-08-20 12:04 8pounder.mpg
>>>> -rw-r--r-- 1 plone plone 372772 2008-08-21 06:51 ginnietop.wmv
>>>>
>>>> and a sample of my log file
>>>>
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:28:30,648 INFO Max encoders reached(1), exiting.
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:29:30,652 DEBUG started looperInvoker function at
>>>> 08/21/08 17:29:30, calling loop every 60 seconds
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:29:30,652 INFO Max encoders reached(1), exiting.
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:30:30,656 DEBUG started looperInvoker function at
>>>> 08/21/08 17:30:30, calling loop every 60 seconds
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:30:30,656 INFO Max encoders reached(1), exiting.
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:31:30,660 DEBUG started looperInvoker function at
>>>> 08/21/08 17:31:30, calling loop every 60 seconds
>>>> 2008-08-21 17:31:30,660 INFO Max encoders reached(1), exiting.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>>
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