ffmpeg-php installation

Download the latest ffmpeg-php. You can download it using

# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg-php/files/ffmpeg-php/0.6.0/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2/download
# tar -xvjf ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
# phpize
# ./configure --enable-shared
# make
# make install

Once the installation is completed, you need to add the ffmpeg.so file in your php.ini

Locate you php.ini using
#  php -i | grep php.ini
Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /usr/local/lib
Loaded Configuration File => /usr/local/lib/php.ini

# vi /usr/local/lib/php.ini

add the following line to your php.ini file.
extension=”ffmpeg.so”

restart apache
#/etc/init.d/http restart

You can check the ffmpeg-php module using the command


# php -m | grep ffmpeg
ffmpeg


Common issues in installing ffmpeg-php
1. While running make, you will get an error

make: *** [ffmpeg_frame.lo] Error 1

Fix: Copy the file ffmpeg_frame.loT to ffmpeg_frame.lo

#cp ffmpeg_frame.loT ffmpeg_frame.lo

This should fix the above issue.

2. After enabling ffmpeg in php.ini, you can get an error 

php: symbol lookup error: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-

20060613/ffmpeg.so: undefined symbol: register_ffmpeg_frame_class

Fix : Goto ffmpeg-php installation folder and open the file ffmpeg_frame.c and replace  all

PIX_FMT_RGBA32 with  PIX_FMT_RGB32

cd /usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php

# vi ffmpeg_frame.c

:%s/PIX_FMT_RGBA32/PIX_FMT_RGB32

:wq!

then you need to compile ffmpeg

#./configure --enable-shared

#make

#make install

Hope this will help you in installing ffmpeg-php in your server.