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i configured and installed ffmpeg. i un-tarred the file inside the tar file are at /usr/local/ffmpeg

the binary installed at: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg

now, i'm confused on how to integrate ffmpeg with zm. i have run the configuration the following ways:

--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local
and
--with-ffmpeg=/usr/local/ffmpeg

i've also messed with the settings in the control panel under 'tools' and set it to /usr/local/ffmpeg and /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg

so my questions are:

1. which configuration method should i be using?
2. what path in the control panel under 'tools' should i be pointing to?

thanks in advance.

Mike
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zmvideo.log

Creating video file Event-18.mpg for event 18
/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -y -hq -intra -r 3.77 -s 320x240 -i %03d-capture.jpg Event-18.mpg > mpeg.log
sh: line 1: mpeg.log: Permission denied

Error: 1 at /usr/local/bin/zmvideo.pl line 259.

what permissions is it referring to?
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i ran this command as root and got this:

# ffmpeg -y -hq -intra -r 3.77 -s 320x240 -i %03d-capture.jpg Event-18.mpg > mpeg.log
[mjpeg @ 0x82e33d0]get_buffer() failed
Input #0, image, from '%03d-capture.jpg':
Duration: 00:00:22.2, bitrate: N/A
Stream #0.0: Video: rawvideo, yuvj420p, 320x240, 3.77 fps
Output #0, mpeg, to 'Event-18.mpg':
Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg1video (hq), 320x240, 5.00 fps, q=2-31, 200 kb/s
Stream mapping:
Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
[mpeg1video @ 0x82e33d0]MPEG1/2 doesnt support 5/1 fps
Error while opening codec for stream #0.0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

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Yamaha Psr-500M Specifications

ok, so after a little searching i decided to downgrade. this definately helped, but not totally.

i can now open an event and create a video from it without generating errors.

now i just want to be able to monitor the mpeg realtime. i'll post my results when i figure this one out.
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Mercedes-Benz C208 Specifications

What do you mean that you downgraded? I haven't been able to use ffmpeg since installing it and would very much like to. I haven't had time to research the problems in detail yet though.

i went to the website and downloaded the earlier version: 0.4.8

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... p_id=16082

then just configure, make, make install

the commands work from a command line now, but i'm still unable to stream video in mpeg.
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Yamaha xv1700a

Streaming uses a totally different mechanism from the creation of video files, though both use ffmpeg. What browser and video format are you using for the streams?

Phil