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HowTo: use a different FFMPEG binary
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Overview
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Short Answer
OSX developers
Using Advanced Config Keys
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FFMPEG is the server software that converts audio and video files from their original format into a format that is playable on the web.
Overview
Jamroom packages ffmpeg along with the core, so usually there is nothing you need to do to make it work. However on some servers only their own version of ffmpeg will work. In this case you want to tell jamroom to use the server version, not its own version. -
in /data/config/config.php add this line
Short Answer
$_conf['jrCore_ffmpeg_binary'] = '/usr/bin/ffmpeg'; -
If you dont want to edit the config.php directly via SFTP you can add them via 'Advanced Config Keys'. Docs for that are here:
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/module-developer-guide/5106/advanced-config-keys -
If you use your mac as a development environment, brian has this tip:
OSX developers
brian:.....
I develop on OS X and here is the stuff I added to my data/config/config.php file:
$_conf['jrCore_ffmpeg_binary'] = '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg'; $_conf['jrCore_diff_binary'] = '/usr/bin/diff'; $_conf['jrAudio_sox_binary'] = '/usr/local/bin/sox'; $_conf['jrAudio_id3v2_binary'] = '/usr/local/bin/id3v2'; $_conf['jrImage_convert_binary'] = '/usr/local/bin/convert';
Hope this helps! ....
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An alternative to altering the file and uploading it is to use the ADVANCED CONFIG KEYS system in the ACP to input the correct values
Using Advanced Config Keys
https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/module-developer-guide/5106/advanced-config-keys
