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How to install the ffmpeg-php extension in Plesk for CentOS 7

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Kuzma Ivanov
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  • Plesk for Linux

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How to install the ffmpeg-php extension in Plesk for CentOS 7?

Answer

Note: For a single website, the 'composer' can be used instead. See the command below for the installation and the following link for usage examples: https://github.com/PHP-FFMpeg/PHP-FFMpeg 
# /opt/plesk/php/7.2/bin/php /usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/composer.phar install php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg

 

If you would like to see ffmpeg-php pre-installed in PHP provided by Plesk, please vote for this feature on Plesk UserVoice.

 

Below are the steps to install ffmpeg-php extension for PHP 5.6 provided by Plesk on CentOS 7:

  1. Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.

  2. Install the EPEL repository:

    # yum install epel*

  3. Enable RPM Fusion:

    # yum localinstall --nogpgcheck https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/el/rpmfusion-free-release-7.noarch.rpm
    # yum localinstall --nogpgcheck https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/el/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-7.noarch.rpm

  4. Install FFmpeg and packages necessary for its installation:

    # yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel mplayer mencoder flvtool2 libogg libvorbis lame
    # yum install make plesk-php56-devel gcc glibc-devel zlib-devel

  5. Download ffmpeg-php:

    # mkdir /root/ffmpeg_dir
    # cd /root/ffmpeg_dir && git clone https://github.com/nilsringersma/ffmpeg-php
    # cd ffmpeg-php
    # /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/phpize

  6. Modify the ffmpeg_frame.c file:

    6.1. Open the file in any text editor. In this example, we are using the vi editor:

    # vi /root/ffmpeg_dir/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg_frame.c

    6.2. Find the lines:

    CONFIG_TEXT: #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
    #include "config.h"
    #endif

    and right after them add:

    CONFIG_TEXT: #ifndef PIX_FMT_RGB32
    #define PIX_FMT_RGB32 AV_PIX_FMT_RGB32
    #endif

    6.3. Save the changes and close the file.

  7. Edit the file php_ffmpeg.h using the command:

    # sed -i 's/define av_frame_alloc avcodec_alloc_frame/define avcodec_alloc_frame av_frame_alloc/g' /root/ffmpeg_dir/ffmpeg-php/php_ffmpeg.h

  8. Configure & make:

    # ./configure --with-php-config=/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php-config --enable-skip-gd-check
    # make clean && make && make install

  9. Enable the extension and update PHP settings in Plesk:

    # echo "extension=ffmpeg.so" > /opt/plesk/php/5.6/etc/php.d/ffmpeg.ini
    # plesk bin php_handler --reread

    The extension will also appear in Plesk at Tools & Settings > PHP Settings > PHP 5.6 (No matter CGI, FastCGI or FPM application).

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    Carsten Sachse

    Hello Alexandr, it’s possible to install it for php 7? cause all my scripts are working now with php 7.

    Regards
    Carsten

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    Denis Bykov

    @Carsten Sachse

    Unfortunately, it cannot be compiled due to conflicts with Zend, which is included in PHP 7.0 shipped with Plesk:

    error: too many arguments to function 'zend_hash_find'

    You may try to add custom PHP version and to install FFmpeg module for it.

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    Unknown User

    ffmpeg is installed but script cant find it here /usr/bin/ffmpeg 

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    Alisa Kasyanova

    @Sohail Khan
    Hi!
    Please check whether 'ffmpeg_path' is specified in the script and that it is pointing to /usr/bin/ffmpeg.
    Check that ffmpeg is in place:
    # whereis ffmpeg
    ffmpeg: /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/include/ffmpeg /usr/share/ffmpeg /usr/share/man/man1/ffmpeg.1.gz
    And check that permissions on /usr/bin/ffmpeg are 755 root:root.

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