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How to install ffmpeg library and ffmpeg PHP module on Plesk for CentOS 7?

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Alexandr Zubtsovsky
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  • Plesk for Linux

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How to install ffmpeg PHP module?

Answer

Warning: Plesk software does not install and does not manage FFMPEG library. Apply the solution below on your own risk and reponsibility.

Note: this instruction is applicable to CentOS 7 and PHP version 5.6 only and was not officially tested with Plesk.

Note: For 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

  1. Log in to the server via SSH as root user.

  2. Make sure EPEL repository is enabled. The following or similar output should be shown on the command below:

    # yum repolist | grep epel
    *epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - 12559

    if it is not, enable it as follows:

    # 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 dependencies:

    # 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:

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

  6. Configure & make:

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

  7. Enable the extension and update Plesk settings:

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

 

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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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    Sohail Khan

    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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