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- Plesk for Linux
Question
How to install ffmpeg PHP module?
Answer
Note: this instruction is for CentOS 7 and PHP 5.6 version only and was not officially tested with Plesk.
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Log in to the server via SSH.
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Make sure EPEL is enabled:
# yum repolist | grep epel
*epel/x86_64 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 7 - 12559if it is not, enable it as follows:
# # yum install epel* -y
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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 -
install ffmpeg and dependencies:
# sudo yum install ffmpeg ffmpeg-devel mplayer mencoder flvtool2 libogg libvorbis lame
# sudo yum install make plesk-php56-devel gcc glibc-devel zlib-devel -
Download ffmpeg-php:
# git clone https://github.com/nilsringersma/ffmpeg-php
# cd ffmpeg-php
# /opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/phpize -
Configure & make:
# ./configure --with-php-config=/opt/plesk/php/5.6/bin/php-config --enable-skip-gd-check
# make
# make install -
Enable the extension:
# echo "extension=ffmpeg.so" > /opt/plesk/php/5.6/etc/php.d/ffmpeg.ini
# plesk bin php_handler --reread
Comments
2 comments
Hello Alexandr, it’s possible to install it for php 7? cause all my scripts are working now with php 7.
Regards
Carsten
@Carsten Sachse
Unfortunately, it cannot be compiled due to conflicts with Zend, which is included in PHP 7.0 shipped with Plesk:
You may try to add custom PHP version and to install FFmpeg module for it.
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