How to install ffmpeg PHP module?

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. 

1.  Log in to the server via SSH;
2. Make sure EPEL is enabled: 

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

   if it is not, enable it as follows: 

   # wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
   # rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm

3. Enable RPM Fusion: 

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

4. 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

5. Download ffmpeg-php:

   # 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:

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