FFMPEG-PHP Windows "Can't open movie file"

Question

Hi, ffmpeg extension is loaded as it is shown at phpinfo(), my file and script are at the same location, but I'm still getting this error.

Warning: Can't open movie file Untitled.avi in C:\xampp\htdocs\skelbiu\fetch.php  on line 4

Fatal error: Call to a member function getDuration() on a non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\skelbiu\fetch.php on line 5

My script:

extension_loaded('ffmpeg') or die('Error in loading ffmpeg');

$ffmpegInstance = new ffmpeg_movie('Untitled.avi');
echo "getDuration: " . $ffmpegInstance->getDuration() .
"getFrameCount: " . $ffmpegInstance->getFrameCount() .
"getFrameRate: " . $ffmpegInstance->getFrameRate() .
"getFilename: " . $ffmpegInstance->getFilename() .
"getComment: " . $ffmpegInstance->getComment() .
"getTitle: " . $ffmpegInstance->getTitle() .
"getAuthor: " . $ffmpegInstance->getAuthor() .
"getCopyright: " . $ffmpegInstance->getCopyright() .
"getArtist: " . $ffmpegInstance->getArtist() .
"getGenre: " . $ffmpegInstance->getGenre() .
"getTrackNumber: " . $ffmpegInstance->getTrackNumber() .
"getYear: " . $ffmpegInstance->getYear() .
"getFrameHeight: " . $ffmpegInstance->getFrameHeight() .
"getFrameWidth: " . $ffmpegInstance->getFrameWidth() .
"getPixelFormat: " . $ffmpegInstance->getPixelFormat() .
"getBitRate: " . $ffmpegInstance->getBitRate() .
"getVideoBitRate: " . $ffmpegInstance->getVideoBitRate() .
"getAudioBitRate: " . $ffmpegInstance->getAudioBitRate() .
"getAudioSampleRate: " . $ffmpegInstance->getAudioSampleRate() .
"getVideoCodec: " . $ffmpegInstance->getVideoCodec() .
"getAudioCodec: " . $ffmpegInstance->getAudioCodec() .
"getAudioChannels: " . $ffmpegInstance->getAudioChannels() .
"hasAudio: " . $ffmpegInstance->hasAudio();

I'm using php 5.2.9 (XAMPP 1.7.1), Windows 7. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Your path to the movie has to be the full path. It doesn't matter where your script resides. Because you are using Win 7 and XAMPP, your path would be for example

$ffmpegInstance = new ffmpeg_movie('C:/xampp/htdocs/yourfolder/Untitled.avi');

I hope that this resolves your problem