Enable ffmpeg-php in linux

The ffmpeg-php is a php extension used for accessing and retrieving information from media files both audio and vedio. Now ffmpeg-php which is Rarely used in web applications. This php extension is used for creating thumbnail images from movie files.  If you want to enable “ffmpeg-php” in the server, you have to manually download “ffmpeg-php” source files and compile it.  For enabling “ffmpeg-php” the server needs to have “ffmpeg“, “GD” enabled and php version needs to be grater than 4.3.
The “ffmpeg-php” source files can be downloaded from the link http://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg-php/files/ffmpeg-php/
You have to make sure your server is enabled with “ffmpeg” and “gd”  before proceeding with below steps.

wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php/0.6.0/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2?use_mirror=biznetnetworks
tar -jxvf ffmpeg-php-0.6.0.tbz2
cd ffmpeg-php-0.6.0
yum install php-devel gcc gcc-c++
/usr/bin/phpize

Replace every instance of PIX_FMT_RGBA32 with PIX_FMT_RGB32 in ffmpeg_frame.c file in order to prevent compilation error like “ffmpeg_frame.c:421: error”.  Follow the below steps.

perl -pi -e “s/PIX_FMT_RGBA32/PIX_FMT_RGB32/” ffmpeg_frame.c
./configure
make
make install
echo “extension=ffmpeg.so” >> /etc/php.ini
service httpd restart
php -i | grep -i ffmpeg

Sometimes you can also met with the error “make: *** [ffmpeg_movie.lo] Error 1″ while proceeding with compilation as below, you have to make changes accordingly in “ffmpeg_movie.c” file as described below.
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘_php_open_movie_file’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:258: warning: ‘av_open_input_file’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:1170)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie___construct’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:311: error: ‘list_entry’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:311: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:311: error: for each function it appears in.)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:311: error: ‘le’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:346: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘new_le’
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:356: error: ‘new_le’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getComment’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:531: warning: ‘comment’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:745)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:531: warning: ‘comment’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:745)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getTitle’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:546: warning: ‘title’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:742)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:546: warning: ‘title’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:742)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getAuthor’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:561: warning: ‘author’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:743)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:561: warning: ‘author’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:743)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getCopyright’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:575: warning: ‘copyright’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:744)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:575: warning: ‘copyright’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:744)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getAlbum’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:590: warning: ‘album’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:746)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:590: warning: ‘album’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:746)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getGenre’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:604: warning: ‘genre’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:749)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:604: warning: ‘genre’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:749)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getTrackNumber’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:619: warning: ‘track’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:748)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getYear’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:632: warning: ‘year’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavformat/avformat.h:747)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘zim_ffmpeg_movie_getPixelFormat’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:868: warning: ‘avcodec_get_pix_fmt_name’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:3467)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘_php_read_av_frame’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:1215: warning: ‘avcodec_decode_video’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:3930)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c: In function ‘_php_get_av_frame’:
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:1282: warning: ‘hurry_up’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:1389)
/usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0/ffmpeg_movie.c:1284: warning: ‘hurry_up’ is deprecated (declared at /usr/local/include/libavcodec/avcodec.h:1389)
make: *** [ffmpeg_movie.lo] Error 1
Make changes in ffmpeg_movie.c file as below and try again:

row 311:  list_entry *le;    TO      zend_rsrc_list_entry *le;
row 346:  list_entry new_le;  TO    zend_rsrc_list_entry new_le;
row 360:  hashkey_length+1, (void *)&new_le, sizeof(list_entry),   TO      hashkey_length+1, (void *)&new_le,sizeof(zend_rsrc_list_entry),

Verify if “ffmpeg” extension for php is enabled in the server.

$ php -i | grep -i ffmpeg
You will get the below result if everything is fine.
ffmpeg
ffmpeg-php version => 0.6.0-svn
ffmpeg-php built on => Mar 24 2014 19:02:49
ffmpeg-php gd support  => enabled
ffmpeg libavcodec version => Lavc52.123.0
ffmpeg libavformat version => Lavf52.111.0
ffmpeg swscaler version => SwS0.14.1
ffmpeg.allow_persistent => 0 => 0
ffmpeg.show_warnings => 0 => 0
PWD => /usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0
_SERVER["PWD"] => /usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0
_ENV["PWD"] => /usr/local/src/ffmpeg-php-0.6.0