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Content Transformation - FFmpeg 'cannot run program'

stevegreenbaum — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:21:36 GMT

I have configured a flv to png transformer for the purpose of creating a thumbnail from a video. I have a ffmpeg command which works fine from the command line, but doesn’t work when invoked via org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec when declared in a transformation context file. I receive a “cannot

Re: Content Transformation - FFmpeg 'cannot run program'

sibe — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:24:29 GMT

hello,

Have you resolve this problem, i have the same error

Thank

Re: Content Transformation - FFmpeg 'cannot run program'

stevegreenbaum — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:14:38 GMT

I was never able to resolve this issue. I've had some tell me that org.alfresco.util.exec.RuntimeExec can have problems when there are "too many" command line parameters. I installed the thumbnail extension which provided me the functionality I needed in this particular case.