This project is an API module that integrate with the PHP FFmpeg library. This module doesn't do anything by itself and is usually extended by other projects that do something useful with FFmpeg.
Follow the standard module installation guide (http://drupal.org/documentation/install/modules-themes/modules-7) to install PHP FFmpeg. This module depends on the Composer Manager module (http://drupal.org/project/composer_manager), so follow the instructions on its project page to install the third-party libraries that this module requires.
After installation, visit the setting page at admin/config/development/php-ffmpeg
to set the path to
The module provides an administrative UI for the various configuration options exposed by PHP FFmpeg library. To
instantiate the PHP FFmpeg classes populated with the configuration options, call $ffmpeg = php_ffmpeg();
or
$ffprobe = php_ffmpeg_probe
in your module. Refer to the PHP FFmpeg library's documentation for details on how to use
the library.
Adapters are provided so the PHP FFmpeg library will uses Drupal for logging and caching. The Monolog module is also supported as an alternative logging solution.
The PHP FFMpeg library uses ffmpeg
and ffprobe
CLI executable, all its method accepting file paths expect paths
usable are arguments for these executables. When using the library to process Drupal managed, developer have to ensure
usage of local files paths or URL supported by ffmpeg
and ffprobe
as sources, and local file paths as destinations.