how to install ffmpeg on windows ?

[palak]

hi...

i m nw here...

i am getting stuk of this...

i want to install ffmpeg on windows..

i hav xampp 7.1.3 and php 5.3.1

i google it n got tht i hav to put the dll files of ffmpeg into xampp/php/ext

and another in windows/system32

and have to add extension=php_ffmpeg.dll into php.ini

and restart the server...

bt i still got error that " PHP Startup : Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\xampp\php\php_ffmpeg.dll' - The specified modual could not be found "

i didnt kno hw m geting this error ....:😕

can any one knew it ??? please help me out...😕

thanks....

[halojoy]

Googling I see that this can happen sometimes.
Sometimes a module will not work with a specific php version.
The php_ffmpeg.dll file you have downloaded may not work with your 5.3.1
So, I should try with some other (older) versions of the php_ffmpeg.dll file.

Here is one download
Installing ffmpeg-php on Windows XP
http://www.ironlasso.com/install_ffmpeg-php_windows.html

[palak]

Thanks for guide me...🙂

i wil be back soon...with reply is it working for me or not...🙂

[palak]

ohhh....its still shows same error....

cn u have any other idea...?? with which i can install ffmpeg into php...

Thanks...

[halojoy]

This is ffmpeg-php homepage: http://ffmpeg-php.sourceforge.net/
XAMPP forum: http://www.apachefriends.org/f/

Sorry I can not help you.
🙂

[palak]

thanks for help me.... 🙂

but still my problem is not solved...does anyone here who can help me out ???

Thanks...

[bradgrafelman]

Reading the comments on "windows support" thread here, it looks like this module is only compatible with PHP 4, not 5.

[palak]

Thanks for guide me..i will try it with php 4.... 🙂

[bradgrafelman]

I Google'd some more and found a build for PHP5 on Windows.

You can download ffmpeg_new.rar here from SourceForge.

Basically, inside the 'php5' directory, copy the 'php_ffmpeg_20050618_nogif.dll' file to your extensions directory (c:\php\ext\ for example) and rename it to php_ffmpeg.dll. You'll also need to copy avcodec.dll and avformat.dll (from the 'common_dir' folder in that .rar file) to your main PHP install directory (e.g. c:\php). You may need to grab the 'nogif' versions of the two dll's and rename them to 'avcodec.dll' and 'avformat.dll' respectively - I'm not sure.

I'm at work right now, but if you can't figure it out by this evening I can setup an unmodified install of PHP5 and try to write up a quick how-to.

[palak]

ohh goddd....

still ther is same error.......

"PHP Startup : Unable to load dynamic library 'c:\xampp\php\php_ffmpeg.dll' - The specified modual could not be found"

i dnt kno hw to stop this error....😕 i m stuck of it.... 🙁 🙁

[bradgrafelman]

Sorry for not following up on this in quite a while... been kept fairly busy at work and forgot about it.

Is this still and issue for you, palak? If so, I can work on getting together that guide I said I would post.

[palak]

bradgrafelman;10942270 wrote:

Sorry for not following up on this in quite a while... been kept fairly busy at work and forgot about it.

Is this still and issue for you, palak? If so, I can work on getting together that guide I said I would post.

Yeah still its not working...😕:mad:

i m still searching for it....i put it on paused fr sometimes until i got a solution...

if u have ny solution thn pls tel me....i wil b very thankful to u.....🙂

Thanks....🙂

[housefull]

Good post. I appreciate it.
Many thanks to ur post. I love it.

[powa]

I'm having the same issue as above. I also tried the ffmpeg new folder you linked and followed your instructions. Tried with both the regular dll's and then also with using the nogif's and just renaming them. I still can't ffmpeg to work with php 5.3 on XAMPP.

Any luck moving forward on this? :?

[bradgrafelman]

After some digging around, I've come to the conclusion that the ffmpeg extension for PHP seems fairly abandoned. Their site doesn't list any news since '07, and the DLL's I could find seem to support either PHP4 or some version of PHP5 before the 5.3 branch.

If you're technically inclined, you can try to compile the source code yourself and build your own DLL. Otherwise, I'd say forget about using this abandoned extension and look for some other solution.

[powa]

So I'm assuming there is no viable easy solution with php 5.3 for video uploading/encoding sites out of the box :/ Like vidiscript or phpmotion.

[bradgrafelman]

powa;10944396 wrote:

So I'm assuming there is no viable easy solution with php 5.3 for video uploading/encoding sites out of the box :/ Like vidiscript or phpmotion.

No idea - I've never heard of nor used those products, nor have I had any experience with that whole topic.

All I know is that I couldn't find a pre-compiled DLL that worked with PHP 5.3. It's possible that you could fight the source into compiling if you had the time, but since the extension isn't something I'll likely use myself I chose not to fight that battle. :p

[powa]

Okay well thanks anyway, I guess I'll just mark this as hopeless and step back to php 5.2.8.

Appreciate the response!

[flipmedia]

Hi dear pals,
I am a PHP developer from kerala, I am in problem with installing ffmpeg on my local system with windows XP, php 5.0.2 wamp server, Apache/1.3.31 (Win32) PHP/5.0.2 . When I do all required steps and restart wamp I got Error

PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'c:/wamp/php/ext/php_ffmpeg.dll'-The specified procedure is
could not be found . Please help me if you recover this prblem

Actually I think ffmpeg is a real SCRAP , bull **** ...😕

Thanks
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