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TeAmEr
TeAmEr

Reputation: 4773

know when ffmpeg completes converting

am using ffmpeg in one of my sites with PHP , i convert files using the php exec function , actually it did me some headache trying to figure out WHEN this ffmpeg completes the file conversion after executing the exec command :( is there anyway to do that ?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2779

Answers (1)

Chris Livdahl
Chris Livdahl

Reputation: 4740

From what I've found, the exec function blocks until the ffmpeg conversion is complete.

For example, you can run ffmpeg like this in your PHP script: 

exec($encode, $output);

(Where $encode is the ffmpeg command as a string, and $output is an array of each line of output from ffmpeg.)

For me, this exec command blocks my PHP script from continuing until ffmpeg conversion is complete, at which point my PHP script continues on, which seems to be how it is described in the PHP manual:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

So, you can tell when exec is complete by following the exec command with another PHP command on the next line in your script that notifies you conversion is complete, or updates a database, or what-have-you.

FYI, I believe that pushing the exec command "into the background" means running the exec command but having the PHP script continue on simultaneously (i.e. asynchronously). For running the exec command in the background, Google "PHP background exec" or "php multi-process", such as:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php#80241 http://www.sitecrafting.com/blog/to-run-php-code-in/

Upvotes: 2

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