Install FFMPEG on Heroku

Question

I am trying to install FFMPEG to work with my NodeJs server. I am using heroku-buildpack-multi plugin:
heroku config:set BUILDPACK_URL=https://github.com/ddollar/heroku-buildpack-multi.git

I have created a .buildpacks (without extesion) file at my github repository. This is what it includes:

https://github.com/jayzes/heroku-buildpack-ffmpeg
https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodej

Each time i am trying to push my changes to heroku, this is what i get:

-----> Fetching custom git buildpack... failed ! Push rejected, error fetching custom buildpack

Unforlunatly, there is not much information regarding ffmpeg installtion on heroku. What am i missing here?

Answer 1

I just tried this with a demo app I cloned from Heroku:

https://github.com/heroku/node-js-getting-started.git

I was able to deploy successfully following the same steps you listed above, except I added an 's' to the end of your second buildpack (you have a typo - could this be the issue?): https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs

I would recommend following the same process with a fresh codebase to help troubleshoot your environment. But note two things: 1) The heroku-buildpack-multi plugin you're using is deprecated, and 2) Heroku officially supports multiple buildpacks:

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/using-multiple-buildpacks-for-an-app

and has an officially supported ffmpeg buidback you can use:

https://elements.heroku.com/buildpacks/jonathanong/heroku-buildpack-ffmpeg-latest