php video upload and ffmpeg won't create a thumbnail

Question

I am trying to make a video upload feature for my project. But I have a problem with ffmpeg section. ffmpeg is already installed on my server. But i can not get any thumbnail. I have try to create thumbnail using the following code:

$videoa = exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg  -i $videoUrlp.flv -f flv -s 650x390 $videoUrlp.mp4 2>&1");
$videob = exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg  -i $videoUrlp.mp4 -vcodec png -ss 00:00:5 -s 650x390 -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo $videoUrlp.png");

But i ge this when use var_dump(); for var_dump($videoa); and var_dump($videob);

string(74) "https://mywebsite.com/uploads/video/ey1kXNew_video.flv: Input/output error" string(0) ""

Also if i use the shell_exec like this:

$videoa = shell_exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg  -i $videoUrlp.flv -f flv -s 650x390 $videoUrlp.mp4");
$videob = shell_exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg  -i $videoUrlp.mp4 -vcodec png -ss 00:00:5 -s 650x390 -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo $videoUrlp.png");

and the var_dumps() giving me NULL NULL.

Please help me where am I wrong.

And here is my full video upload code:

$valid_formats = array("mp4","MP4","flv");
            if(isset($_POST) and $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
               $name = $_FILES['uploading']['name'];
               $size = $_FILES['uploading']['size'];
               if(strlen($name)) {
                   $ext = strtolower(pathinfo($name, PATHINFO_EXTENSION)); 
                   $name = alphaID(microtime(true) * 10000).'_video';
                   if(in_array($ext,$valid_formats)) {
                   if($size<(50024*50024)) {
                      $GetVideoName = $name;
                      $video_ext=$ext;
                       $tmp = $_FILES['uploading']['tmp_name'];
                       if(move_uploaded_file($tmp, $videoPath.$GetVideoName.'.'.$video_ext)) {
                           $videoUrlp = $base_url.'uploads/video/'.$GetVideoName;
                           $videoa = exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg  -i $videoUrlp.flv -f flv -s 650x390 $videoUrlp.mp4 2>&1");
                           $videob = exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg  -i $videoUrlp.mp4 -vcodec png -ss 00:00:5 -s 650x390 -vframes 1 -an -f rawvideo $videoUrlp.png");
                           echo var_dump($videoa);
                           echo var_dump($videob);

                        } else {
                            echo "Fail upload folder with read access.";
                        }
                     } else
                        echo "Image file size max 1 MB";                    
                     } else
                        echo "invalidvieo"; 
                 } else
                    echo "Please select image..!";
                 exit;
              }

I have tested also like this way:

echo exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $videoUrlp.flv -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 780x400 $videoUrlp.$video_ext");
echo exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $videoUrlp.$video_ext -deinterlace -an -ss 1 -t 00:00:05 -r 1 -y -vcodec mjpeg -f mjpeg $videoUrlp.png 2>&1");

and I see the following echo

video:71kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.000000%

and another try then I get this note: https://mywebsite.com/uploads/video/1547892356_video.flv: Connection refused

echo exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $videoUrlp.flv -ar 22050 -ab 32 -f flv -s 780x400 $videoUrlp.$video_ext");
echo exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $videoUrlp.$video_ext -deinterlace -an -ss 1 -t 00:00:05 -r 1 -y -vcodec mjpeg -f mjpeg $videoUrlp.png 2>&1");

Here is last shell_exec Output:

 $local = 'https://website.com/uploads/video/'.$GetVideoName.'.'.$video_ext;
 $localTumb = 'https://website.com/uploads/video/'.$GetVideoName.'.png';
 echo shell_exec("/usr/bin/ffmpeg -i $local -deinterlace -an -ss 1 -t 00:00:05 -r 1 -y -vcodec mjpeg -f mjpeg $localTumb 2>&1");    

ffmpeg version 2.8.15 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 4.8.5 (GCC) 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-36) configuration: --prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin
--datadir=/usr/share/ffmpeg --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/share/man --arch=x86_64 --optflags='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -m64 -mtune=generic' --extra-ldflags='-Wl,-z,relro ' --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-version3 --enable-bzlib --disable-crystalhd --enable-gnutls --enable-ladspa --enable-libass --enable-libcdio --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-nonfree --disable-indev=jack --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgsm --enable-libmp3lame --enable-openal --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libpulse --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-x11grab --enable-avfilter --enable-avresample --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --disable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --disable-debug --disable-stripping --shlibdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-runtime-cpudetect libavutil 54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100 libavcodec 56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100 libavformat 56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101 libavdevice 56. 4.100 / 56. 4.100 libavfilter 5. 40.101 / 5. 40.101 libavresample 2. 1. 0 / 2. 1. 0 libswscale 3. 1.101 / 3. 1.101 libswresample 1. 2.101 / 1. 2.101 libpostproc 53. 3.100 / 53. 3.100 Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'https://website.com/uploads/video/e0J6HwtK_video.mp4': Metadata: major_brand : mp42 minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: isommp42 creation_time : 2018-01-01 12:09:49 Duration: 00:00:41.49, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 230 kb/s Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 240x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 2:3], 158 kb/s, 9.73 fps, 9.73 tbr, 19462 tbn, 19.46 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 71 kb/s (default) Metadata: creation_time : 2018-01-01 12:09:49 handler_name : IsoMedia File Produced by Google, 5-11-2011 [swscaler @ 0xc8c580] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly Output #0, mjpeg, to 'https://website.com/uploads/video/e0J6HwtK_video.png': Metadata: major_brand : mp42 minor_version : 0 compatible_brands: isommp42 encoder : Lavf56.40.101 Stream #0:0(und): Video: mjpeg, yuvj420p(pc), 240x360 [SAR 1:1 DAR 2:3], q=2-31, 200 kb/s, 1 fps, 1 tbn, 1 tbc (default) Metadata: handler_name : VideoHandler encoder : Lavc56.60.100 mjpeg Stream mapping: Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> mjpeg (native)) Press [q] to stop, [?] for help frame= 5 fps=0.0 q=1.6 Lsize= 100kB time=00:00:05.00 bitrate= 163.9kbits/s dup=0 drop=32 video:100kB audio:0kB subtitle:0kB other streams:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead: 0.000000%

Answer 1

If you are using https, your ffmpeg has to be configured with ssl support (ffmpeg over https fails).