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Summary of using FFMpeg when setting up Laravel environment with Docker.

How to Use FFMpeg

Dockerfile for the application container

FROM php:7.4-fpm-buster
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install -y ffmpeg

Install using composer in the application container

// Enter the app container
docker compose exec app bash
// Install pbmedia/laravel-ffmpeg
composer require pbmedia/laravel-ffmpeg

Add to config/app.php

Add to the providers and aliases arrays.

// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    ProtoneMedia\LaravelFFMpeg\Support\ServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

'aliases' => [
    ...
    'FFMpeg' => ProtoneMedia\LaravelFFMpeg\Support\FFMpeg::class
    ...
];

After changing the config

Run the command

php artisan config:cache

to apply the changes.

Now, FFMpeg is available in the Laravel project set up with Docker.

Implementation Environment

docker-compose version

version: "3"

Dockerfile for the application container

FROM php:7.4-fpm-buster

If an error occurs stating that FFMpeg or FFprobe cannot be found?

If errors occur, such as the binary not being found,

Identify the location of the binary data

Enter the application container and search with the which command.

// Assuming the "app" container
docker compose exec app bash
which ffmpeg
// Assume /usr/bin/ffmpeg is output

Specify the path in config

In the app container

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Pbmedia\LaravelFFMpeg\FFMpegServiceProvider"

This generates config/laravel-ffmpeg.php with contents like...

<?php

return [
    'default_disk' => 'local',

    'ffmpeg' => [
        'binaries' => env('FFMPEG_BINARIES', 'ffmpeg'),
        'threads' => 12,
    ],

    'ffprobe' => [
        'binaries' => env('FFPROBE_BINARIES', 'ffprobe'),
    ],

    'timeout' => 3600,
];

So, input the path to the binary as an environment variable.

docker-compose.yml

Add to the environment in the app container.

    environment:
      // Added
      - FFMPEG_BINARIES=/usr/bin/ffmpeg
      - FFPROBE_BINARIES=/usr/bin/ffprobe

After adding, rebuild.

docker compose up -d --build

It should work now.

Implementation

The compression method may vary, but the basic form is...

use FFMpeg

~~~~~~

FFMpeg::fromDisk('local')
    ->open('movie.mp4')

    ->exportForHLS()
    ->setSegmentLength(10)

    ->toDisk('local')
    ->save('movie2.mp4');

Like this,

1. Specify the original file
2. Specify compression or editing
3. Specify the destination

If you want to do more, the part where you specify compression and editing may become longer.

For what you can do, refer to the documentation.

⇨ Documentation

Summary

That's all. I hope it can be of help to someone.

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