php-ffmpeg can't open stats file. Will run in Terminal if I remove temp file name - ffmpeg-php

Question

I have a simple app that is trying to:
1) rotate videos that have a rotation value
2) re-encode HEVC videos so they play in Chrome (until Chrome supports HEVC)
3) stitch several of the results together.
I'm currently developing locally and in testing, I'm trying to scan the current directory for some example mp4's I have in there. It chokes on the very first one. Here is the code:
<?PHP
$files1 = scandir('./');
foreach ($files1 as $file) {
$fileinfo = new SplFileInfo($file);
$extn = $fileinfo->getExtension();
if ($extn == 'mp4'){
fixVideo($file);
}
}
// FUNCTIONS
function fixVideo($file) {
$config = array(
'ffmpeg.binaries' => '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg',
'ffprobe.binaries' => '/usr/local/bin/ffprobe',
'timeout' => 3600, // The timeout for the underlying process
'ffmpeg.threads' => 12, // The number of threads that FFMpeg should use
);
$resultFile = 'FIXED_'.$file;
// create the ffmpeg object
$ffmpeg = FFMpeg\FFMpeg::create($config, null);
// open video file
$video = $ffmpeg->open($file);
// get the first video stream
$videostream = $ffmpeg->getFFProbe()
->streams($file)
->videos()
->first();
//echo "<pre>";print_r($videostream);
if (!$videostream instanceof FFMpeg\FFProbe\DataMapping\Stream) {
throw new \Exception('No stream given');
} else {
echo "<video src='$file' width='100'></video><br>";
echo "$file<br>";
if ($videostream->has('tags')) {
//echo "has tags<BR>";
// MUST WE ROTATE?
$tags = $videostream->get('tags');
if (isset($tags['rotate'])) {
echo "has rotate" . $tags['rotate'] . "<BR>" ;
if ($tags['rotate'] != 0) {
echo "rotate not 0<BR>";
switch($tags['rotate']) {
case 270:
$angle = FFMpeg\Filters\Video\RotateFilter::ROTATE_270;
break;
case 180:
$angle = FFMpeg\Filters\Video\RotateFilter::ROTATE_180;
break;
case 90:
$angle = FFMpeg\Filters\Video\RotateFilter::ROTATE_90;
break;
}
$video->filters()
->rotate($angle); echo "rotating<br>";
} // if ($tags['rotate']
// MUST WE REENCODE TO H.264?
if (isset($tags['encoder'])) {
echo "encoding: " . $tags['encoder'];
}
$format = new FFMpeg\Format\Video\X264();
$format->setAudioCodec("aac");
$video->save($format,$resultFile );
} // if (isset($tags['rotate']
} // if ($videostream->has('tags')
echo "<BR><BR>";
} // if $videostream instanceof
}//function
?>
When I run that in the browser, I get:
appL.mp4
has rotate0
encoding: HEVC
Fatal error: Uncaught Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutionFailureException: ffmpeg failed to execute command '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' 'appL.mp4' '-threads' '12' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-acodec' 'libmp3lame' '-b:v' '1000k' '-refs' '6' '-coder' '1' '-sc_threshold' '40' '-flags' '+loop' '-me_range' '16' '-subq' '7' '-i_qfactor' '0.71' '-qcomp' '0.6' '-qdiff' '4' '-trellis' '1' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/var/tmp/ffmpeg-passes5ba267bb96d0abvdgk/pass-5ba267bb96e01' 'FIXED_appL.mp4' in /Users/[redacted]/test3/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/ProcessRunner.php:100 Stack trace: #0 /Users/[redacted]/test3/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/ProcessRunner.php(72): Alchemy\BinaryDriver\ProcessRunner->doExecutionFailure(''/usr/local/bin...') #1 /Users/[redacted]/test3/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/AbstractBinary.php(209): Alchemy\Bi in /Users/[redacted]/test3/vendor/php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg/src/FFMpeg/Media/AbstractVideo.php on line 106
When I run it in the Terminal, I get:
MacBook-Pro:videos [redacted]$ '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' 'appL.mp4' '-threads' '12' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-acodec' 'libmp3lame' '-b:v' '1000k' '-refs' '6' '-coder' '1' '-sc_threshold' '40' '-flags' '+loop' '-me_range' '16' '-subq' '7' '-i_qfactor' '0.71' '-qcomp' '0.6' '-qdiff' '4' '-trellis' '1' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/var/tmp/ffmpeg-passes5ba267bb96d0abvdgk/pass-5ba267bb96e01' 'FIXED_appL.mp4'
ffmpeg version 4.0.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg developers
built with Apple LLVM version 9.1.0 (clang-902.0.39.2)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.0.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags=-I/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Headers/ --host-ldflags= --enable-gpl --enable-chromaprint --enable-ffplay --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libbs2b --enable-libcaca --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libgme --enable-libgsm --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenh264 --enable-libopus --enable-librsvg --enable-librtmp --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libssh --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavpack --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-opencl --enable-videotoolbox --enable-openssl --enable-libsrt --enable-lzma --enable-libopenjpeg --disable-decoder=jpeg2000 --extra-cflags=-I/usr/local/Cellar/openjpeg/2.3.0/include/openjpeg-2.3 --enable-nonfree
libavutil 56. 14.100 / 56. 14.100
libavcodec 58. 18.100 / 58. 18.100
libavformat 58. 12.100 / 58. 12.100
libavdevice 58. 3.100 / 58. 3.100
libavfilter 7. 16.100 / 7. 16.100
libavresample 4. 0. 0 / 4. 0. 0
libswscale 5. 1.100 / 5. 1.100
libswresample 3. 1.100 / 3. 1.100
libpostproc 55. 1.100 / 55. 1.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'appL.mp4':
Metadata:
major_brand : qt
minor_version : 0
compatible_brands: qt
creation_time : 2018-09-17T16:01:54.000000Z
Duration: 00:00:03.30, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4574 kb/s
Stream #0:0(und): Video: hevc (Main) (hvc1 / 0x31637668), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 960x540, 4459 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 600 tbn, 600 tbc (default)
Metadata:
rotate : 0
creation_time : 2018-09-17T16:01:54.000000Z
handler_name : Core Media Data Handler
encoder : HEVC
Side data:
displaymatrix: rotation of -0.00 degrees
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac (LC) (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, fltp, 98 kb/s (default)
Metadata:
creation_time : 2018-09-17T16:01:54.000000Z
handler_name : Core Media Data Handler
Stream mapping:
Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (hevc (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (aac (native) -> mp3 (libmp3lame))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[libx264 # 0x7f89e0018600] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 BMI2 AVX2
[libx264 # 0x7f89e0018600] ratecontrol_init: can't open stats file
Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
[libmp3lame # 0x7f89e0019e00] 4 frames left in the queue on closing
Conversion failed!

Answer 1

Try this.. Change:
$format = new FFMpeg\Format\Video\X264();
To:
$format = new FFMpeg\Format\Video\X264('libmp3lame');