Ffmpeg encoder Filename Extension Stripping Issue

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#1

I apologize if this is a weird one to explain, I’ll do my best.

Issue: Member uploads a file from a very popular movie editor that saves filenames like this:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16355084 Oct 22 20:08 trim.5F7F375E-36EA-4ECA-B706-C8AD83572EA5.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  7559763 Oct 23 14:13 trim.7519551E-0059-4968-8EB4-333D62C7598E.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16355084 Oct 22 17:38 trim.7DEF6534-5FDB-4F52-BCDB-65FEB9AB09BC.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8265702 Oct 23 04:40 trim.867D89CB-996D-4313-8532-266AB09503E1.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25776492 Oct 23 02:14 trim.8AB987F3-1248-4B10-B660-4201C98ABDD8.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  1782936 Oct 23 04:49 trim.8BD95728-4AC9-439E-A198-F9D7DE056ED3.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42092018 Oct 23 15:54 trim.9A457327-0FD0-4E82-A4BB-B53FCB9F1F35.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  3813999 Oct 23 11:11 trim.9B411645-BE39-42E6-9297-3FA25971EC80.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83416778 Oct 23 04:33 trim.A902E60D-B759-47D9-8F8E-75BB9E2C3187.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25776492 Oct 23 02:36 trim.BAAD04D2-CF6E-4CD5-8646-4330E25675CF.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  8265702 Oct 23 05:21 trim.D683B44F-0561-4169-8CF4-BAA7ECED02F6.MOV
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 42092018 Oct 23 15:26 trim.F8424DAB-4D8F-405B-9A48-A6E5755272AF.MOV

No worries, right? It’s a valid filename.

Problem is, when the ffmpeg encoder sends it to the /completed directory, it calls it “trim.mp4”. In fact, it calls ALL of them trim.mp4 and keeps overwriting things.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    67417 Oct 23 15:55 trim0.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    55848 Oct 23 15:55 trim1.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    47851 Oct 23 15:55 trim2.jpg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13060939 Oct 23 15:55 trim.mp4

So now instead of having 14 videos, we have one. Ouch! That’s not good. :smile:

Is the “trim(.)code.MOV” the issue? The ffmpeg plugin should not strip the first “dot/period” it finds, but strip the last one, instead. Then videos will encode successfully and correct files be resent to the server.

Thanks!

#2

I should have mentioned, the directories I listed in the first post to show the filenames are the /queued directory first, and then later in the post the /completed directory as the 3 thumbnails and single movie.

Ben

#3

Hi @illusionsglass,

Yes , we have figure out the issue. It will be fixed in future release but if you are in hurry, you can make the changes in media-node by yourself. Here is the link to required changes -> https://github.com/rtCamp/media-node/pull/16/files

#4

Thanks Ritesh. I’ve removed the line and added the two others to the js file. If there’s any problems I’ll report back! Thanks for your attention, as always. Much appreciated.

#5