Hi all,
ive been trying to create a thumbnail using the ffmpeg converter
running the ffmpeg.exe using the subprocess module with the following
code
>>import subprocess
p = subprocess.Pope n(["ffmpeg.exe -i video.mpg", "-f mjpeg -ss 5 -vframes 1 -s 160x120 -an video.gif"], shell=True, stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)
but the ffmpeg complains about the input file being corrupter, whereas
when i run the same command via the command shell (cmd.exe) it works.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
Cheers 1  2385 
placid <Bu****@gmail.c omwrote:
>import subprocess
p = subprocess.Pope n(["ffmpeg.exe -i video.mpg", "-f mjpeg -ss 5 -vframes 1 -s 160x120 -an video.gif"], shell=True, stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)
but the ffmpeg complains about the input file being corrupter, whereas
when i run the same command via the command shell (cmd.exe) it works.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
Here is an idea to try: I would say you've mixed up the two styles of
passing arguments, either pass
args = "ffmpeg.exe -i video.mpg -f mjpeg -ss 5 -vframes 1 -s 160x120 -an video.gif"
p = subprocess.Pope n(args, shell=True, stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)
or
args = ['ffmpeg.exe', '-i', 'video.mpg', '-f', 'mjpeg', '', '-ss', '5', '-vframes', '1', '-s', '160x120', '-an', 'video.gif']
p = subprocess.Pope n(args, shell=True, stdout=subproce ss.PIPE)
If you mix the two styles then you are probably heading for trouble
with argument quoting.
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