Is it possible to run FFMPEG on DO functions? We are looking to write a function to capture frame from a remote video on the fly via an API call. i.e run ffmpeg -ss time -i "url" -vframes 1 -f image2pipe -
Any suggestions/examples would be great.
Thank you,
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Have you found any answer/solution to this? I am actually interested in the exact same thing using DO functions, but from what I have found, it doesn’t seem there’s any means to install OS level packages for use with the functions.
I did, however, just today post a question looking for a way to install ffmpeg on app platform for use in a production PHP app I have deployed on app platform that I want to be able to continue deploying with push to deploy from a github repo and without needing to use a custom Dockerfile in the repo (to add an apt install of ffmpeg) and someone posted a solution that I am about to try where he installs ffmpeg using just an added
run_commandwhere he installs ffmpeg, moves it to a different directory, and then adds the binary directory for ffmpeg to the PATH.Here’s the link to the reply on my question regarding this: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/any-way-to-install-ffmpeg-on-app-platform-without-using-dockerfile-container-image-deploy?comment=190774
So, I was going to just try this out, and if it doesn’t work for me, I’d probably go the route of adding a custom Dockerfile to my github repo for the PHP app and add a command in there to install ffmpeg. However, if you have found a way to install and use ffmpeg from the functions, I would LOVE to do that instead.
Any luck?
Best, Jon.