From walder at allink.ch  Sun Jul  2 09:22:19 2006
From: walder at allink.ch (Mike Walder)
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 15:22:19 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] FLVs not playing in flash when created on Mac
	OS X
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That would be cool.

Here is the link:

http://kunden.allink.ch/flv/FLVConverter.app.zip

I will add some more features in a few weeks.

cheers
mike

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Am 30.06.2006 um 11:17 schrieb erixtekila:

>> Thanks anyway for the info. I am working on a ffmpeg gui for os x.  
>> The
>> application is finished all I needed was to find out why the ruby
>> script didn?t run on all os x machines. But in that case the 10.3 os
>> should work fine.
> Want me to test here ?
>
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From oszkar.nagy at gmail.com  Mon Jul  3 11:42:54 2006
From: oszkar.nagy at gmail.com (Oszkar Nagy)
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 16:42:54 +0100
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] FLVTool on Mac OS X
Message-ID: <60D4DCA5-13C5-4602-9664-0E90EE5CF8B2@gmail.com>

Hi!

Two cases regarding flvtool2 where I don't know what to do.

1.
Tried to inject cue points from a valid xml-file following the  
structure of the sample xml with the command:

flvtool2 -AUPt myxml.xml input.flv output.flv

It did inject the tags according to the information printed on the  
screen however if I load the file in Flash, it does not see any cue  
points, and the hasCuePoints element is false. I tried changing the  
line endings as well but nothing happened.


2.
All worked fine up until I updated my system from 10.4.6 to 10.4.7.  
after executing the same command I get:
ERROR: undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:82:in `add'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:47:in `send'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:47:in `execute!'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:46:in `each'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:46:in `execute!'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:44:in  
`process_files'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:225:in `each'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:225:in  
`process_files'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2/base.rb:44:in `execute!'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2.rb:168:in `execute!'
ERROR: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/flvtool2.rb:228
ERROR: /usr/bin/flvtool2:2:in `require'
ERROR: /usr/bin/flvtool2:2

Any ideas on theese?

Oszkar Nagy





From oszkar.nagy at gmail.com  Wed Jul  5 05:50:07 2006
From: oszkar.nagy at gmail.com (Oszkar Nagy)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 10:50:07 +0100
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash +
	1000msec problem
Message-ID: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>

Just found out why wasn't showing up my injected metadata in Flash on  
Mac OS X although flvtool2 reported that it is inside.
The problem was that some of the cue points were closer than 1000  
msec. If I left more than 1000 msec gap between the cue points it  
worked fine in Flash as well.

So question: Why does flvtool2 put cue points just  on whole seconds?  
With the standard Flash encoder you can define cue points at let's  
say 00:26:13:123 whereas with flvtool2 only at 00:26:13:000.

Would be really nice to have this precision as in some cases its  
really needed.

Hope this helps somebody...

From erixtekila at gmail.com  Wed Jul  5 17:59:35 2006
From: erixtekila at gmail.com (erixtekila)
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 23:59:35 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>

> Just found out why wasn't showing up my injected metadata in Flash on
> Mac OS X although flvtool2 reported that it is inside.
> The problem was that some of the cue points were closer than 1000
> msec. If I left more than 1000 msec gap between the cue points it
> worked fine in Flash as well.
>
> So question: Why does flvtool2 put cue points just  on whole seconds?
> With the standard Flash encoder you can define cue points at let's
> say 00:26:13:123 whereas with flvtool2 only at 00:26:13:000.
>
> Would be really nice to have this precision as in some cases its
> really needed.
>
> Hope this helps somebody...

Sorry but I don't think this is the issue.
First what version of flvtool2 do you use ?
What is the standard Flash encoder ? Macromedia's ?

Precision is not as you mention.
Let me try to explain :
flv is a serie of frames and keyframes.
The number of frames depends of your encoding settings.

You could add two sorts of cuepoints in the flv.
But the more accurate time you get?will be the one used with the 
flvtool2 -k switch.
   -k            Keyframe mode slides onCuePoint(navigation) tags added 
by the
                 add command to nearest keyframe position

So you'd anderstand better how the time of your cuepoint is dependant 
of your encoding.
You should give the framerate and number of keyframe/frame used in your 
settings.
That way, wil a simple calculation, we'll be able to know if flvtool2 
fails where FVE achieve the task.

IMHO FVE (Flash Video Exporter) tells you precise time although it 
won't be able to be precise.


Just my 2 cents.
-----------
erixtekila
http://blog.v-i-a.net/

From oszkar.nagy at gmail.com  Thu Jul  6 06:42:17 2006
From: oszkar.nagy at gmail.com (Oszkar Nagy)
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 11:42:17 +0100
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>

First, erixtekila thank you for your input, greatly appreciated.

Let me try to explain the problem in greater detail, and please
correct me if I'm wrong in anything as I am no expert on this.

Situation and environment:
I have flvtool2 1.0.5 RC6 running on intel Mac OS X 10.4.7. and I am
using the following command to inject:
flvtool2 -AUPt mydata.xml input.flv output.flv

I have an FLV video encoded from an uncompressed AVI with Macromedia's
Flash 8 Video Encoder which is shipped with Flash 8 Prof. The settings
were Sorenson Spark, 500kbps data rate and automatic keyframe
placement, with the original framerate which was 29.97.

The video has several chapters in it which begin at a specific time. I
have an XML file which contains the start and stop time of each
chapter in miliseconds (and of course the start time of a chapter is
not necessarily on a keyframe). I am injecting this data (start and
stop times of chapters + other here unrelevant data) into the FLV.

Problem:
When I inject the data from the XML file if I have a cue point
(navigation or event) at 1000 msec (00:00:01:000 in Flash) and another
one at let's say 1100 msec (00:00:01:100 in Flash) the flvtool2
reports back that the tags are injected but you can see nothing in
Flash in the parameters window (although they are in, you can read
them in actionscript). If the gap between these two cue points is
greater than 1000 then it injects and you can see the data in Flash
(in parameter window) as well.

Now my biggest problem is whenever I inject the data all the cue
points are placed at whole seconds. For example I injected the sample
XML file with the three events, I only changed the timestamps:

333,1000,1100 for the three events
With these none of the cue points showed up in Flash. (time 0,1,1
reported by flvtool2)

If I changed them to:
333, 1000, 2100
then they showed up with the following timestamp in Flash:
00:00:00:000, 00:00:01:000, 00:00:02:000  (time 0,1,2 reported by flvtool2)
but they shouldn't they be
00:00:00:333, 00:00:01:000, 00:00:02:100????

I am a relly bit confused here as I don't know if is this a Flash bug
or that 2 navigation cue points can not be on the same second or am I
missing something here (could easily be) ? The reason I am asking this
is that I would like to insert cue points at locations which are not
necessarily on keyframes or whole seconds and be able to navigate to
these points or have aevents attached to them. Can this be done?

Anyway flvtool2 is a great program!

Oszkar Nagy

> Sorry but I don't think this is the issue.
> First what version of flvtool2 do you use ?
> What is the standard Flash encoder ? Macromedia's ?
>
> Precision is not as you mention.
> Let me try to explain :
> flv is a serie of frames and keyframes.
> The number of frames depends of your encoding settings.
>
> You could add two sorts of cuepoints in the flv.
> But the more accurate time you getwill be the one used with the
> flvtool2 -k switch.
>    -k            Keyframe mode slides onCuePoint(navigation) tags added
> by the
>                  add command to nearest keyframe position
>
> So you'd anderstand better how the time of your cuepoint is dependant
> of your encoding.
> You should give the framerate and number of keyframe/frame used in your
> settings.
> That way, wil a simple calculation, we'll be able to know if flvtool2
> fails where FVE achieve the task.
>
> IMHO FVE (Flash Video Exporter) tells you precise time although it
> won't be able to be precise.
>
>
> Just my 2 cents.
> -----------
> erixtekila
> http://blog.v-i-a.net/
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From erixtekila at gmail.com  Sat Jul  8 04:57:32 2006
From: erixtekila at gmail.com (erixtekila)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:57:32 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7e30e209f2cbbd3012c6d7f6878a10da@gmail.com>

> I am a relly bit confused here as I don't know if is this a Flash bug
> or that 2 navigation cue points can not be on the same second or am I
> missing something here (could easily be) ? The reason I am asking this
> is that I would like to insert cue points at locations which are not
> necessarily on keyframes or whole seconds and be able to navigate to
> these points or have aevents attached to them. Can this be done?

Of course it is.
You are using  flvtool2 1.0.5 RC6 and you should update your version to 
the last svn repository.

BTW, let post here the ouptut of a flvtool2 -UPs movie.flv
Just to check something.

See ya.
-----------
erixtekila
http://blog.v-i-a.net/


From erixtekila at gmail.com  Sat Jul  8 05:10:29 2006
From: erixtekila at gmail.com (erixtekila)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 11:10:29 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>

You should also try not to print the output

> flvtool2 -AUPt mydata.xml input.flv output.flv

I remember that options are executed in order.
Also you should use redirection to output in another file :

flvtool2 -AUt mydata.xml input.flv stdout > output.flv

flvtool2 -P output.flv
This command doesn't work in r6 version.
The one in the repository, do.

HTH
-----------
erixtekila
http://blog.v-i-a.net/


From oszkar.nagy at gmail.com  Mon Jul 10 05:04:13 2006
From: oszkar.nagy at gmail.com (Oszkar Nagy)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:04:13 +0100
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>

Hi!

Thanks again for help!

Here is the output of
flvtool2 -UPs myvideo.flv:

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
/Users/intel/Desktop/Video full lesson test/Flash_sorenson/ 
fl7_800_80_autokf.flv:
   hasKeyframes: true
   cuePoints:
   audiodatarate: 80.5466342619987
   hasVideo: true
   stereo: true
   canSeekToEnd: true
   framerate: 30
   audiosamplerate: 44000
   videocodecid: 2
   datasize: 109349944
   lasttimestamp: 976.814
   audiosamplesize: 16
   audiosize: 10246230
   hasAudio: true
   audiodelay: 0.038
   videosize: 99094042
   metadatadate: Mon Jul 10 09:49:59 GMT+0100 2006
   metadatacreator: inlet media FLVTool2 v1.0.5 - http://www.inlet- 
media.de/flvtool2
   lastkeyframetimestamp: 976.814
   height: 480
   filesize: 109616645
   hasMetadata: true
   keyframes:
     times:
       - 0.038
       - 2.007
       - 3.975
       - 5.944
....
removed inbetween
...
       - 972.544
       - 974.512
       - 976.481
       - 976.814
     filepositions:
       - 10211
       - 229038
       - 447325
       - 666500
...
removed inbetween
...

       - 109055518
       - 109295687
       - 109558328
       - 109604776
   audiocodecid: 2
   videodatarate: 808.932034143655
   duration: 976.847
   hasCuePoints: false
   width: 720
------------------------------------------------------------------

I also downloaded the one from the repository but nothing changed so  
far (it's 1.0.5 RC6 as well, but might be a new build)

I also tried "flvtool2 -AUt mydata.xml input.flv stdout > output.flv"  
with the same results.

The really weird thing is that in Flash if use the onMetedata event  
to output the metadata it reports all the CuePoints "undefined" but  
at the same time the onCuePoint event fires up correctly and I can  
get the embedded data with the parameters.

Also here is a sample from my xml (I am using ):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<tags>
<metatag event="onCuePoint">
   <name>TeachingPoint_1</name>
   <timestamp>53667</timestamp>
   <parameters>
    <start_point>53667</start_point>
    <stop_point>59233</stop_point>
   </parameters>
   <type>navigation</type>
</metatag>

<metatag event="onCuePoint">
   <name>TeachingPoint_2</name>
   <timestamp>59267</timestamp>
   <parameters>
    <start_point>59267</start_point>
    <stop_point>83167</stop_point>
   </parameters>
   <type>navigation</type>
</metatag>

<metatag event="onCuePoint">
   <name>Question_2_1</name>
   <timestamp>93267</timestamp>
   <parameters>
   	<start_point>83200</start_point>
   	<stop_point>93267</stop_point>
   	<correct_answer>2</correct_answer>
   	<question_type>2</question_type>
   </parameters>
   <type>event</type>
</metatag>

I also convert the line endings to Unix line endings.

Oszkar Nagy

On 8 Jul 2006, at 10:10, erixtekila wrote:

> You should also try not to print the output
>
>> flvtool2 -AUPt mydata.xml input.flv output.flv
>
> I remember that options are executed in order.
> Also you should use redirection to output in another file :
>
> flvtool2 -AUt mydata.xml input.flv stdout > output.flv
>
> flvtool2 -P output.flv
> This command doesn't work in r6 version.
> The one in the repository, do.
>
> HTH
> -----------
> erixtekila
> http://blog.v-i-a.net/
>
> _______________________________________________
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From erixtekila at gmail.com  Mon Jul 10 07:27:20 2006
From: erixtekila at gmail.com (erixtekila)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:27:20 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>

OK.
>    duration: 976.847
Your file is pretty long.
Be aware that cuepoint timestamps are in millseconds.
>   <timestamp>53667</timestamp>

You should try to add your cuepoints with -k switch.

If not, I have no clue why it doesn't work.
File to long ? Normann ?

Le 10 juil. 06, ? 11:04, Oszkar Nagy a ?crit :

> Hi!
>
> Thanks again for help!
>
> Here is the output of
> flvtool2 -UPs myvideo.flv:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> -
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> /Users/intel/Desktop/Video full lesson test/Flash_sorenson/
> fl7_800_80_autokf.flv:
>    hasKeyframes: true
>    cuePoints:
>    audiodatarate: 80.5466342619987
>    hasVideo: true
>    stereo: true
>    canSeekToEnd: true
>    framerate: 30
>    audiosamplerate: 44000
>    videocodecid: 2
>    datasize: 109349944
>    lasttimestamp: 976.814
>    audiosamplesize: 16
>    audiosize: 10246230
>    hasAudio: true
>    audiodelay: 0.038
>    videosize: 99094042
>    metadatadate: Mon Jul 10 09:49:59 GMT+0100 2006
>    metadatacreator: inlet media FLVTool2 v1.0.5 - http://www.inlet-
> media.de/flvtool2
>    lastkeyframetimestamp: 976.814
>    height: 480
>    filesize: 109616645
>    hasMetadata: true
>    keyframes:
>      times:
>        - 0.038
>        - 2.007
>        - 3.975
>        - 5.944
> ....
> removed inbetween
> ...
>        - 972.544
>        - 974.512
>        - 976.481
>        - 976.814
>      filepositions:
>        - 10211
>        - 229038
>        - 447325
>        - 666500
> ...
> removed inbetween
> ...
>
>        - 109055518
>        - 109295687
>        - 109558328
>        - 109604776
>    audiocodecid: 2
>    videodatarate: 808.932034143655
>    duration: 976.847
>    hasCuePoints: false
>    width: 720
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I also downloaded the one from the repository but nothing changed so
> far (it's 1.0.5 RC6 as well, but might be a new build)
>
> I also tried "flvtool2 -AUt mydata.xml input.flv stdout > output.flv"
> with the same results.
>
> The really weird thing is that in Flash if use the onMetedata event
> to output the metadata it reports all the CuePoints "undefined" but
> at the same time the onCuePoint event fires up correctly and I can
> get the embedded data with the parameters.
>
> Also here is a sample from my xml (I am using ):
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <tags>
> <metatag event="onCuePoint">
>    <name>TeachingPoint_1</name>
>    <timestamp>53667</timestamp>
>    <parameters>
>     <start_point>53667</start_point>
>     <stop_point>59233</stop_point>
>    </parameters>
>    <type>navigation</type>
> </metatag>
>
> <metatag event="onCuePoint">
>    <name>TeachingPoint_2</name>
>    <timestamp>59267</timestamp>
>    <parameters>
>     <start_point>59267</start_point>
>     <stop_point>83167</stop_point>
>    </parameters>
>    <type>navigation</type>
> </metatag>
>
> <metatag event="onCuePoint">
>    <name>Question_2_1</name>
>    <timestamp>93267</timestamp>
>    <parameters>
>    	<start_point>83200</start_point>
>    	<stop_point>93267</stop_point>
>    	<correct_answer>2</correct_answer>
>    	<question_type>2</question_type>
>    </parameters>
>    <type>event</type>
> </metatag>
>
> I also convert the line endings to Unix line endings.
>
> Oszkar Nagy
>
> On 8 Jul 2006, at 10:10, erixtekila wrote:
>
>> You should also try not to print the output
>>
>>> flvtool2 -AUPt mydata.xml input.flv output.flv
>>
>> I remember that options are executed in order.
>> Also you should use redirection to output in another file :
>>
>> flvtool2 -AUt mydata.xml input.flv stdout > output.flv
>>
>> flvtool2 -P output.flv
>> This command doesn't work in r6 version.
>> The one in the repository, do.
>>
>> HTH
-----------
erixtekila
http://blog.v-i-a.net/
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Flvtool2-users mailing list
>> Flvtool2-users at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/flvtool2-users
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Flvtool2-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/flvtool2-users
>


From duncan.reid at gmail.com  Mon Jul 10 15:59:17 2006
From: duncan.reid at gmail.com (Duncan Reid)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:59:17 -0400
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] 1.0.5 RC6 - Windows Version
Message-ID: <87ad8d9a0607101259l1301e71dk4c6b9f9db4cf8032@mail.gmail.com>

Hello All,

I seem to be able to inject cuepoints via an xml file as per the example...

flvtool2 -A -t examples/tags.xml in.flv out.flv

but outside of that i'm consistently getting these types of errors:

C:\flvtool>flvtool2 -UPs gear-3.flv
ERROR: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
ERROR: flv/stream.rb:138:in `add_meta_tag'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:184:in `add_meta_data_tag'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:137:in `update'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:47:in `send'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:47:in `execute!'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:46:in `each'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:46:in `execute!'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:44:in `process_files'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:225:in `each'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:225:in `process_files'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:44:in `execute!'
ERROR: lib/flvtool2.rb:168:in `execute!'
ERROR: lib/flvtool2.rb:228

or

C:\flvtool>flvtool2 -U gear-3.flv out.flv

which actually creates the "out.flv" but it's 0 bytes.

ERROR: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
ERROR: flv/stream.rb:138:in `add_meta_tag'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:184:in `add_meta_data_tag'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:137:in `update'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:47:in `send'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:47:in `execute!'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:46:in `each'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:46:in `execute!'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:44:in `process_files'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:225:in `each'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:225:in `process_files'
ERROR: flvtool2/base.rb:44:in `execute!'
ERROR: lib/flvtool2.rb:168:in `execute!'
ERROR: lib/flvtool2.rb:228

I noticed from the example provided in the help that the in / out paths were
optional so i haven't used them yet, everything is located with the tool
itself for testing purposes.

I may be way off base with my command line useage though.  I have tried many
different ways but can't quite get it, seems like i am missing a switch or
something?

Again this is not my strong point and i've googled for hours trying to find
information, but there isn't much out there and the wiki supposedly had some
good examples but that seems to be gone unfortunately.  Tried google cache
but nothing is showing up for me there either.

Does anyone have any good reference points or examples?  Or am i just
running on the wrong platform?  :-)

I'm on windows prototyping at the moment, will be moving over to linux
shortly.

apologies for the length of this email...

Thanks,
Dunc
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From kefentse at kefentse.com  Sun Jul 16 21:55:36 2006
From: kefentse at kefentse.com (Kefentse Account)
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:55:36 -0400
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] ERROR: undefined method
Message-ID: <44BAEE18.5020408@kefentse.com>

Hi:

I had FLV tool all set up and working on my last machine, and now I am 
getting the following error:

flvtool2 -P flv_test.flv
ERROR: undefined method `&' for "\005":String
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flv/stream.rb:399:in `read_header'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flv/stream.rb:57:in `initialize'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:272:in 
`open_stream'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:238:in 
`process_files'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:225:in 
`process_files'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:44:in 
`FLVTool2::Base#execute!'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2.rb:168:in 
`FLVTool2#execute!'
ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2.rb:228
ERROR: /usr/local/bin/flvtool2:2

Has anyone received this error?

I have Any help is appreciated...thanks!

From oszkar.nagy at gmail.com  Mon Jul 17 04:38:16 2006
From: oszkar.nagy at gmail.com (Oszkar Nagy)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:38:16 +0100
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>
	<a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>

Hi!

Well from what I discovered so far I think my issue is NOT due to a  
bug in flvtool2. Here is what I found:

If I inject data from an XML using (flvtool2 -AUt myxml.xml input.flv  
output.flv) the data is actually in the FLV file and all the cue  
points invoke the onCuePoint event. Although you can't read them (I  
am no professional in AS2 so I might be wrong) from the cuePoints  
array as they all return undefined. This was a problem for me as I  
wanted to have access to all my data as soosn as the FLV has been  
loaded. So what I did in my particular case is I created a cue point  
at 0 timestamp and added all my data as parameters. This would fire  
up at the start of the FLV and parse all the data from the parameters  
to associative arrays, so that I have all my information before  
reaching any other cue points. Also sometimes if I put two cue points  
closer than 1000 msec I got an "Unsorted cue point" error using the  
Flash 7 media components (have to use those in this particular  
project) to play back the FLV. So I think this is a bug in Flash.

Erixtekila:
Tried both with the same result.

Kefentse Account:
Regarding your problem, most of the time I got an error message like  
this something is wrong syntactically so check how do you run  
flvtool2. Check escaped characters, and check how you put your  
parameters and your piping as well if you do that. If you are  
injecting from xml check the format of you xml and also the line  
endings and the file encoding. I had several problems which were due  
to my XML was not formatted properly (as I am generating them  
automatically).

Cheers,

Oszkar


From erixtekila at gmail.com  Mon Jul 17 05:00:23 2006
From: erixtekila at gmail.com (erixtekila)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:00:23 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>
	<a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>
	<FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9edec375f9fa14e3f451e1e287888964@gmail.com>

Normally, to catch the cuepoints infos, you should register an 
NetStream.onMetaData function.
This will be called when the header of the flv as beend read.

HTH
-----------
erixtekila
http://blog.v-i-a.net/


From oszkar.nagy at gmail.com  Mon Jul 17 05:18:35 2006
From: oszkar.nagy at gmail.com (Oszkar Nagy)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:18:35 +0100
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <9edec375f9fa14e3f451e1e287888964@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>
	<a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>
	<FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
	<9edec375f9fa14e3f451e1e287888964@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <9742EFF1-D291-4A5A-A922-89FA279728B0@gmail.com>

Hi!

True, but when you do that you there is a cuePoints property (an  
array actually) which contains all your cue points just as other meta  
tags such as keyframes or hasCuePoints etc. This is empty however  
when you inject with flvtool2, although the data is there as  you can  
crete an event listener and read from that.

Oszkar

On 17 Jul 2006, at 10:00, erixtekila wrote:

> Normally, to catch the cuepoints infos, you should register an
> NetStream.onMetaData function.
> This will be called when the header of the flv as beend read.
>
> HTH
> -----------
> erixtekila
> http://blog.v-i-a.net/
>
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From omar.speranza at argomedia.it  Mon Jul 17 05:29:11 2006
From: omar.speranza at argomedia.it (Omar Speranza)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:29:11 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Apply meta to webcam FLV
Message-ID: <44BB5867.2010700@argomedia.it>

Hi,
a friend of mine usually record video FLV from his webcam and put them 
on PC,
but when I use flvtool2 -UP video_from_webcam.flv
I got an EOF error

I think that these type of records are not "closed"...
is there a solution to apply meta on them?




--
~omar

From kefentse at kefentse.com  Tue Jul 18 00:08:58 2006
From: kefentse at kefentse.com (Kefentse Account)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:08:58 -0400
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
 + 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>	<a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>
	<FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <44BC5EDA.5090404@kefentse.com>

Hi Oszkar,

I get the error when I attempt to run this script from the shell :

flvtool2 -P meta_test.flv

Not sure what would create the error:

ERROR: undefined method `&' for "\005":String

How do you usually troubleshoot? Also, does anyone have FLVTool2 working 
with Ruby 1.9? Could that be causing a problem?

Thanks again for any help you can provide.

Oszkar Nagy wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Well from what I discovered so far I think my issue is NOT due to a  
> bug in flvtool2. Here is what I found:
>
> If I inject data from an XML using (flvtool2 -AUt myxml.xml input.flv  
> output.flv) the data is actually in the FLV file and all the cue  
> points invoke the onCuePoint event. Although you can't read them (I  
> am no professional in AS2 so I might be wrong) from the cuePoints  
> array as they all return undefined. This was a problem for me as I  
> wanted to have access to all my data as soosn as the FLV has been  
> loaded. So what I did in my particular case is I created a cue point  
> at 0 timestamp and added all my data as parameters. This would fire  
> up at the start of the FLV and parse all the data from the parameters  
> to associative arrays, so that I have all my information before  
> reaching any other cue points. Also sometimes if I put two cue points  
> closer than 1000 msec I got an "Unsorted cue point" error using the  
> Flash 7 media components (have to use those in this particular  
> project) to play back the FLV. So I think this is a bug in Flash.
>
> Erixtekila:
> Tried both with the same result.
>
> Kefentse Account:
> Regarding your problem, most of the time I got an error message like  
> this something is wrong syntactically so check how do you run  
> flvtool2. Check escaped characters, and check how you put your  
> parameters and your piping as well if you do that. If you are  
> injecting from xml check the format of you xml and also the line  
> endings and the file encoding. I had several problems which were due  
> to my XML was not formatted properly (as I am generating them  
> automatically).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Oszkar
>
> _______________________________________________
> Flvtool2-users mailing list
> Flvtool2-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/flvtool2-users
>
>
>   


From kefentse at kefentse.com  Tue Jul 18 00:51:47 2006
From: kefentse at kefentse.com (Kefentse Account)
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:51:47 -0400
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in Flash
 + 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <44BC5EDA.5090404@kefentse.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>	<a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>	<FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
	<44BC5EDA.5090404@kefentse.com>
Message-ID: <44BC68E3.7080209@kefentse.com>

FYI I figured out the problem. I was running Ruby 1.9. As soon as I 
replaced 1.9 with 1.8 FLV Tool2 works. Should that be submitted as a bug?

Thanks!


Kefentse Account wrote:
> Hi Oszkar,
>
> I get the error when I attempt to run this script from the shell :
>
> flvtool2 -P meta_test.flv
>
> Not sure what would create the error:
>
> ERROR: undefined method `&' for "\005":String
>
> How do you usually troubleshoot? Also, does anyone have FLVTool2 working 
> with Ruby 1.9? Could that be causing a problem?
>
> Thanks again for any help you can provide.
>
> Oszkar Nagy wrote:
>   
>> Hi!
>>
>> Well from what I discovered so far I think my issue is NOT due to a  
>> bug in flvtool2. Here is what I found:
>>
>> If I inject data from an XML using (flvtool2 -AUt myxml.xml input.flv  
>> output.flv) the data is actually in the FLV file and all the cue  
>> points invoke the onCuePoint event. Although you can't read them (I  
>> am no professional in AS2 so I might be wrong) from the cuePoints  
>> array as they all return undefined. This was a problem for me as I  
>> wanted to have access to all my data as soosn as the FLV has been  
>> loaded. So what I did in my particular case is I created a cue point  
>> at 0 timestamp and added all my data as parameters. This would fire  
>> up at the start of the FLV and parse all the data from the parameters  
>> to associative arrays, so that I have all my information before  
>> reaching any other cue points. Also sometimes if I put two cue points  
>> closer than 1000 msec I got an "Unsorted cue point" error using the  
>> Flash 7 media components (have to use those in this particular  
>> project) to play back the FLV. So I think this is a bug in Flash.
>>
>> Erixtekila:
>> Tried both with the same result.
>>
>> Kefentse Account:
>> Regarding your problem, most of the time I got an error message like  
>> this something is wrong syntactically so check how do you run  
>> flvtool2. Check escaped characters, and check how you put your  
>> parameters and your piping as well if you do that. If you are  
>> injecting from xml check the format of you xml and also the line  
>> endings and the file encoding. I had several problems which were due  
>> to my XML was not formatted properly (as I am generating them  
>> automatically).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Oszkar
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Flvtool2-users mailing list
>> Flvtool2-users at rubyforge.org
>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/flvtool2-users
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> _______________________________________________
> Flvtool2-users mailing list
> Flvtool2-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/flvtool2-users
>
>
>   


From lists at inlet-media.de  Fri Jul 21 04:54:59 2006
From: lists at inlet-media.de (Norman Timmler)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:54:59 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] Solution to cue points not appearing in
	Flash	+ 1000msec problem
In-Reply-To: <44BC68E3.7080209@kefentse.com>
References: <1F650B67-6173-494A-ABF3-54136E673EA1@gmail.com>
	<c5fcb233859362a539ae0e7a868099bd@gmail.com>
	<77aba97e0607060342w3e42eedal9fc769c049e8dce9@mail.gmail.com>
	<6283c292057e82a449733a241816996d@gmail.com>
	<C1BAF541-73D5-46BC-8659-1999F63BDC61@gmail.com>
	<a7795b685ea6b3ff78233c60817dd8fc@gmail.com>
	<FCEC11C0-1A64-4A53-9A86-FB6C491473B4@gmail.com>
	<44BC5EDA.5090404@kefentse.com>  <44BC68E3.7080209@kefentse.com>
Message-ID: <1153472099.5795.3.camel@localhost>

Hi,

sorry for my very late reply!

Am Dienstag, den 18.07.2006, 00:51 -0400 schrieb Kefentse Account:

> > How do you usually troubleshoot? Also, does anyone have FLVTool2 working 
> > with Ruby 1.9? Could that be causing a problem?

FLVTool2 is actually not working with Ruby 1.9. It is recommended to use
the stable 1.8.4 release.

-- 
Norman Timmler

http://blog.inlet-media.de


From lists at inlet-media.de  Fri Jul 21 04:56:50 2006
From: lists at inlet-media.de (Norman Timmler)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 10:56:50 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] ERROR: undefined method
In-Reply-To: <44BAEE18.5020408@kefentse.com>
References: <44BAEE18.5020408@kefentse.com>
Message-ID: <1153472211.5795.5.camel@localhost>

FLVTool2 is only working with Ruby 1.8.4 at the moment.

Am Sonntag, den 16.07.2006, 21:55 -0400 schrieb Kefentse Account:
> Hi:
> 
> I had FLV tool all set up and working on my last machine, and now I am 
> getting the following error:
> 
> flvtool2 -P flv_test.flv
> ERROR: undefined method `&' for "\005":String
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flv/stream.rb:399:in `read_header'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flv/stream.rb:57:in `initialize'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:272:in 
> `open_stream'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:238:in 
> `process_files'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:225:in 
> `process_files'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2/base.rb:44:in 
> `FLVTool2::Base#execute!'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2.rb:168:in 
> `FLVTool2#execute!'
> ERROR: /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9/flvtool2.rb:228
> ERROR: /usr/local/bin/flvtool2:2
> 
> Has anyone received this error?
> 
> I have Any help is appreciated...thanks!
> _______________________________________________
> Flvtool2-users mailing list
> Flvtool2-users at rubyforge.org
> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/flvtool2-users
> 
-- 
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http://blog.inlet-media.de


From walder at allink.ch  Fri Jul 21 15:18:52 2006
From: walder at allink.ch (Mike Walder)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:18:52 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] GUI FLV Converter for os x
Message-ID: <DAAAA3A6-EB76-4B09-8C5C-1ABD8E8184C7@allink.ch>

Hello Folks

I added some new Features to my little application.

It?s a FLV Converter based on ffmpeg and flvtool2.

If I have the time I will add a GUI Interface to set timestamps.

Feedback is welcomed.

Cheers

mike

Link:
http://kunden.allink.ch/flv/FLVConverter.app.zip



ALLINK GmbH
Mike Walder
076 580 70 91
walder at allink.ch
www.allink.ch

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From erixtekila at gmail.com  Fri Jul 28 21:27:24 2006
From: erixtekila at gmail.com (erixtekila)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 03:27:24 +0200
Subject: [FLVTool2-users] GUI FLV Converter for os x
In-Reply-To: <DAAAA3A6-EB76-4B09-8C5C-1ABD8E8184C7@allink.ch>
References: <DAAAA3A6-EB76-4B09-8C5C-1ABD8E8184C7@allink.ch>
Message-ID: <ad6b9ab4d8bed87b76f67d263407709c@gmail.com>

> Feedback is welcomed.
> Link:
> http://kunden.allink.ch/flv/FLVConverter.app.zip

This new build don't launch on 10.3.9 PPC whereas the last did.

hth
-----------
erixtekila
http://blog.v-i-a.net/