static_ffmpeg fails to see video file where ffmpeg doesnt

[sh34v3]

I'm making a subprocess call like so:

subprocess.call([
                'static_ffmpeg',                   # call ffmpeg
                '-ss', str(start_time),          # our clip starts here
                '-i', infile_video,         # this is the video to be converted
                '-t', str(end_time - start_time), #how long our clip is
                '-threads', '4',            # use 4 threads for the video conversion
                '-c:v', 'libvpx-vp9',       # c[odec]:v[ideo] - we use libvpx cause we want webm
                '-c:a', 'libvorbis',        # c[odec]:a[udio] - this is the one everyone else was using
                '-b:v',  '400k',            # reccomended video bitrate
                '-b:a', '192k',             # reccomended audio bitrate
                '-deadline', 'good',    # setting for quality vs. speed (best, good, realtime (fastest)); boundry for quality vs. time set the following settings
                '-qmin', '0',               # quality minimum boundry. (lower means better)
                '-qmax', '50',              # quality maximum boundry (higher means worse)
                uniquename               # file to be written out
            ])

When I do, I get this error Some: No such file or directory. Meanwhile, this works fine:

subprocess.call([
                'ffmpeg',                   # call ffmpeg
                '-ss', str(start_time),          # our clip starts here
                '-i', infile_video,         # this is the video to be converted
                '-t', str(end_time - start_time), #how long our clip is
                '-threads', '4',            # use 4 threads for the video conversion
                '-c:v', 'libvpx-vp9',       # c[odec]:v[ideo] - we use libvpx cause we want webm
                '-c:a', 'libvorbis',        # c[odec]:a[udio] - this is the one everyone else was using
                '-b:v',  '400k',            # reccomended video bitrate
                '-b:a', '192k',             # reccomended audio bitrate
                '-deadline', 'good',    # setting for quality vs. speed (best, good, realtime (fastest)); boundry for quality vs. time set the following settings
                '-qmin', '0',               # quality minimum boundry. (lower means better)
                '-qmax', '50',              # quality maximum boundry (higher means worse)
                uniquename               # file to be written out
            ])

If it's relevant, the media files are in script's directory, and they end up having filenames with whitespace so their names look like: 'Some Youtube Video.mp4'

[sh34v3]

I was able to work around the issue by substituting infile_video for a static complete path to the video that is being converted. That being said, this issue remains.

For reference, here is an example of infile_video: /full/path/to/video/'Youtube Video Title.mp4'

[zackees]

Thanks for this bug report.

The quickest work around is to use the api to get the path to the real ffmpeg and then just use that for your subprocess.call

from static_ffmpeg import run
ffmpeg, ffprobe = run.get_or_fetch_platform_executables_else_raise()
subprocess.call([ffmpeg, ...])

[zackees]

Fixed in v2.2
b1e150e

Please run

python -m pip install static-ffmpeg --upgrade

And your issue should be resolved.