Ffmpeg laravel video

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FFmpeg integration with Laravel for video processing. Thumbnail generation, format conversion, video metadata extraction, streaming. Use for video upload features, thumbnail generation, or media processing.From its SKILL.md

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FFmpeg Video Processing in Laravel

Laravel wrapper for FFmpeg using protonemedia/laravel-ffmpeg.

When to Use

Generating video thumbnails
Converting video formats
Extracting video metadata (duration, resolution, codec)
HLS/DASH streaming setup
Video watermarking
Processing uploaded videos
Queue-based video processing

Quick Setup Pattern

Generate Thumbnail:

use ProtoneMedia\LaravelFFMpeg\Support\FFMpeg;

FFMpeg::fromDisk('s3')
    ->open('videos/input.mp4')
    ->getFrameFromSeconds(10)
    ->export()
    ->toDisk('s3')
    ->save('thumbnails/video-thumb.jpg');

Convert Video Format:

FFMpeg::fromDisk('s3')
    ->open('videos/input.mov')
    ->export()
    ->inFormat(new \FFMpeg\Format\Video\X264)
    ->save('videos/output.mp4');

Common Operations

Operation	Use Case	Method
Thumbnail	Video preview	`getFrameFromSeconds(10)->save('thumb.jpg')`
Format conversion	MP4, WebM, AVI	`inFormat(new X264)->save('output.mp4')`
Metadata	Duration, resolution	`getDurationInSeconds()`, `getVideoStream()`
HLS streaming	Adaptive bitrate	`exportForHLS()->save('stream.m3u8')`
Watermark	Branding	`addFilter('-i', 'logo.png')`

Queue Pattern

Queue-based processing recommended: Video processing blocks HTTP requests. Queue jobs enable async processing with timeouts and retries.

// Controller
class VideoController extends Controller
{
    public function upload(Request $request)
    {
        $path = $request->file('video')->store('videos', 's3');
        ProcessVideoJob::dispatch($path);
        return response()->json(['processing' => true]);
    }
}

// Job (basic structure - see examples.md for full implementation)
class ProcessVideoJob implements ShouldQueue
{
    use Queueable;

    public $timeout = 1800; // 30 minutes
    public $tries = 3;

    public function handle()
    {
        FFMpeg::fromDisk('s3')
            ->open($this->videoPath)
            ->getFrameFromSeconds(5)
            ->export()
            ->save('thumbnails/thumb.jpg');
    }
}

Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern	Pattern
FFmpeg not found	Install via Dockerfile (see reference.md) (not installed in Docker)
Timeout	Use queue with `timeout = 1800` (synchronous processing)
Memory exhausted	Set PHP `memory_limit = 512M` (large video processing)
Missing codec	Install `ffmpeg` package (not `ffmpeg-lite`) (FFmpeg build incomplete)

See reference.md for installation, HLS streaming, security hardening, format options. See examples.md for complete job implementations, anti-patterns, Docker setup.