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How to setup ffmpeg in docker container – Ubuntu

I want to compress the video from project directory using ffmpeg in python

the video is saved from cv2.VideoCapture(rtsp_url)

Normally it run without problem in my local machine, but when I dockerize my app it seems docker container can’t recognize ffmpeg or I missed something.

def compress(name):
    with open(name) as f:
        output = name[0:-4] + "-f"+ ".mp4"
        input = name
        subprocess.run('ffmpeg -i ' + input + ' -vcodec libx264 ' + output)

video = cv2.VideoCapture(rtsp_url) # This is where the video comming from
fileName = saveToProjDir(video) # Save the video to project directory and return the name
compress(fileName) # Compress the video

It throws exception


Exception in thread Thread-8 (compress):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/threading.py", line 1038, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/threading.py", line 975, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/app/main.py", line 59, in compress
    subprocess.run('ffmpeg -i ' + input + ' -vcodec libx264 ' + output)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 546, in run
    with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 1022, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 1899, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'ffmpeg -i cam1_2022-11-15125845.avi -vcodec libx264 cam1_2022-11-15125845-f.mp4'

This is how I docker my python app.


FROM python:3.11.0

WORKDIR /app/

ENV VIRTUAL_ENV = /env
RUN python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
ENV PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"

COPY requirements.txt .

RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
RUN apt-get -y update
RUN apt-get install ffmpeg libsm6 libxext6  -y

ADD main.py .
CMD ["python","/app/main.py"]
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Answers


  1. 0

    If the python script mentioned in the beginning of the question is the content of main.py, then there are few issues with the implementation:

    • You cannot run docker with the python:3.11.0 as base image.
    • You need to mount the volume with the videos and just process them inside the container.
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  2. 0

    To debug your problem my suggestion is to use your container interactively.

    Try running a new container like this:

    docker run -t -i <image-name-or-container-id> /bin/bash

    Or attach to your running container:

    docker exec -i -t <container-id> /bin/bash

    In this way you can play around, try to launch ffmpeg from different paths, install other dependencies and finally see what you are missing.

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