I am trying to append two .mp4 videos on Android. Following an unsafe file name error with command:
String[] complexCommand = {"ffmpeg", "-f", "concat", "-i", list, "-c", "copy", outputFilePath};
I added the string "–safe 0" as recommended on FFmpeg documentation:
String[] complexCommand = {"ffmpeg", "-f", "concat","–safe 0", "-i", list, "-c", "copy", outputFilePath};
However, FFmpeg does not recognise the command, giving this error message:
Failure with output
ffmpeg version n3.0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 4.8 (GCC)
configuration: --target-os=linux --cross-prefix=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- --arch=arm --cpu=cortex-a8 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --sysroot=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/sysroot --enable-pic --enable-libx264 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libmp3lame --enable-fontconfig --enable-pthreads --disable-debug --disable-ffserver --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --enable-gpl --enable-yasm --disable-doc --disable-shared --enable-static --pkg-config=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg-pkg-config --prefix=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/build/armeabi-v7a --extra-cflags='-I/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/include -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-strict-overflow -fstack-protector-all' --extra-ldflags='-L/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/lib -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie' --extra-libs='-lpng -lexpat -lm' --extra-cxxflags=
libavutil 55. 17.103 / 55. 17.103
libavcodec 57. 24.102 / 57. 24.102
libavformat 57. 25.100 / 57. 25.100
libavdevice 57. 0.101 / 57. 0.101
libavfilter 6. 31.100 / 6. 31.100
libswscale 4. 0.100 / 4. 0.100
libswresample 2. 0.101 / 2. 0.101
libpostproc 54. 0.100 / 54. 0.100
Unrecognized option ‘–safe 0'.
Error splitting the argument list: Option not found
I have tried various permutations with the type of dash (–) and (-), used, but still get an error. Sometimes, using a certain dash or no dash at all returns a slightly different error message:
Failure with output
I/System.out: ffmpeg version n3.0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
I/System.out: built with gcc 4.8 (GCC)
I/System.out: configuration: --target-os=linux --cross-prefix=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/bin/arm-linux-androideabi- --arch=arm --cpu=cortex-a8 --enable-runtime-cpudetect --sysroot=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/sysroot --enable-pic --enable-libx264 --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libmp3lame --enable-fontconfig --enable-pthreads --disable-debug --disable-ffserver --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --enable-gpl --enable-yasm --disable-doc --disable-shared --enable-static --pkg-config=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/ffmpeg-pkg-config --prefix=/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/build/armeabi-v7a --extra-cflags='-I/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/include -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-strict-overflow -fstack-protector-all' --extra-ldflags='-L/home/vagrant/SourceCode/ffmpeg-android/toolchain-android/lib -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie' --extra-libs='-lpng -lexpat -lm' --extra-cxxflags=
I/System.out: libavutil 55. 17.103 / 55. 17.103
libavcodec 57. 24.102 / 57. 24.102
libavformat 57. 25.100 / 57. 25.100
libavdevice 57. 0.101 / 57. 0.101
libavfilter 6. 31.100 / 6. 31.100
libswscale 4. 0.100 / 4. 0.100
libswresample 2. 0.101 / 2. 0.101
libpostproc 54. 0.100 / 54. 0.100
Input #0, tty, from '/data/user/0/com.example.cameraapp2/cache/ffmpeg-list1251307830.txt':
Duration: 00:00:00.04, bitrate: 28 kb/s
Stream #0:0: Video: ansi, pal8, 640x400, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
[NULL @ 0xed834600] Unable to find a suitable output format for 'ffmpeg'
ffmpeg: Invalid argument
However, amendments I make there (such as removing "ffmpeg") haven't resolved the issue.
String list is the absolute path of a textfile, generated with code I have copied written by user Marc Plano-Lesay:
private static String generateList(String[] inputs) {
File list;
Writer writer = null;
try {
list = File.createTempFile("ffmpeg-list", ".txt");
writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(new FileOutputStream(list)));
for (String input: inputs) {
writer.write("file '" + input + "'\n");
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return "/";
} finally {
try {
if (writer != null)
writer.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
and here are relevant code snippets that refers to it:
inputFilePath1 = "/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/MyCameraApp/VID_20200416_162058.mp4";
inputFilePath2 = "/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/MyCameraApp/VID_20200418_104909.mp4";
String list = generateList(new String[] {inputFilePath1, inputFilePath2});
Android can usually find the input files just fine, so I'm not sure what's left to try. The error messages above confirm my assumption that I'm running FFmpeg 0.3.1 which should be recent enough.
Thank you for any help.
Separate the option and value i.e. "–safe", "0"