raw file is generated by red5 server. If I were you I would start from set up all third party tools (1 minute file played in 10 secods seems to be encoder issue)
you can get latest build here https://builds.apache.org/job/openmeetings/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/(produced on daily basis) On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Mikael Kurula <alcar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Solomax! > > Thanks for you input again! I used only --enable-libmp3lame, since that > was the only one mentioned in the installation instructions at > http://incubator.apache.org/openmeetings/installation.html . Do the > instructions need updating? > > Anyway, I don't think I'm having problems with ffmpeg. I now looked a > little bit deeper into this, doing the following: > > 1. I went to my conference room and recorded a 1 min 10 sec clip at the > highest quality. > 2. The final output file, flvRecording_35.avi has this length, but the > video only plays until around 10 seconds, super fast, then it stops there, > as expected since that has been the behaviour here all the time. > 3. The flv file containing the video ingredient for flvRecording_35.avi, > called > rec_35_stream_d579934cc40ab48c8604eb35a2243a31_13_12_2012_13_10_28.flv, is > also only around 10 seconds. > > So, how is the raw flv video data being generated in OM; I guess the > problem lies there? > > And, to rephraze my old question: I don't want to generate the avi file > since it only wastes space for me, and I want to improve the sound quality. > What part of the code do I need to tweak for that? > > If I want to try out later versions of OM than 2.0, where can I download > these? I'm afraid that I'm partially struggling with bugs that might > already have been fixed in later releases. (The Upgrading instructions on > the apache openmeetings web page only talks about how to make and restore > backups, not how to upgrade the OM installation.) > > Friendly greetings, > Mikael > > > > > On 2012.13.12, at 04:28, Maxim Solodovnik wrote: > > > Hello Mikael, > > > > I personally build ffmpeg 10.3 from the sources all the time > > IMPORTANT: it should be configured with the following options before > build > > --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libxvid --enable-libvorbis --enable-libgsm > --enable-libfaac --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree > > > > also please ensure flashsv and flashsv2 decoder/encoder are enable after > configure > > > > > > According to your recording problem: I wish I have your machine to fix > the recordings :))) > > It is really hard to fix without being able to reproduce :( > > > > I'll try to take a look at this message at the code. > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 7:11 AM, Mikael Kurula <alcar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dimitri, > > > > Thanks a lot for your friendly and constructive message! With your help > I now managed to install the libreoffice converter, so now I can import > almost any imaginable file format to the whiteboard, which is awesome. :) > (The alternative command didn't find Oracle's java on my server, but I > changed the symlink to java in /etc/alternatives by hand.) > > > > Unfortunately, unlike you (and perhaps most users it seems?), my > situation is not that everything "just works"; therefore I ask for help > here. I also hope that my questions indicate issues which might need to be > addressed before OpenMeetings can be accessible to the wide public; I > suppose it is in the interest of the developers to at least be aware of my > problems. I'm very surprised if nobody else has these problems. And it says > on a page somewhere that the OM project is grateful for any feedback; maybe > my questions can be regarded as feedback from a not-quite-so-technical user. > > > > I tried looking at the mailing list archive again, but I can't find a > way to search per author (or per keyword either for that matter), so I > cannot find your earlier posts. If you happen to know the answer to any of > my questions in this post, then I'd be most grateful: > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-openmeetings-user/201212.mbox/%3C081FEEE9-ACDF-4E35-B8B4-CA0910711F88%40gmail.com%3E > > > > After I wrote that post, I have now found some suggestions for server > hardware for OM, but it's still not clear to me if the fact that my server > is a single 2 GHz cpu with only 2GB of RAM is connected to my problem 3 or > not. We have so far only been testing with one or two clients at once. > > > > I had a new look at the installation instructions for CentOS 6 and I > installed all the listed packages using yum. I didn't want to follow these > instructions earlier, because as I have understood, you shouldn't install > software from source outside of your package manager. In Ubuntu it's easy > to compile from source with the package manager but in CentOS it seems very > complicated; I have tried without success a few times. > > > > Desperate to get the recordings to work, I anyway tried installing > ffmpeg-0.10.6.tar.bz2 from source (I chose version 0.10.6 because it says > in the OpenMeetings installation instructions that OM is tested against > ffmpeg 10.3), since my version from the package manager was antique. > Unfortunately, that didn't improve anything. I didn't compile flvtools from > source, because the package maintainer's version was 0.9.1. > > > > Which version of flvtools and ffmpeg are you using if I may ask? What > other packages could cause me recording problems? And what are the CPU/RAM > specifications of your server? Which version of OM do you use and where did > you download it if you have a newer version than 2.0? I downloaded 2.0 from > the download page, since I got the impression that is the latest stable > version, but I'd be happy to test with newer versions in case there is hope > they'd work better for me. > > > > Very grateful for any help as usual, > > Mikael > > > > > > On 12 December 2012 15:56, Dimitri Yioulos <dyiou...@onpointfc.com> > wrote: > > Mikael, > > > > This response is more motivational than technical: > > > > I had no problem at all using OM/LibreOffice with Oracle's > > Java. Both OpenJDK and Java 7 are installed on my machine, > > but I've made Java 7 the "active" version using the > > alternatives command. Likewise, using MySQL works, as does > > recording. I'm sure you're searching the mailing list > > archive for some guidance (you'll see plenty of shouts for > > help from me :-) ). Also, I found that this how-to: > > > > http://code.google.com/p/openmeetings/wiki/InstallationCentOS5 > > > > is a good starting point for installing OM on CentOS (5 and > > 6). > > > > What I've found (surprise, surprise) is that you do have to > > tweak and test to get everything working just right. I > > suppose these are the "rough edges" of the current OM > > release. However, this release has come a long way from > > earlier ones, which I tried in the way-back. I'm thinking > > that future releases will be kick-a**. > > > > Keep at it; it's worth the effort! > > > > Dimitri > > > > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2012 8:23:10 am Mikael Kurula > > wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > I'm also in the process of trying out if OpenMeetings is > > > a possible alternative to Adobe Connect, with which I'm > > > utterly fed up. > > > > > > The only problem I had with CentOS is that LibreOffice > > > for CentOS 6 depends on OpenJDK whereas OpenMeetings need > > > Oracle's Java. Somebody better att juggling with with yum > > > probably can probably solve this easily (in which case > > > I'd be grateful for help). > > > > > > Avoiding MySQL sounds like a reasonable idea to me, since > > > I ran into this problem: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-488 > > > (From what I understood this is very rare.) > > > > > > Right now my only showstopper issues are with recording, > > > so I could suggest you check out if the recording > > > capabilities are sufficient for your needs. In addition > > > to the messages I've posted to the users list, I'm also > > > having this problem: > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENMEETINGS-270 > > > > > > Otherwise OpenMeetings would surely do the job just fine > > > for me, so I sincerely hope I can make the recordings > > > work, but I need help from the OM experts for that. :) > > > > > > Friendly greetings, > > > Mikael > > > > > > On 2012.12.12, at 15:09, Nicklas af Ekenstam wrote: > > > > Thanks Dimitri, > > > > > > > > That's helpful nonetheless. I may try both CentOS and > > > > Ubuntu then. > > > > > > > > I also found something which I think answers my > > > > somewhat ill articulated question regarding upstream > > > > relay servers: > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OPENMEETING > > > >S/Cluster+Master-Slave+overview > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Nicklas > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Dimitri Yioulos > > > > <dyiou...@onpointfc.com> wrote: Hi, Nicklas. > > > > > > > > I can't answer any of your technical questions, but can > > > > say that I've installed OM on a VMware virtual machine > > > > running CentOS 6.3. It works a treat. Others have > > > > installed it on machines running Ubuntu. I guess > > > > that's a matter of personal choice depending on, for > > > > example, the distro you're most comfortable with, or > > > > run in your environment. > > > > > > > > HTH. > > > > > > > > Dimitri > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 12 December 2012 5:55:41 am Nicklas af > > > > Ekenstam > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > I am in the process of setting up a proof of concept > > > > > based on OpenMeetings and would very much appreciate > > > > > your input on a few questions before I get started. > > > > > The goal of this proof of concept is to evaluate if > > > > > OpenMeetings would be a suitable replacement for a > > > > > current system based on Adobe Connect. (I sure hope > > > > > so.) > > > > > > > > > > What I would like to do is install a fully working > > > > > OpenMeetings environment that we can play around > > > > > with. As I would propably have to take this on the > > > > > road I'm wondering if a VMware based install would > > > > > work? I see that there are some VMware images > > > > > available for download but I think I would prefer to > > > > > do the install from scratch myself in order to assess > > > > > the installation process as well. > > > > > > > > > > I'm thinking of doing the install in one of our > > > > > Vsphere clusters and, if I need to take it on the > > > > > road with me, export it to VMware Workstation images > > > > > and run locally on one (or more) laptops with my own > > > > > networking equipment. > > > > > > > > > > These are my questions: > > > > > What is a solid choice for the OS/distro? I'm > > > > > guessing, based on reading the Wiki, that CentOS is a > > > > > good choice; but what version? Or should I look into > > > > > one of the other fine distros out there? > > > > > > > > > > I'm looking to try the clustering features as well on > > > > > this project so, based on that, how many servers - > > > > > performing what tasks - do you propose I setup? I > > > > > would like to use PostgreSQL for the DB, but MySQL > > > > > would also work. Two servers running OpenMeetings and > > > > > one server running the database? > > > > > > > > > > I would also like to explore SIP connectivity so > > > > > perhaps one server running Asterisk (or similiar)? > > > > > > > > > > Do I need any more servers for something that would, > > > > > pretty much, mimic a real live situation? > > > > > > > > > > And while I'm asking questions: > > > > > Is there a way to extend OpenMeetings so that video > > > > > broadcasts could use upstream relaying servers > > > > > somehow? We have schools in different locations and > > > > > it would be nice if people in these schools could > > > > > connect to a locally installed relay server for the > > > > > video feed instead of each of them having to go the > > > > > main OpenMeetings server gobbling up unnecessary > > > > > bandwidth in the process. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > Nicklas > > > > > > > > -- > > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > WBR > > Maxim aka solomax > > -- WBR Maxim aka solomax
