[FFmpeg-user] ffpresets are not found

[Jim Worrall]

On Feb 16, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Christian Ebert wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> ffpresets stopped working:
> 
> $ ffmpeg -i test.mov -f webm -c:v libvpx -c:a libvorbis -b:v 500k -s 320x240 -vpre 360p test.webm
> ffmpeg version N-37924-gb92ecda Copyright (c) 2000-2012 the FFmpeg developers
>  built on Feb 16 2012 14:06:39 with gcc 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5493)
>  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-nonfree --disable-network --disable-ffserver --disable-ffplay --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-postproc --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-libfaac --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-librtmp --extra-cflags=-I/sw/include --extra-libs=-L/sw/lib
> . . .

> File for preset '360p' not found
> $ ls -l /usr/local/share/ffmpeg/
> total 80
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  8633 Feb 16 14:14 ffprobe.xsd
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   212 Feb 16 14:14 libvpx-1080p.ffpreset
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   212 Feb 16 14:14 libvpx-1080p50_60.ffpreset
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   204 Feb 16 14:14 libvpx-360p.ffpreset
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   212 Feb 16 14:14 libvpx-720p.ffpreset
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   212 Feb 16 14:14 libvpx-720p50_60.ffpreset
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    58 Feb 16 14:14 libx264-ipod320.ffpreset
> -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel    61 Feb 16 14:14 libx264-ipod640.ffpreset
> 
Not sure why "360p" won't work, but I got it to work by specifying it as "libvpx-360p"
Jim