Egytalian

Q: Can I install FFmpeg, FLVTool2, Mp4Box, and PHP CLI on Lion server?

I've been trying to find an answer to this question every where but no answer even at the apple store phone support or business support.

 

I would really appreciate if this question could be answered here.

 

I also have a qnap nas TS-459 Pro II and was wondering if I could use it as a storage for my website kinda expand the capacity of the Mac Mini.

 

Thanks

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Mac Mini with Lion Server

Posted on Jun 8, 2012 12:25 AM

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Q: Can I install FFmpeg, FLVTool2, Mp4Box, and PHP CLI on Lion server?

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  • by Peter Glock,Helpful

    Peter Glock Peter Glock Jun 8, 2012 9:18 AM in response to Egytalian
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    Jun 8, 2012 9:18 AM in response to Egytalian

    Just about any package you can install on the client version of Lion can be installed on the server. If you want to compile your own versions then download the developer tools from apple and install fink or macports.

     

    What do you want to use the packages for?

     

    As for the nas, you could use it in two ways:

     

    1. Connect via nfs and use root mapping so that Lion server can handle all permissions

    2. Dedicate a share on the nas for your webserver files and mount it on the Lion server.

     

    If you could give more details of what you want to achieve then I'm sure the community will be able to help.

  • by Egytalian,

    Egytalian Egytalian Jun 8, 2012 9:26 AM in response to Peter Glock
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    Jun 8, 2012 9:26 AM in response to Peter Glock

    Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it.

    Here is the situation:

    I have a qnap nas and I was trying to run script called clip bucket, however it requires ffmpeg flvtool2 mp4box and pho cli, I installed this on the nas but it doesn't seem to work it should convert videos as it uploads kinda like YouTube.

     

    What I want to achieve is get the lion server on Mac mini and install all these requirements so I could host my website on it, and use the nas as a storage as it has about 16TB space.

     

    I hope I explained it better.

    Thank you.

  • by MacSter2008,

    MacSter2008 MacSter2008 Oct 29, 2013 1:37 AM in response to Egytalian
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    Oct 29, 2013 1:37 AM in response to Egytalian

    Now I am looking to install clipbucket.  I have compiled and installed ffmpeg myself.

    Looking for FLVtool2 still.

    Did you get anywhere with this?

  • by MacSter2008,

    MacSter2008 MacSter2008 Oct 29, 2013 1:46 AM in response to Egytalian
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    Oct 29, 2013 1:46 AM in response to Egytalian

    wow.  FLVtool2 install is easy on Lion or Snow Leopard:  (I used server 10.8)

    $ sudo gem install flvtool2

  • by MacSter2008,

    MacSter2008 MacSter2008 Oct 29, 2013 1:54 AM in response to MacSter2008
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    Oct 29, 2013 1:54 AM in response to MacSter2008

    MP4Box was easy too.  Pre-compiled worked on Lion Server 10.8.x

    download here.

    http://www.exomanic.com/files/MP4Box.zip

     

    Uncompress and drop it into your /bin folder on your startup drive.

     

    ffmpeg took a bunch of work from a website with 2 or 3 typos in the code, with lots of pre-requisits.

    So you have to learn that and google it yourself.