FFMPEG Transcoding and Dynamic Media workflows fail OOTB
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
AEM Version: 6.5
FFmpeg version:
ffmpeg version 4.4-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gmp --enable-libgme --enable-gray --enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg
libavutil 56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
libavcodec 58.134.100 / 58.134.100
libavformat 58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
libavdevice 58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
libavfilter 7.110.100 / 7.110.100
libswscale 5. 9.100 / 5. 9.100
libswresample 3. 9.100 / 3. 9.100
libpostproc 55. 9.100 / 55. 9.100
If I upload a video (mp4) with Dynamic Media off, FFmpeg transcoding will fail
Here are the failure details under Workflow > Failures:
com.adobe.granite.workflow.WorkflowException: Process execution resulted in an error
at com.adobe.granite.workflow.core.job.HandlerBase.executeProcess(HandlerBase.java:201)
at com.adobe.granite.workflow.core.job.JobHandler.process(JobHandler.java:260)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.JobConsumerManager$JobConsumerWrapper.process(JobConsumerManager.java:502)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.JobQueueImpl.startJob(JobQueueImpl.java:293)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.JobQueueImpl.access$100(JobQueueImpl.java:60)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.JobQueueImpl$1.run(JobQueueImpl.java:229)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: com.adobe.granite.workflow.WorkflowException: Failed to execute process
at com.day.cq.workflow.compatibility.CQWorkflowProcessRunner.execute(CQWorkflowProcessRunner.java:108)
at com.adobe.granite.workflow.core.job.HandlerBase.executeProcess(HandlerBase.java:191)
... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.day.cq.dam.handler.ffmpeg.FFMpegWrapper.addResizeArguments(FFMpegWrapper.java:621)
at com.day.cq.dam.handler.ffmpeg.FFMpegWrapper.transcode(FFMpegWrapper.java:553)
at com.day.cq.dam.handler.ffmpeg.FFMpegWrapper.transcode(FFMpegWrapper.java:544)
at com.day.cq.dam.video.FFMpegTranscodeProcess.processVideo(FFMpegTranscodeProcess.java:123)
at com.day.cq.dam.video.AbstractFFMpegProcess.execute(AbstractFFMpegProcess.java:104)
at com.day.cq.workflow.compatibility.CQWorkflowProcessRunner.execute(CQWorkflowProcessRunner.java:93)
... 9 more
When Dynamic Media is on, (.mp4 or .mov) that'll fail too.
com.adobe.granite.workflow.WorkflowException: --The DMGateway configuration for video proxy is missing the registrationID, or the encoding serviceURL, or both. Please correct the configuration, then retry the workflow.--
at com.day.cq.workflow.compatibility.CQWorkflowExtProcessProxy.execute(CQWorkflowExtProcessProxy.java:68)
at com.adobe.granite.workflow.core.util.WEPProxyHolder.execute(WEPProxyHolder.java:42)
at com.adobe.granite.workflow.core.job.JobHandler.process(JobHandler.java:274)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.JobConsumerManager$JobConsumerWrapper.process(JobConsumerManager.java:502)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.JobQueueImpl.startJob(JobQueueImpl.java:293)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.JobQueueImpl.access$100(JobQueueImpl.java:60)
at org.apache.sling.event.impl.jobs.queues.JobQueueImpl$1.run(JobQueueImpl.java:229)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Why does this happen out of the box, and how can I prevent it from happening?