ffmpeg usage from esphome | Home Assistant | Page 1

neat condor Apr 25, 2025, 8:04 AM

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Hello, Does ffmpeg_proxy need to be configured in configuration.yaml in order for esphome to use the transcoding features ie I'm currently trying to get the AAC radio stations working I believe they need to be transcoded to MP3.

neat condor Apr 25, 2025, 10:38 AM

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homeassistant:/config# whereis ffmpeg
ffmpeg: /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/share/ffmpeg

homeassistant:/config# ffmpeg -i INPUT -an -f null -
ffmpeg version 6.1.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
 built with gcc 14.2.0 (Alpine 14.2.0)
 configuration: --prefix=/usr --disable-librtmp --disable-lzma --disable-static --disable-stripping --enable-avfilter --enable-gpl --enable-ladspa --enable-libaom --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libdav1d --enable-libdrm --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libfribidi --enable-libharfbuzz --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopenmpt --enable-libopus --enable-libplacebo --enable-libpulse --enable-librav1e --enable-librist --enable-libsoxr --enable-libsrt --enable-libssh --enable-libtheora --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxcb --enable-libxml2 --enable-libxvid --enable-libzimg --enable-libzmq --enable-lto=auto --enable-lv2 --enable-openssl --enable-pic --enable-postproc --enable-pthreads --enable-shared --enable-vaapi --enable-vdpau --enable-version3 --enable-vulkan --optflags=-O3 --enable-libjxl --enable-libsvtav1 --enable-libvpl
 libavutil      58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
 libavcodec     60. 31.102 / 60. 31.102
 libavformat    60. 16.100 / 60. 16.100
 libavdevice    60.  3.100 / 60.  3.100
 libavfilter     9. 12.100 /  9. 12.100
 libswscale      7.  5.100 /  7.  5.100
 libswresample   4. 12.100 /  4. 12.100
 libpostproc    57.  3.100 / 57.  3.100
[in#0 @ 0x76c0d6867940] Error opening input: No such file or directory
Error opening input file INPUT.
Error opening input files: No such file or directory

This is running in HA docker

tight cairn Apr 25, 2025, 2:42 PM

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neat condor Hello, Does ffmpeg_proxy need to be configured in configuration.yaml in order fo...

have you tried using music assistant to play the radio station?
it has various audio business built in...

neat condor Apr 25, 2025, 6:17 PM

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It seems it was an issue with the radio station link for some reason. I was trying to debug a hardware codec I was coding for esphome it's transcoding fine with the HA ffmpeg_proxy but a few stations were not working. I just wanted to see how to get the debug log for it on the HA side but seems like it doesn't exist.

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Music Assistant will probably work. Alas I was trying to test the HA built in ffmpeg_proxy transcoder.

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Do you know how to get the debug information from HA ffmpeg_proxy?

tight cairn Apr 25, 2025, 6:21 PM

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i do not, maybe someone else will jump in but realistically if music assistant works then thats probably the best solution

#ffmpeg usage from esphome