Hi, My aim here is to capture a video using ffmpeg command from a rtsp camera. I am having trouble executing the ffmpeg command via the exec node in node-red. Command I am trying to run is: ffmpeg -i rtsp://my_username:my_password@192.168.X.X:554/stream1 -r 10 -t 30 -codec copy -an /media/video_2…

[image] vks007: /bin/bash: line 1: ffmpeg: command not found When running from an exec node the PATH environment variable will be the same as when you are logged in in a terminal. You probably need to specify the full path to ffmpeg. Run which ffmpeg which will return something like (but …

Great , thanks for pointing the obvious to me. I should have realized that myself.

Thanks for the pointers, I will see them now.

Error executing ffmpeg from exec node : ffmpeg: command not found

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BartButenaers 2 May 2021 10:50 3

BTW when using ffmpeg and/or rtsp in Node-RED, you definately should have a look at the various nodes that @kevinGodell has developed recently (e.g. this discussion).

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Error executing ffmpeg from exec node : ffmpeg: command not found

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