# 'ffmpeg' fails on RPi-4B running Bullseye (32-bit)

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**Created:** [29 May 2024 15:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-fails-on-rpi-4b-running-bullseye-32-bit/88359 "2024-05-29T15:38:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Post date:** [29 May 2024 18:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-fails-on-rpi-4b-running-bullseye-32-bit/88359/9 "2024-05-29T18:05:52Z")

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The situation were I'm using 'ffmpeg' is to capture a 5 or 10-sec stream from a camera (running Motion-Eye-OS) on my network and write it to a file.

This forms part of the HSS project.

> [@Home Surveillance System (HSS)](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/home-surveillance-system-hss/51726):
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> David (@dynamicdave), Paul (@zenofmud and Walter (@krambriw) are pleased to announce the release of their Home Surveillance System (HSS) project based on Node-RED running on a Raspberry Pi (recommended hardware is... Raspberry Pi-3B or 4B). As can be seen from the photos below, HSS has four monitors and a main display area that can show video streams from local and/or remote cameras [walter\_2] On-the-fly recordings can …

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