ffmpeg-lambda

Run ffmpeg inside a lambda for serverless transformations.

Static Binaries

Grab the x86_64 build files from ffmpeg static builds.

Put ffmpeg static binary into into the bin subdirectory and delete everything else.

Dev

pip install zappa flask
# export AWS secret/key/region etc
zappa init
zappa deploy dev
# make changes as needed
zappa update dev
# watch logs
zappa tail dev

Production

Keep in mind limitations of lambda e.g. max runtime, CPU, and RAM etc. You may need/want to add the following to your zappa_settings.json

"binary_support": true,
"cors": true,

Todo

• production deploy
• ssl
• streaming response
• better logging based on debug level
• standardize on JSON response for all errors/version endpoints etc

Implications

You can stick almost any smallish x86_64 statically compiled binary e.g. golang etc into bin and call it via http! Cheers!

Notes

I haven't implemented actual useful transformations in this version. Sorry. Just pass arguments and keep in mind that ffmpeg can read in http streams directly or use stdin and stdout.

References

• Miserlou/Zappa
• ubergarm/pythumbio