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I have installed ffmpeg server side with all the dependencies, updated it. And then installed PHP-FFMpeg with Composer. Tested that ffmpeg is instaled with a ssh conexion. 

root@host [/opt/ffmpeg]# ffmpeg
ffmpeg version N-81322-ge8b355a Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 4.4.7 (GCC) 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)
configuration: --disable-yasm
libavutil      55. 28.100 / 55. 28.100
libavcodec     57. 51.100 / 57. 51.100
libavformat    57. 46.100 / 57. 46.100
libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
libavfilter     6. 51.100 /  6. 51.100
libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
libswresample   2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
Hyper fast Audio and Video encoder
usage: ffmpeg [options] [[infile options] -i infile]... {[outfile options]     outfile}...

Use -h to get full help or, even better, run 'man ffmpeg'

But when I try to convert a video file with a php script it throws me a very long error. PHP Code:

<?PHP
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/vendors/install/vendor/autoload.php");
$ffmpeg = FFMpeg\FFMpeg::create();
$video = $ffmpeg->open($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.wmv');
$video
       ->filters()
       ->synchronize();
$format = new FFMpeg\Format\Video\X264();
$format->on('progress', function ($video, $format, $percentage) {
    echo "$percentage % transcoded";});
$video
      ->save($format,$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.mp4');
?>

Error displayed:

<b>Fatal error</b>:  Uncaught exception 'Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutionFailureException' with message 'ffmpeg failed to execute command '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.wmv' '-async' '1' '-metadata:s:v:0' 'start_time=0' '-threads' '12' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-acodec' 'libfaac' '-b:v' '1000k' '-refs' '6' '-coder' '1' '-sc_threshold' '40' '-flags' '+loop' '-me_range' '16' '-subq' '7' '-i_qfactor' '0.71' '-qcomp' '0.6' '-qdiff' '4' '-trellis' '1' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/tmp/ffmpeg-passes57ad320a1b685j794u/pass-57ad320a1b716' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.mp4'' in /home/user/working/vendors/install/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/ProcessRunner.php:100↵Stack trace:↵#0 /home/user/working/vendors/install/vendor/alchemy/binary-driver/src/Alchemy/BinaryDriver/ProcessRunner.php(72): Alchemy\BinaryDriver\ProcessRunner-&gt;doExecutionFailure(''/usr/bin/ffmpe...')↵#1 / in <b>/home/user/working/vendors/install/vendor/php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg/src/FFMpeg/Media/Video.php</b> on line <b>168</b><br />↵"

Then I have took the basic code displayed upwards and ran it directly through ssh.

'/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.wmv' '-async' '1' '-metadata:s:v:0' 'start_time=0' '-threads' '12' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-acodec' 'libfaac' '-b:v' '1000k' '-refs' '6' '-coder' '1' '-sc_threshold' '40' '-flags' '+loop' '-me_range' '16' '-subq' '7' '-i_qfactor' '0.71' '-qcomp' '0.6' '-qdiff' '4' '-trellis' '1' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/tmp/ffmpeg-passes57ad320a1b685j794u/pass-57ad320a1b716' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.mp4'

And this is the response I get:

ffmpeg version N-81322-ge8b355a Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 4.4.7 (GCC) 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-17)
  configuration: --disable-yasm
  libavutil      55. 28.100 / 55. 28.100
  libavcodec     57. 51.100 / 57. 51.100
  libavformat    57. 46.100 / 57. 46.100
  libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
  libavfilter     6. 51.100 /  6. 51.100
  libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
  libswresample   2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
Input #0, asf, from '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/23097/2efeb41a1a7085a1dbd469c4895ac23e.wmv':
  Metadata:
    SfOriginalFPS   : 299700
    WMFSDKVersion   : 11.0.6001.7000
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    comment         : Footage: Small World Productions, Inc; Tourism New Zealand | Producer: Gary F. Spradling | Music: Steve Ball
    title           : Wildlife in HD
    copyright       : © 2008 Microsoft Corporation
    IsVBR           : 0
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP@L3
  Duration: 00:00:30.09, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 6977 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: wmav2 (a[1][0][0] / 0x0161), 44100 Hz, 2 channels, fltp, 192 kb/s
    Stream #0:1(eng): Video: vc1 (Advanced) (WVC1 / 0x31435657), yuv420p, 1280x720, 5942 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
Unknown encoder 'libx264'

My question is what to do next? I have wasted 3 days to make this work and this is the furthest I have come. How can I test if libx264 is installed corectly? And if it is not installed corectly how cand I reinstal or make it work?

After a few modifications

I have used an already installed ffmpeg, and removed a few commands (that were by default the same) and this time I used only the command line.

The request

'/home/user/working/vendors/install/ffmpeg-git-20160813-64bit-static/ffmpeg' '-y' '-i' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.wmv' '-async' '1' '-metadata:s:v:0' 'start_time=0' '-vcodec' 'libx264' '-c:a' 'aac' '-b:v' '1000k' '-b:a' '128k' '-pass' '1' '-passlogfile' '/tmp/ffmpeg-passes57b053ce14a12ljm8a/pass-57b053ce14ad3' '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.mp4'

The new result:

ffmpeg version N-81328-gceab04f-static http://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/  Copyright (c) 2000-2016 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 5.4.1 (Debian 5.4.1-1) 20160803
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libwebp --enable-libspeex --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libfreetype --enable-fontconfig --enable-libxvid --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libtheora --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-gray --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libass --enable-gnutls --enable-libvidstab --enable-libsoxr --enable-frei0r --enable-libfribidi --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --enable-librtmp --enable-libmfx --enable-libzimg --cc=gcc-5
  libavutil      55. 28.100 / 55. 28.100
  libavcodec     57. 51.102 / 57. 51.102
  libavformat    57. 46.101 / 57. 46.101
  libavdevice    57.  0.102 / 57.  0.102
  libavfilter     6. 51.100 /  6. 51.100
  libswscale      4.  1.100 /  4.  1.100
  libswresample   2.  1.100 /  2.  1.100
  libpostproc    54.  0.100 / 54.  0.100
Guessed Channel Layout for Input Stream #0.0 : stereo
Input #0, asf, from '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.wmv':
  Metadata:
    SfOriginalFPS   : 299700
    WMFSDKVersion   : 11.0.6001.7000
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    comment         : Footage: Small World Productions, Inc; Tourism New Zealand | Producer: Gary F. Spradling | Music: Steve Ball
    title           : Wildlife in HD
    copyright       : © 2008 Microsoft Corporation
    IsVBR           : 0
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP@L3
  Duration: 00:00:30.09, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 6977 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Audio: wmav2 (a[1][0][0] / 0x0161), 44100 Hz, 2 channels, fltp, 192 kb/s
    Stream #0:1(eng): Video: vc1 (Advanced) (WVC1 / 0x31435657), yuv420p, 1280x720, 5942 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 1k tbn, 1k tbc
-async is forwarded to lavfi similarly to -af aresample=async=1:min_hard_comp=0.100000:first_pts=0.
[libx264 @ 0x442f5c0] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.2 AVX FMA3 AVX2 LZCNT BMI2
[libx264 @ 0x442f5c0] ratecontrol_init: can't open stats file
Output #0, mp4, to '/home/user/working/resources/uploads/96048/ffd3c5e349fa5745159deef163b5c253.mp4':
  Metadata:
    SfOriginalFPS   : 299700
    WMFSDKVersion   : 11.0.6001.7000
    WMFSDKNeeded    : 0.0.0.0000
    comment         : Footage: Small World Productions, Inc; Tourism New Zealand | Producer: Gary F. Spradling | Music: Steve Ball
    title           : Wildlife in HD
    copyright       : © 2008 Microsoft Corporation
    IsVBR           : 0
    DeviceConformanceTemplate: AP@L3
    Stream #0:0(eng): Unknown: none
    Metadata:
      start_time      : 0
      encoder         : Lavc57.51.102 libx264
    Stream #0:1(eng): Unknown: none
    Metadata:
      encoder         : Lavc57.51.102 aac
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:0 (vc1 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:1 (wmav2 (native) -> aac (native))
Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height
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  • Before the ffmpeg update the error was that the command ` -metadata:s:v:0 ` was not recognised Commented Aug 12, 2016 at 22:42

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No x264 support

Your ffmpeg was not compiled to support encoding via libx264: it is missing --enable-gpl --enable-libx264 in the configure line. The easiest fix is to download an already compiled ffmpeg binary and point your script to it.

Other stuff

Your ffmpeg has --disable-yasm. This is bad and will make things slow.

Your command is a mess and looks like something from 2006. You should be using the x264 encoding presets instead of attempting to declare a legion of options. Remove -refs, -coder, -sc_threshold, -flags +loop, -me_range, -subq, -i_qfactor, -qcomp, -qdiff, and -trellis because these are automatically dealt with by default.

It is better to allow this encoder to automatically choose the appropriate number of threads, so remove -threads 12.

There is talk that libfaac support is going to be removed from FFmpeg. Your command uses -acodec libfaac but your ffmpeg was not compiled to support it. There are better alternatives, such as libfdk_aac or the native FFmpeg AAC encoder (-c:a aac).

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These commands that you said to remove are automaticaly made by php-ffmpeg how can I make the program to exclude this commands?
@MagureanDanSergiu I don't know. Maybe you can edit the source or just use the ffmpeg cli tool directly. But all of that is extra: this answer addresses the original question regarding Unknown encoder 'libx264'. I recommend asking a new question if you want to figure out how to modify what php-ffmpeg does.
Tried your way, with the already compiled ffmpeg binary and now I get an error with libfaac instead of libx264
At first when I installed ffmpeg, the libfaac had errors and I couldn't install it. Is that why I have this error now?
@MagureanDanSergiu Your script is attempting to use libfaac, but the ffmpeg you downloaded does not support libfaac because it is considered non-free and therefore non-redistributable. Edit the script and remove any reference of libfaac and use the native AAC encoder instead (-acodec aac). Anyway, libfaac support is going to be removed from FFmpeg very soon. Also, do you even need to use an outdated PHP wrapper for ffmpeg? Why not use ffmpeg directly? See FFmpeg Wiki: PHP.
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