Hi Gina,
I have been made aware of your post. Firstly, we are happy to help you but you must calm down take a breath, your aggression is not helping anyone.
Let me try to explain some things regarding 1. FFMPEG and 2. Support on localhost.
FFMPEG is one of the best video processing methods currently available and has been for many years. It consumes many server resources and considered something that should only be run on a quality server. I have Just over 20 years of server background and i can say that still to this day i can encounter issues compiling FFMPEG on some of the best specified servers out there. It is not something that is part of Jomsocial. We use it because it is one of the few methods available for server video processing.
Lets cover FFMPEG now on a server or localhost.
On a server running Centos, FFMPEG can be an extremely difficult thing to install and compile. there are 2 steps involved 1. installing the required codec and 2. compiling them correctly. A sever running ubuntu is extremely tolerant of FFMPEG, it will run first go most of the time. I have jomsocial working on FFMPEG as low as V1.2 while i wouldn’t recommend it, fact is, it will work.
Paid hosting: Because FFMPEG is resource intensive most shared hosting don’t want you to use it, therefore they have a very only version like 0.8 running this will not work with Jomsocial is it to old. Because FFMPEG is server level not user level install, they will not upgrade it for one, as it affects everyone else.
VPS or dedicated host, This is the best option as you can install what ever you wish on the server and if you have managed servers then you can get the provider to install it for you. This is a more expensive option
Localhost. FFMPEG will run perfectly on windows 7 by simply downloading it from ffmpeg.org unpacking it into a folder of your choice then put that path into Jomsocial. Something that is a common mistake is on a server you would use /usr/bin/usr/ffmpeg but on a windows PC you must specify the full path and file extension path
c:\xmapp\ffmpeg\ffmpeg.exe
without adding the exe on the end it wont work.
So as you can see there are many options available to you and i can offer advice on them all, all our team can but if you continue with threats and aggression it will get you nowhere. We are here to help you not argue with you.
In regards to local host installations of Jomsocial there is a really good reason we DO NOT support localhost installations.
They are often a PC that has things installed on it like virus protection or other software that will limit how the PC works as a web server.
For us to give you support it is easier to connect to the server to debug it. If that server is your PC, imagine the implications if we make changes and disable something on your PC that is not server related
As much as you want it to be, xammp or wamp are not production level server components and running a web site from them is just a really bad idea.
If you would like further help then i am happy to start from the beginning and help you . But if you are going to continue with threats of public bashing and reporting, then there is no need for me to go any further than blocking your account as it is unacceptable behaviour on our forums.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed because we are happy to assist you with any issue that is a jomsocial issue. As above i can offer advice and guide you with FFMPEG but it is not a jomsocial fault.
