FFMpegAzureStorageWorker

Background FFMpeg worker powered by Azure Storage Blob/Queue or AWS S3/SQS

Configure

The next environment variables are used by an app and shared between both Azure and AWS versions:

Parameter	Required?	Description
APPLICATIONINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING	false	Azure App Insights connection string for logging & tracebility
FFMpeg__Path	true	FFMpeg full path
FFMpeg__Arguments	true	Arguments for FFMpeg conversion
Storage__Input__Container	false	Name of azure storage container for input files to convert. Default name: input
Storage__Input__Queue	false	Name of azure storage queue for requests to convert file. Default name: input
Storage__Output__Container	false	Name of azure storage container for output files after conversion. Default name: output
Storage__Output__Queue	false	Name of azure storage queue for results of conversion. Default name: output
Delay	false	Delay between job executions in hh:mm:ss format. Default: 00:01:00
Name	true	Name of an application instance for traceability
TargetExtension	false	Target extension of output file with dot. If not set - extension of the source file will be used

Azure

Parameter	Required?	Description
Storage__ConnectionString	true	Azure Storage account connection string

AWS

Refer to the AWS guide in setting up a connection. No additional parameters are required.

Deploy

Docker

Use pre-built image from DockerHub.

There are multiple tags available:

• aws-nightly - latest AWS build for PR
• az-nightly - latest Azure build for PR
• aws-stable - latest AWS build for main branch
• az-stable - latest Azure build for main branch
• x.x.xxxx-aws-alpha - image for a particular AWS PR build in Azure DevOps
• x.x.xxxx-az-alpha - image for a particular Azure PR build in Azure DevOps
• x.x.xxxx-aws - image for a particular AWS main branch build in Azure DevOps
• x.x.xxxx-az - image for a particular Azure main branch build in Azure DevOps

Local development

Prerequisites

• .NET 9 or higher
• FFmpeg

Running

Project:

1. Clone project
2. Update appsettings.json/secrets.json or set environment variables
3. Add AZ/AWS property to MsBuild DefineConstants
4. dotnet run or your favorite IDE

Built With

• azure-sdk-for-net - The official Azure SDK for .NET
• aws-sdk-net - The official AWS SDK for .NET.
• FFmpeg - A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video.