Remove ffmpeg processing

- Remove ffmpeg video processing due to high cpu usages

config/default.toml

@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ imageFormat = "png"
 # the max file size for uploading in bytes
 maxFileSize = 10_485_760
 
+# the max length of a video in seconds
+maxVideoLenght = 60
+
     # Configuration for the api rate limit
     [api.rateLimit]
 

src/lib/UploadManager.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as config from "config";
 import * as crypto from "crypto";
+import {FfprobeData} from "fluent-ffmpeg";
 import * as ffmpeg from "fluent-ffmpeg";
 import * as fsx from "fs-extra";
 import * as path from "path";
@@ -103,33 +104,14 @@ export class UploadManager {
     /**
      * Converts a video into a smaller format and .mp4 and returns the web path
      * @param data
-     * @param width
+     * @param extension
      */
-    public async processAndStoreVideo(data: Buffer, width: number = 720): Promise<string> {
-        return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
-            try {
-                const fileBasename = UploadManager.getCrypticFileName() + ".webm";
+    public async processAndStoreVideo(data: Buffer, extension: string): Promise<string> {
+        const fileBasename = UploadManager.getCrypticFileName() + extension;
         await fsx.ensureDir(this.dataDir);
         const filePath = path.join(this.dataDir, fileBasename);
-                const tempFile = filePath + ".tmp";
-                await fsx.writeFile(tempFile, data);
-                const video = ffmpeg(tempFile);
-                video
-                    .size(`${width}x?`)
-                    .toFormat("webm")
-                    .on("end", async () => {
-                        await fsx.unlink(tempFile);
-                        resolve(`/${dataDirName}/${fileBasename}`);
-                    })
-                    .on("error", async (err) => {
-                        await fsx.unlink(tempFile);
-                        reject(err);
-                    })
-                    .save(filePath);
-            } catch (err) {
-                reject(err);
-            }
-        });
+        await fsx.writeFile(filePath, data);
+        return `/${dataDirName}/${fileBasename}`;
     }
 
     /**

src/lib/models/Post.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as config from "config";
 import * as sqz from "sequelize";
 import {BelongsTo, BelongsToMany, Column, CreatedAt, ForeignKey, Model, NotNull, Table} from "sequelize-typescript";
 import markdown from "../markdown";
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ export class Post extends Model<Post> {
     public get media() {
         const url = this.getDataValue("mediaUrl");
         if (url) {
-            const type = url.endsWith(".webm") ? "VIDEO" : "IMAGE";
+            const type = url.endsWith(config.get("api.imageFormat")) ? "IMAGE" : "VIDEO";
             return {
                 type,
                 url,

src/routes/UploadRoute.ts

@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ export class UploadRoute extends Route {
                     if (is.image(postMedia.mimetype)) {
                         fileName = await this.uploadManager.processAndStoreImage(postMedia.data, 1080, 720, "inside");
                     } else if (is.video(postMedia.mimetype)) {
-                        fileName = await this.uploadManager.processAndStoreVideo(postMedia.data, 1080);
+                        fileName = await this.uploadManager.processAndStoreVideo(postMedia.data, postMedia.mimetype
+                            .replace("video/", ""));
                     } else {
                         error = "Wrong type of file provided";
                     }