Media Processing Plugin

FFmpeg-based video encoding, transcoding, and adaptive streaming pipeline. Pro plugin.

Requires: Basic license tier or higher. nself license set nself_pro_...

Install

nself license set nself_pro_xxxxx...
nself plugin install media-processing

What It Does

Provides a Rust-based FFmpeg wrapper service for video encoding and transcoding. Produces HLS and DASH adaptive streams, MP4 outputs, and thumbnail images. Manages an upload pipeline with real-time progress tracking so clients can poll or subscribe to job status during long transcode operations.

Configuration

Env Var	Default	Description
MEDIA_PROCESSING_PORT	3088	Media processing service port
MEDIA_PROCESSING_WORKERS	4	Number of concurrent transcode workers
MEDIA_FFMPEG_PATH	/usr/bin/ffmpeg	Path to the FFmpeg binary
MEDIA_OUTPUT_PATH	—	Filesystem path for transcoded output files

Ports

Port	Purpose
3088	Media processing REST API

Database Tables

9 tables added to your Postgres database:

• np_media_processing_jobs, transcode job records
• np_media_processing_profiles, encoding profile definitions
• np_media_processing_outputs, completed output file records
• np_media_processing_segments, HLS/DASH segment metadata
• np_media_processing_manifests, adaptive streaming manifests
• np_media_processing_thumbnails, generated thumbnail records
• np_media_processing_uploads, upload pipeline state
• np_media_processing_progress, real-time job progress tracking
• np_media_processing_errors, transcode error log

Nginx Routes

Route	Target
/media/	Media processing API