I should have though about that first... sorry :)
Ok I tested two FLV files...
This was the first one, that DID produce an image and no front-page error, however the video popup says it can not find the file
[2009-12-30 12:06:59] ffmpeg -y -i /home/pcl/public_html/cesm/assets/Uploads/flame.flv -an -s 640x480 -ss 60 -an -r 1 -vframes 1 -y -vcodec mjpeg -f mjpeg /home/pcl/public_html/cesm/assets/video_thumbnails/flame.jpg
[2009-12-30 12:06:59] FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-libgsm --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --disable-strip
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on Jun 4 2007 11:02:12, gcc: 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)
/home/pcl/public_html/cesm/assets/Uploads/flame.flv: Unknown format
The Second FLV i tried also created a JPG, but produced errors on the front-end. (the initial error posted) Below is the ffmpeg_log:
[2009-12-30 12:11:54] ffmpeg -y -i /home/pcl/public_html/cesm/assets/Uploads/InnovistaPressConference.flv -an -s 640x480 -ss 60 -an -r 1 -vframes 1 -y -vcodec mjpeg -f mjpeg /home/pcl/public_html/cesm/assets/video_thumbnails/innovistapressconference.jpg
[2009-12-30 12:11:54] FFmpeg version SVN-rUNKNOWN, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --incdir=/usr/include/ffmpeg --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libogg --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-libgsm --enable-xvid --enable-x264 --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-pp --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --disable-strip
libavutil version: 49.4.0
libavcodec version: 51.40.4
libavformat version: 51.12.1
built on Jun 4 2007 11:02:12, gcc: 4.1.1 20070105 (Red Hat 4.1.1-52)
Input #0, flv, from '/home/pcl/public_html/cesm/assets/Uploads/InnovistaPressConference.flv':
Duration: 00:08:16.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 96 kb/s
Stream #0.0: Audio: mp3, 44100 Hz, stereo, 96 kb/s
Output file does not contain any stream
Thanks for you fast replies... much appreciated.