Installing FFmpeg

FFmpeg is required for thumbnail previews and playback features on audio and video files. FFmpeg is a free Open Source project dedicated to the handling of multimedia (video, audio, etc) files. For more information, see their official website at ffmpeg.org.

Installation on Windows

Prebuilt Binaries

Pre-built binaries from trusted sources are available on the FFmpeg website. Under "More downloading options" click on the Windows section, then under "Windows EXE Files" select a source to download a build from. Follow any further download instructions from whichever build website you choose.

Warning

Do NOT download the source code by mistake!

To Install:

1. Download 7z or zip file and extract it (right click > Extract All)
2. Move extracted contents to a unique folder (i.e; c:\ffmpeg or c:\Program Files\ffmpeg)

3. Add FFmpeg to your system PATH

   1. In Windows, search for or go to "Edit the system environment variables" under the Control Panel
   2. Under "User Variables", select "Path" then edit
   3. Click new and add <Your folder>\bin (e.g; c:\ffmpeg\bin or c:\Program Files\ffmpeg\bin)
   4. Click "Okay"

Package Managers

FFmpeg is also available from:

1. WinGet (winget install ffmpeg)
2. Scoop (scoop install main/ffmpeg)
3. Chocolatey (choco install ffmpeg-full)

Installation on Mac

Homebrew

FFmpeg is available under the macOS section of the FFmpeg website or can be installed via Homebrew using brew install ffmpeg.

Installation on Linux

Package Managers

FFmpeg may be installed by default on some Linux distributions, but if not, it is available via your distribution package manager of choice:

1. Debian/Ubuntu (sudo apt install ffmpeg)
2. Fedora (sudo dnf install ffmpeg-free)
3. Arch (sudo pacman -S ffmpeg)

Help

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