Installing FFmpeg on Windows

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FFmpeg is a command-line audio and video converter available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This open-source tool helps users manipulate multimedia content and offers free access to several audio and video libraries.

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Step 1: Download FFmpeg for Windows

Visit the FFmpeg download page. The More downloading options section has FFmpeg packages and executable files for Linux, Windows, and Mac. To get the Windows version:

1. Hover over the Windows logo and click the Windows builds from gyan.dev link. A new page opens.

In the git master builds section, look for the latest version of the FFmpeg build. Click the ffmpeg-git-full-7z link to download the full build since that version has the most up-to-date libraries. Choose the download location and save the file if the download does not start automatically.

Once downloaded, extract the contents:

1. Locate the downloaded file. The default location is the Downloads folder.

2. Right-click the file and hover over 7-Zip (or another file archiver of choice).

3. From the archiver submenu, choose Extract here. Wait for a few seconds for the extracting process to complete.

Rename the extracted folder to ffmpeg.

Move the ffmpeg folder to the C drive

Move the folder to the root of the C drive or the folder of your choice.

Add FFmpeg to PATH

Choose system variables

  • Under the User variables section, select Path and click the Edit button.
  • Choose New from the side menu.
  • Add C:\ffmpeg\bin to the empty field and confirm changes with OK.
  • The change in the Path variable line confirms the FFmpeg is added to PATH.
  • Added ffmpeg variable

To verify the FFmpeg is correctly added to the Windows PATH, open the Command Prompt or PowerShelland run:

ffmpeg

The output confirms the installation:

ffmpeg version command prompt output

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