Installing the FFmpeg program on Windows

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ffmpeg is a set of open-source computer programs that can be used to record, convert, and transform digital audio and video into streams. It provides a complete solution for recording, converting, and streaming audio and video. It contains a very advanced audio/video codec library Libavcodec.

This program has only command-line mode, so when installed under Windows, it differs from the general installer, with the following installation steps:

One, ffmpeg download:http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

Depending on your operating system, you can choose to download the latest 32-bit or 64-bit static version of the program:

Second, download and unzip the FFmpeg folder, which will generate a new folder similar to the one named "Ffmpeg-20150504-git-eb9fb50-win32-static":

Third, open any disk you want to install, for example: D drive. Create a new folder named "FFmpeg", and copy the contents of the second-step extract generated folder to the "FFmpeg" folder:

Iv. Configuring FFMPEG environment variables.

1, click "Start Menu", then click "Control Panel", then click "System and Security", then click "System", then click "Advanced System Settings", jump out of the "System Properties" window, finally click the "Environment variables" button:

2, click the "Environment variables" button, jump out of the "Environment variables" window, find and select the "Path" variable, click Edit:

3. Add ";d: \ffmpeg\bin" to the contents of the original variable of "Path" (note:; D:\ffmpeg\bin represents the Bin folder under the installation path of ffmpeg), click "OK" all the way.

V. Open a command Prompt window. Enter the command "Ffmpeg–version". If the command Prompt window returns ffmpeg version information, the installation is successful and you can run FFmpeg in any folder on the command prompt.

Vi. use of ffmpeg. You need to use a command to be able to use FFmpeg. Specific information on their own query.

Installing the FFmpeg program on Windows