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FFmpeg for Windows

Introduction

FFmpeg is a free and open-source software project consisting of a large suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams. At its core is the FFmpeg program itself, designed for command-line-based processing of video and audio files. Learn more : https://ffmpeg.org , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg So, how to get it for Windows ?

Downloading FFmpeg

This includes downloading FFmpeg for both 32 bit Windows and 64 bit Windows. Dont Forgot To Extract The Downloaded Archieve After this step you will be able to execute FFmpeg from the downloaded path. You can read 'Making FFmpeg Executed From Anywhere' to Execute it from anywhere.

Downloading For 32 bit Windows

You can download FFmpeg for 32 bit Windows from My Repository Go to releases or Latest in the wiki and download a variant for your device. I would recommend win32-gpl for you

Downloading For 64 Bit Windows

You can download FFmpeg for 64 bit Windows from BtbN's Repository Go to releases or Latest in the wiki and download a variant for your device. I would recommend win64-gpl for you

Making FFmpeg Executed From Anywhere

For this purpose add FFmpeg PATH to your system. Do The Following Steps :

  • Locate the path where you downloaed FFmpeg, In my case it is in C:\ffmpeg
  • Press Windows key
  • Type 'env' and hit Enter Key
  • Now press 'Environment Variables...'
  • Locate Path in system variables and double click on it
  • Click New
  • Enter The path to FFmpeg/bin (like this - C:\ffmpeg\bin), it may vary according to where you extracted the zip
  • Click 'Ok' in all opened windows

Now you are ready to use FFmpeg from anywhere

Testing FFmpeg

Ok, It's test time ! open a command prompt, powershell or windows terminal type ffmpeg -h FFmpeg help screen must be showed now, if not Read the steps carefully or comment down below

That's all Thank you :)

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