Installation error -

[ruggerjvd]

I searched for an answer to this, but it was not addressed. I am trying to install v. 009k on a laptop. I downloaded the files and stored them in a folder called "ffmpeg binaries" in the applications folder. I selected all the files in the installation directory, but I get the following error message:

##/bin/sh: line 1: cd: /usr/local/include: No such file or directory

Is it because I am trying to install an older version of ffmpeg?

thanks for the help

[tomlee59]

If that directory is really called ffmpeg binaries, and not ffmpeg_binaries or some such thing, that's your problem. The installer is fussy about special characters (and that includes spaces) in the pathname. This is a very common problem.

[Case]

http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=315496

[theomike]

I have a similar problem when trying to do the _required_ update of ffmpegx.

The Self-Installer doesn't see the binaries at all(!) in the ffmpegx folder I placed them in!

The instructions do say the hard drive can't have spaces, well how can I change that without losing anything else that relies on the traditional "Macintosh HD" (space, no underscore)?!

The application is now useless, and I have come to depend on it!

HELP!!!

[Case]

The Self-Installer doesn't see the binaries at all(!) in the ffmpegx folder I placed them in!

Place your three binary files on the desktop. Use the Locate button to point the installer to them. The paths then become
/Users/username/Desktop/mpeg2enc
/Users/username/Desktop/mencoder
/Users/username/Desktop/mplayer
which might be enough to make it work, as the volume name now isn't part of the path.
The binaries are copied by the installer, so the original files can be removed afterwards.

The instructions do say the hard drive can't have spaces, well how can I change that without losing anything else that relies on the traditional "Macintosh HD" (space, no underscore)?!

You could try changing the boot volume name, install the binaries, then change it back to what it was. Worth a try, don't you think?