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    I am trying to install FFMPEG but I am confused on what do and how to do it. I am more familiar with installers but I have no idea on how to install FFMPEG. Does anyone know how to install FFMPEG?
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    ffmpeg does not need to be installed.
    All you have to do is unzip the downloaded archive and extract the ffmpeg.EXE file to a directory listed in the environment-variable named PATH, so that you can call ffmpeg from any folder on which you open a command-prompt window.
    But there are graphic frontends for the people who are afraid of the command-line interface and think it's a synonym for Microsoft DOS
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    While ffmpeg requires no installation, if you want it available system-wide you need to set the path in the Windows environment settings. This link gives instructions with pictures.
    https://windowsloop.com/install-ffmpeg-windows-10/
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    An alternative to adding ffmpeg folder to the path is to create a shortcut to the folder on the desktop,
    Hold down the shift key, right click the shortcut and select "open command prompt here"
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    I "installed" FFMPEG on both computers although IO had to do some research in the case of XP. Thanks for the help
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    https://opensourcepack.blogspot.com/2017/12/ffmpeg-for-windows-xp.html

    Download nice stable version of ffmeg for XP et al. All you need then is your preferred ffmeg GUI in same folder.
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    What FFMPEG GUI do you recommend?
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    I'm not keen on WinFF so I use one from below link. Place that gui in a folder of the extracted XP et al 3.4.1 version I linked previously. Download full version of that
    and place the gui alongside ffmeg, ffprobe, ffplay in your named folder e.g FFMEG 3.4.1 named.

    http://ffqueue.bruchhaus.dk/Download.aspx

    Also there's another nice gui with complete ffmeg build, which allows you to run other builds like the build link I gave which allows h265 as input. Also Eusing has presets and commandline tips.

    https://www.eusing.com/free_video_converter/video_converter.htm
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    I am going to try them both to see which ones work for me.
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