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Install ffmpeg

Eliran Wong edited this page Mar 3, 2023 · 6 revisions

Install ffmpeg

You need to install 'ffmpeg' in order to download YouTube content with 'youtube-dl' in UBA.

Read more about downloading youtube content at: https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible/wiki/Download-Youtube-audio-video

Examples

There are different ways to install 'ffmpeg'. Read for details at: https://www.ffmpeg.org/

We briefly describe some examples below.

[on Linux]<br>
- Run in terminal:
> sudo apt install ffmpeg

[on Windows]
- Install "chocolatey" first. read https://chocolatey.org/install
- open Windows PowerShell (Admin), and run:
> choco install ffmpeg

Add ffmpeg path:<br>
1) Search in Windows search bar "Edit the system environment variables", and open it
2) Select "System Variables" > "Path" > "Edit" > "New"
3) Enter "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\ffmpeg\tools\ffmpeg\bin\"
4) Click "OK"

[on macOS]
- Install "homebrew" first. read https://brew.sh/
- Run in terminal:
> brew install ffmpeg
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