Double click on Bin and you will see all the 3 FFmpeg executable files. Step 1:- Open C drive and then double click on the FFmpeg folder that you just saved. If you do not a dd this FFmpeg path to the Windows system utility you will have to open this path every time you use the converter with the command prompt.īut after adding the path you simply can use converter by just typing FFmpeg in the command prompt. You must be thinking that why we need to add this folder path to the system utility? How to Add FFmpeg folder path to Windows System Utility? So here you have successfully saved the FFmpeg folder in Windows C drive and now we need to add this folder path to the windows system utility. Doing this will secure the file safely in the drive. Step 5:- All the extracted files will now be saved in the C drive. You will see a new folder by the name FFmpeg with an additional suffix, rename the folder to only FFmpeg to easily identify and understand. Now extract all these files in the C drive, by choosing or browsing the location to C drive. Step 4:- Go to the Downloads folder, right-click on the FFmpeg zip file and choose to Extract all or Extract file. Now to unzip this file you must have zip file software like Winzip. This will start downloading the FFmpeg zip file. Step 3:- Scroll down to the GIT section and click on the first link as shown in the screenshot. Click on it and this will redirect you to gyan developer website. Now just below the icon, you will find Windows builds from Gyan. Step 2: Scroll down a little and click on the Windows icon. Step 1:- Navigate to FFmpeg official website and click on the green download button. Now follow the below steps to download, save and then add to the windows path. You can get FFmpeg from its official website. Here you simply need to download the zip file and add then add FFmpeg to the windows path. Now once this exe file gets installed and saved on your window, you can easily convert files format by using either Command Prompt or Windows Power Shell.įFmpeg is not any third-party software where you need to go with the entire installation process. 2.3 How to Use FFmpeg in Windows 10 What is FFmpeg for Windows 10?įFmpeg stands for fast forward MPEG which is a command-line tool that performs encoding and decoding of multiple formats by installing once on Windows 10.

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