Easier FFmpeg installation

  • Rather than needing to maintain dedicated builds, it's actually really easy to keep up with the current ffmpeg versions using scoop (think, if Windows had a repository). It's stupid easy to install (two lines of PowerShell, as user), and you can track either nightlies or releases. For example, I like using the actual "releases", because I like nice round numbers, so all I have to run is:

    > scoop install main/ffmpeg-shared

    Ta-da! I think the automatically default directory is C:\<user>\scoop, but I don't remember if I had to add it to the PATH myself. Luckily, it's really easy these days. Then you can just run > scoop update whenever it crosses your mind,

    The only problem at the moment is that 8.0 was just released a few days ago, and Voukoder is expecting ffmpeg 7.1.1. I'm guessing that's a pretty easy fix, and aiming new users at scoop may be easier than compiling your own builds. Or, maybe not! :)

    (edit: this is actually the way that the gyan devs recommend installing pre-built shared binaries on Windows. Well, alternatively you could use win-get, if you want to really screw up your computer.)

    Einmal editiert, zuletzt von deco (29. August 2025 um 21:30)

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    I've looked into this, and yes, it looks very promising! In fact this finally makes installing ffmpeg easy (like homebrew on MacOS).

    I need to look deeper into it and check what's bundled into this ffmpeg version.

    Edit:

    So yes, scoop is indeed a good option, you can install FFmpeg really easy with it, like:

    1. Install scoop itself:
      Open a powershell.exe console and enter:
      Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
      Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
    2. Install ffmpeg (for Voukoder Pro 3.0)
      1. scoop install main/ffmpeg-shared@8.0
    3. Add the directory with the installed ffmpeg dlls to the PATH variable