FFdown, by Seediffusion!

This is FFdown, the quick, simple, accessible FFmpeg installer for Windows

If you don't like using package managers like Winget and Chocolatey, or you're on a version of Windows that doesn't support them, this tool will make the task of downloading and installing the FFmpeg suite on your system a snap. No more worrying about programs spewing errors because FFmpeg isn't installed.

What is FFmpeg?

FFmpeg is a free, open source suite of libraries and tools that allow for the conversion, playback, analysis, and manipulation of many types of multimedia files, such as video, audio and image files. Open source means that the programming code can be freely downloaded and modified by anyone. FFmpeg supports virtually any file type you throw at it, from the very old, to the very new, to the complete unknown. .mpg, .mp1, .mp2, .mp3, .wav, .aiff, .caf, .ram, .flv, .avi, it's all there! You might even call FFmpeg the most powerful multimedia suite on the planet!

FFdown system requirements

FFdown requires a 64-bit version of Windows 7 or higher to run.

Download FFdown

The highest version of FFdown is V 1.0, compiled on Sunday, August 11th, 2024.

Download the zip file

Usage

  1. Extract the FFdown.zip file to a location of your choice with a zip archive utility like 7-Zip.
  2. Launch FFdown.exe to start the program. Note: if Windows isn't set to show file extensions, you won't see the .exe part of the filename.
  3. A terminal window should appear. If your screen reader doesn't focus on it right away, Alt Tab until you land on it. Once you have the terminal window, press Enter at the prompt.
  4. You will then be asked for a location to store the FFmpeg files. C:\ffmpeg is a good choice, but you can enter any folder you wish.
  5. The tool will then connect to gyan.dev, download the latest FFmpeg git master release, and extract the files into your chosen folder. On Windows 10 and 11, the full FFmpeg package will be downloaded. On Windows 7 and 8, the essentials package will be downloaded, since the editional components of the full package require Windows 10 or higher. For more details on the differences between the 2 packages, see the gyan.dev page..
  6. Finally, if FFdown is running as an administrator, it will automatically add the FFmpeg binary folder, <FFmpeg_folder>\bin, to the Windows path variable so that FFmpeg can be run from anywhere, either in the command prompt or by another program. Otherwise, you will be told you need to do this manually.

Note for Windows 7

If you're running Windows 7 and FFdown refuses to run, try installing the September 2019 security update included in the program folder. Simply launch the Win7Update file and follow the on-screen prompts to install the update.

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