Apr 15, 2015  The original ffmpeg-php extension was released for Linux. There were some Windows builds at some point but the project is now deprecated and you'll have a hard time finding one. Besides, you'll be stuck with outdated libs. Take a look at some of the new object-oriented FFmpeg wrappers like PHP-FFmpeg. Go to the ffmpeg download site and download the zip file that best fits you computer's specs. Choose 'static' linking and the 'nightly git' version for the most current usability. Create a folder on your computer to uppack the zip file. This folder will be your 'installation' folder.

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1. How to Install FFmpeg on Windows. But first, a little info from their site: FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge.
2. Installing FFmpeg in Windows. Use 7-Zip to unpack it in the folder of your choice. Open a command prompt with administrator's rights. NOTE: Use CMD.exe, do not use Powershell! The syntax for accessing environment variables is different from the command shown in Step 4 - running it in Powershell will overwrite your System PATH with a bad value.
3. FFmpeg 4.2.1 'Ada' 4.2.1 was released on 2019-09-07. It is the latest stable FFmpeg release from the 4.2.1 release branch, which was cut from master on 2019-07-21. It includes the following library versions: libavutil 56. 31.100 libavcodec 58. 54.100 libavformat 58. 29.100 libavdevice 58.

Installing FFmpeg in Windows

1. Download a static build from here.
2. Use 7-Zip to unpack it in the folder of your choice.
3. Open a command prompt with administrator's rights.
   NOTE: Use CMD.exe, do not use Powershell! The syntax for accessing environment variables is different from the command shown in Step 4 - running it in Powershell will overwrite your System PATH with a bad value.
4. Run the command (see note below; in Win7 and Win10, you might want to use the Environmental Variables area of the Windows Control Panel to update PATH):
   setx /M PATH 'pathtoffmpegbin;%PATH%'
   Do not run setx if you have more than 1024 characters in your system PATH variable. See this post on SuperUser that discusses alternatives.Be sure to alter the command so that pathto reflects the folder path from your root to ffmpegbin.
   (Here's another explanation with pictures.)

Installing FFmpeg in OS X

Here are a couple of links to instructions:
http://www.idiotinside.com/2016/05/01/ffmpeg-mac-os-x/
http://macappstore.org/ffmpeg/

Installing FFmpeg in Ubuntu

Helpful links for Ubuntu users:http://wiki.razuna.com/display/ecp/FFmpeg+Installation+for+Ubuntu#FFmpegInstallationforUbuntu-Installlibfdk-aac
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/11/ffmpeg-returns-to-official-ubuntu.html
http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-ffmpeg-2-6-1-on-ubuntu-15-04-ubuntu-14-10-ubuntu-14-04-and-derivative-systems/
http://ffmpeg.org/download.html
http://askubuntu.com/questions/432542/is-ffmpeg-missing-from-the-official-repositories-in-14-04

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I'm using Windows 7 and Zend server for my PHP.I have fed up completely searching and trying every methods of installation found on internet.

Luckily, I installed it well on my Ubuntu machine at my home.

How do I install ffmpeg in Windows 7?

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I came across this tutorial, which is a good starting guide. Here you can get the latest builds.

This page lists more guides.

Also have a look at the K-Lite Codec Pack.

In general, videohelp.com is a good resource for setting up video stuff.

Download either the latest 32-bit build or 64-bit build and extract the contents of the bin folder (ffmpeg.exe, ffplay.exe, ffprobe.exe) to a location on your system. You may want to make the path short for simplicity (e.g. C:ffmpeg).

Optionally, add the path to ffmpeg.exe to your system path so you can run it without the fully qualified path.

Then you can call it similarly to how you would on linux in PHP with exec() or system().

See also the examples posted by Ahmed.

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