Installing ffmpeg on Windows 7

This is how you install ffmpeg and prepare it for use on Windows 7.

• download ffmpeg: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html
• extract the zip, rename the "ffmpeg-20161025-c117343-win64-static" folder to something easy, eg. simply "ffmpeg"
• copy the folder to your program folder, eg. C:\Program Files
• your folder structure should now be C:\Program Files\ffmpeg, the ffmpeg folder should have all the folders, including bin.

• next, open Control Panel, click "System"
• click "Change settings" on the bottom right

• click "Advanced" tab on the System Properties window
• click "Environment Variables..."

• search for a variable named "Path" from the lower list named "System Variables"
• click the variable to select it, then select "Edit..."

• scroll to the end of the "Variable value" field, be careful not to edit anything already there
• add a semicolon (;) at the end of the last path and after it enter the path to your folder: C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\bin

• click ok on the "Edit System Variable" window
• click ok on the "Environment Variables" window
• click ok on the "System Properties" window
• done, ffmpeg has now been installed properly and you can use ffmpeg commands on command line

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