---
title: 'How to install ffmpeg on Windows'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=JR36oH35Fgg'
video_id: 'JR36oH35Fgg'
date: 2026-06-15
duration_sec: 222
---

# How to install ffmpeg on Windows

> Source: [How to install ffmpeg on Windows](https://youtube.com/watch?v=JR36oH35Fgg)

## Summary

This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to install FFmpeg on Windows and add it to the system's environment variables, which is necessary for certain Python packages.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to FFmpeg installation** [00:00] — The video covers installing FFmpeg on Windows and adding its path to environment variables, required for some Python packages.
- **Downloading FFmpeg** [00:15] — Search for FFmpeg on Google, go to the official website, click download, select Windows build by BBN, and choose the Windows 64 GPL version.
- **Extracting and organizing files** [01:04] — Cut the downloaded file, create a folder named 'ffmpeg' in C drive, extract the archive, move contents from bin folder to the ffmpeg folder, and delete unnecessary files.
- **Adding FFmpeg to environment variables** [02:18] — Copy the path to the ffmpeg folder, open System Properties > Environment Variables, edit the Path variable, add the copied path, and save.
- **Verifying installation** [03:11] — Open Command Prompt, type 'ffmpeg', and press Enter. If options appear, installation is successful.

### Conclusion

By following these steps, you can successfully install FFmpeg on Windows and configure it for use with Python packages.

## Transcript

in this video we're going to talk about
how to install FFM Peg on Windows and
also how to add the path of FFM Peg to
environment variables in Windows and as
you know there are some packages in
Python programing language for example
that you need FFM Peg for those packages
so first of all you should search for
FFM Peg on Google and then you can see
FFM Peg website so you should click on
it and once I'm here you can see the
download button so I click on it and
here I should just scroll down and
because I'm using Windows I want to
install FFM Peg for Windows so I hover
my mouse over the windows logo and now
you can see we have two uh possible
things in order to click on so I would
click on this one Windows built by BBN
so I click on it so here I should just
scroll down and because I'm using
Windows so as you can see I should use
one of these ones which is for Windows
and uh I want to use this one windows 64
GPL and I suggest you doing so so I
would click on this link and now I
should wait for the download
process so as you can see the download
has been finished so here is the file
which I have downloaded so I click on it
and I press crl X on my keyboard in
order to cut this file and then I go to
this PC and and then I go to C drive and
here I should uh create a new folder so
I want to create a new folder and I call
it
ffmpeg FFM Peg the name is totally
arbitrary you can choose whatever name
you want but I want to choose this name
FFM Peg that's it so I open this folder
and I paste the file which I have cut in
this
path then I need to extract this file so
I right click and extract
here so I don't need this file anymore
so I delete it and also here I should
open this folder so I double click on it
in order to open this file and go to bin
folder and also I select all of these
and I press contrl X on my keyboard in
order to cut these files and I go to
this FFM Peg folder and I paste those
files in this path and I don't need this
folder anymore so I'm going to delete
this one as well that's it okay now we
need to introduce this path to Windows
because in that case windows can
understand that this is the path of our
FFM Peg files so in order to do so I
click on this and I copy
this path and now I should click on the
Windows key on my keyboard and in the
search of Windows I simply type
something like this and as you can see
it shows me this one edit the system
environment variables so I click on it
and here as you can see we have an
option called environment variables so I
click on it and then you can see one of
them is path so I double click on it and
you can see a window like this will be
opened so now you should click on new
because you want to add a path to this
environment variable s so I click on
this and I paste the path which I copied
before that's it and I press enter and
then I press okay and once again I press
okay and once again I press okay so now
let's verify that we have installed FFM
Peg correctly in order to do so we
should press the Windows key on your
keyboard and here we should search for
something like this and as you can see
as soon as you search some letters this
command prompt will show up so you
should click on it and here you should
type FFM Peg and you should press enter
and as you can see I see all of these
options it means that FFM Peg has been
installed correctly