[FFmpeg-user] I am a new ffmpeg user...

[Gyan Doshi]

On 2021-03-11 08:00, Barry Smith wrote:
> I need to recode some rips that I made from a DVD collection. I want
> to use a different set of options to make my rips smalled. I am not
> looking to distribute torrents or put my legal rips anywhere except on
> a USB flash drive.
> So, after searching the internet, I found out about FFDSHOW. sounded
> like the perfect solution for what I wanted to do.
> So, I found the download page on the main ffdshow website, and I
> downloaded a Windows "full build" file 7zip'd from the git hub site.
> I had absolutely no problem at all. the name pf the file is
> ffmpeg-2021-03-09-git-c35e456f54-full_build.7z.
>
> I looked through the archive, and couldn't find ANY install.* or
> setup.* so I extracted  the archive.

The ffmpeg binaries are standalone and require no installation to any 
specific path.

Nonetheless, users new to the CLI may find this link useful:

https://video.stackexchange.com/q/20495/

The binaries are 64-bit as mentioned on the first line of the README.

Regards,
Gyan