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Installing FFMPEG

FFMPEG is required for ROSI to process and convert media files. Follow the instructions below for your operating system.

update Updated December 2, 2025
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ROSI officially supports FFMPEG versions 7 and above. Previous versions may work, but issues with older versions won't be fixed in the app.

Installing FFMPEG on Windows

Windows: Easiest Method (Chocolatey/Winget) expand_more

Option 1: Using Chocolatey

Download and install Chocolatey

Once installed, open a new terminal window as an administrator (Right click Windows icon → Terminal (Admin)), then type:

choco install ffmpeg-full

Option 2: Using Winget (Built-in to Windows)

Open a terminal window (Right click Windows icon → Terminal), then type:

winget install ffmpeg
Windows: Manual Install expand_more
  1. Go to FFMPEG.org/download
  2. Hover your mouse over the Windows Icon and select: Windows builds from gyan.dev
  3. Scroll down to release builds and download the: ffmpeg-release-essentials.zip file
  4. Unzip the folder and place it in a location on your computer (such as your Documents folder)
  5. Open the FFMPEG folder and look for the BIN folder within FFMPEG
  6. Click to highlight the BIN folder
  7. Click the ... menu towards the top of File Explorer → Copy Path (or Home → Copy Path for Windows 10)
  8. Press the Windows key and search for: Edit the system environment variables
  9. Press the Environment Variables button
  10. Select: Path → Edit...
  11. Select New and paste the path. Remove the quotations from the pasted text, then press Enter
  12. Press the OK buttons on every open window until all are closed
  13. Verify installation by opening terminal and typing: ffmpeg -version

Installing FFMPEG on MacOS

MacOS: Using Homebrew expand_more
  1. Open terminal and type: xcode-select --install, then press the install button on the window that pops up
  2. Download and install Homebrew
  3. Follow the instructions to add Homebrew to your ~/.zprofile path. (Or watch this video tutorial)
  4. Open terminal and type: brew install ffmpeg
  5. Verify installation by typing: ffmpeg -version

Installing FFMPEG on Linux

Linux: Package Manager Installation expand_more

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt install ffmpeg

Verify installation: ffmpeg -version

Fedora

sudo dnf install ffmpeg

Verify installation: ffmpeg -version

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S ffmpeg

Verify installation: ffmpeg -version

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Homebrew also supports Linux and keeps the most up-to-date versions of FFMPEG!

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