Install FFmpeg, but how?

Install FFmpeg on Linux

• APT (Debian, and Debian-based like Ubuntu)

sudo apt install ffmpeg

• dnf (Fedora)

sudo dnf install ffmpeg

• pacman (Arch Linux)

pacman -S ffmpeg

• Termux (Android)

pkg install -y ffmpeg

• Snap

⚠️ Do not use Snap if you don't want to pass a storage_path while creating the VideoHash object.: videohash stores instance generated files in the /tmp directory and snaps by design can't access the /tmp directory but only your /home and /snap.

sudo snap install ffmpeg

Install FFmpeg on Windows

Steps are based on video.stackexchange.com/a/20496, note that the download site in the answer is outdated as of October 2021.

• Download the ffmpeg-git-full variant from https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/. The direct link of the 7z archive is https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/ffmpeg-git-full.7z.
• Uncompress the archive.
• Copy the bin directory from the decompressed folder, and paste inside C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\.
• Right-click on "This PC" and navigate to Properties > Advanced System Settings > Advanced tab > Environment Variables.
• In the Environment Variables window, click the "Path" row under the "Variable" column, then click Edit.
• Click New and add C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\bin\to the list.
• Click Ok on all the windows we opened. (Answer positive)

If you still have doubts read the answer https://video.stackexchange.com/a/20496, it has images.

Prefer video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjtmgCb8NcE.

Install FFmpeg on macOS

• Homebrew

brew install ffmpeg