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How to fix ffmpeg is not recognized as an internal and external Command Error in Terminal
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Jun 7, 2025
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uh hello guys welcome to this video So
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in this video I will show you if you
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can't access ffmpg from your terminal If
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you're getting this error message that
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ffmpg is not recognized as an internal
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or external command Uh the prime reason
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of this problem is you haven't added uh
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ffmpg in your environment variable I'm
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assuming that you have installed ffmpg
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software If you haven't then just
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download
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it I have already installed it Uh but
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still I'm getting this error I can't
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access it from your from my terminal So
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by default it's stored in the C
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directory So just open the location
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wherever you stored your FMPG I created
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a folder in the C directory If you see
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uh just we have the bin folder and we
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have these three executables You can see
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that ffmppg FF proof FF play All these
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three executables are there If I try to
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open command line
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here you will see the command will
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perfectly
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work fmpg You can see it is printing out
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the version So what you need to do
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wherever you stored fmpp just select
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that location right click copy this
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location and just open your environment
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variable and
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just select system variables
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Select the path
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here and then just add a new entry Paste
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this location So this allows you to
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register ffmpg globally Now if you open
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restart your terminal after making these
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changes and just type the same command
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ffmppg Now you will see the command will
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perfectly
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work This is the one step You just need
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to add the location of your fmpg in your
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environment path variable and just
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restart it Just open terminal once again
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