If you do not see this message in the General tab, double-click ffmpeg again.

At the bottom of the window you will see a message saying that ffmpeg was blocked.

Go to System Preferences > Security and Privacy and click on the General tab.

You should see an error message 'ffmpeg can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer'.

You should now have two files, ffmpeg and ffprobe, in your ~/audio-orchestrator-ffmpeg/bin/ folder.įfmpeg and ffprobe executables with the required folder structure.

Move the ffmpeg and ffprobe files from Downloads into this bin folder.Create a new folder called bin in audio-orchestrator-ffmpeg.Open your new audio-orchestrator-ffmpeg folder by double-clicking it.Go to File > New folder or use the shortcut command + shift + N, type or enter the folder name, and press return to confirm.

Create a new folder called audio-orchestrator-ffmpeg in your home folder.You should see folders such as Desktop, Applications, and Downloads in this folder.The easiest way to find it is to open Finder, and use the keyboard shortcut command + shift + H or in the menu bar select Go > Home. Your home folder has the same name as your user account.Move the downloaded files to the right location. You should now have two executables, called ffmpeg and ffprobe.This will extract it using the Archive Utility and create an executable ffmpeg file in Downloads. Open your Downloads folder, and double-click ffmpeg-.zip.If a popup appears after clicking the download link, press 'allow' or 'save'.Choosing the shorter filename, under ffprobe-.7z, click 'Download the file as ZIP'. Scroll down the page until you see ffprobe.Underneath this heading, click 'Download as ZIP'.Choose the one with the shorter filename this will look like ffmpeg-.7z, where is something like 4.3.1. You'll see two options for downloading ffmpeg.Click 'Static builds for macOS 64-bit'.Go to and click the Apple logo in the 'Get packages & executable files' section.If you still need to install Audio Orchestrator itself, follow the macOS installation instructions first.

How do install ffmpeg mac