4. FFmpeg and FFProbe Requirements

FFmpeg / FFProbe => v6.0:

Windows user:

• The MSI package contains and installs the ffmpeg / ffprobe binaries.
• If using the zip file, get the latest package from https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/latest, and extract ffmpeg and ffprobe into the same directory of VDF.GUI.dll.

Linux user:

• Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Manjaro, and most other Linux distros

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

• Fedora, RHEL and CentOS Linux

sudo dnf install \
https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm \
https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

sudo dnf install ffmpeg

Open terminal in VDF folder and execute ./VDF.GUI You may need to set execute permission first sudo chmod 777 VDF.GUI

MacOS user:

• Install ffmpeg / ffprobe using homebrew

Open terminal in VDF folder and execute ./VDF.GUI or if you have .NET installed dotnet VDF.GUI.dll You may get a permission error. Open system settings of your Mac, go to Privacy & Security and then Developer Tools. Now add Terminal to the list.