[GH-ISSUE #36] macOS Monterey ffmpeg location when building from source #25

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opened 2026-03-04 12:28:08 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @trulow on GitHub (Nov 26, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/casualsnek/onthespot/issues/36

When I tried building from source, I noticed when following the directions within the readme that the location for the ffmpeg binaries did not work when using the ffbin_nix directory. What did work was placing the ffmpeg binaries in onthespot/bin/ffmpeg. This allowed the program to properly locate ffmpeg to download and convert without issues.

Originally created by @trulow on GitHub (Nov 26, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/casualsnek/onthespot/issues/36 When I tried building from source, I noticed when following the directions within the readme that the location for the ffmpeg binaries did not work when using the ffbin_nix directory. What did work was placing the [ffmpeg binaries](https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/) in onthespot/bin/ffmpeg. This allowed the program to properly locate ffmpeg to download and convert without issues.

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@casualsnek commented on GitHub (May 18, 2023):

Were you trying to build or run directly from source ? ffbin_nix directory is used only while building a binary distribution using 'build_linux.sh'. If you are running directly from source you can have ffmpeg in either your system PATH or 'bin/ffmpeg'

@casualsnek commented on GitHub (May 18, 2023): Were you trying to build or run directly from source ? ffbin_nix directory is used only while building a binary distribution using 'build_linux.sh'. If you are running directly from source you can have ffmpeg in either your system PATH or 'bin/ffmpeg'