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# Install FFMpeg (optional)

Some apps that generate or deal with video content make use of FFMpeg. <https://ffmpeg.org/>

FFMpeg is a a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. it is distributed as a command line tool called `ffmpeg` .

Some apps will expect ffmpeg to be available on your system .

[Link to the official Download page.](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html)

On mac, you can also:

```bash
brew install ffmpeg
```