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Having FFMpeg working on Ubutu or macOS for Spatie Media Library
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Spatie’s Media Library requires FFmpeg in order to create video poster images.

Install FFmpeg

On Ubuntu

  • sudo apt update;
  • sudo apt install ffmpeg;
  • ffmpeg -version should output FFmpeg version.

In Laravel .env

FFMPEG_PATH='/usr/bin/ffmpeg' # macOS: '/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg'
FFPROBE_PATH='/usr/bin/ffprobe' # macOS: '/usr/local/bin/ffprobe'
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