FFmpegDirectory

The path to the directory containing the FFmpeg libraries.

Specify an absolute path, or a path relative to the Media Server executable file.

This parameter is set in the default Media Server configuration file, and in most cases there is no need to change it. You can run Media Server without FFmpeg (by removing this parameter from your configuration) but this reduces functionality as follows:

  • Media Server cannot ingest, analyze, or encode audio and video.

  • The AudioRedaction and Overlay transformation engines are disabled.
  • The CreateClip and CreateImage actions are disabled.
  • Any actions that involve audio or video are disabled. For example, you cannot train audio matching, speaker ID, video matching, or visual clustering.
Type: String
Default:  
Required: No, but Media Server functionality is reduced without FFmpeg
Configuration Section: Paths
Example: FFmpegDirectory=libs
See Also: LibHEIFDirectory