Title: exec disabled
Last modified: August 27, 2019

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# exec disabled

 *  [icarni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icarni/)
 * (@icarni)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exec-disabled/)
 * I have FFMPEG installed on my server, but I get a message that says:
 * “EXEC is disabled in PHP settings. You can embed existing videos and make thumbnails
   with compatible browsers, but video encoding will not work. Contact your System
   Administrator to find out if you can enable EXEC.”
 * I don’t really need the video encoding, just the automatic thumbnail generation,
   which I have not yet gotten to work. I can go in manually and generate thumbnails
   in each individual video file, but the automatic part doesn’t function for me
   yet. Does the error message indicate something that would conflict with automatic
   thumbnail generation?

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exec-disabled/#post-11883724)
 * Yes, you need FFMPEG and a way for PHP to execute it in order to do automatic
   thumbnail creation. If the EXEC command is disabled in PHP, the plugin will not
   be able to automatically generate thumbnails.
 *  Thread Starter [icarni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icarni/)
 * (@icarni)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exec-disabled/#post-11883968)
 * Ok, I got that enabled and the plugin is working as advertised. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [icarni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/icarni/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exec-disabled/#post-11883968)
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