Title: FFMPEG question
Last modified: July 2, 2022

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# FFMPEG question

 *  [lukky231](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukky231/)
 * (@lukky231)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ffmpeg-question/)
 * Hello,
    Can someone advise me how to get FFMPEG working on my ftp server on which
   the wordpress website is running? I need to get FFMPEG working for Videopack (
   formerly Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator). Thanks in advance for your willingness.

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ffmpeg-question/#post-15799137)
 * You’ll need to have a web server running, not an FTP server. And you usually 
   need to have command line access to your server and usually a VPS or private 
   server, not the shared hosting that most people have.
 * Unfortunately there are so many different configurations of servers that I have
   a hard time providing support for FFMPEG installation. Your server’s OS might
   have an easy way to install via a package manager or you might have to compile
   it from source code. Start by Googling something like “install ffmpeg on [name
   of your server OS]”

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 * Last reply from: [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ffmpeg-question/#post-15799137)
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