Title: FFmpeg version?
Last modified: January 28, 2021

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# FFmpeg version?

 *  Resolved [palmarinich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palmarinich/)
 * (@palmarinich)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ffmpeg-version/)
 * I am trying to use the plugin for the first time, and get an error when looking
   at the FFmpeg test in the WP admin (below).
 * I have confirmed with the web host that FFmpeg is installed (v 4.1.1), but they
   are telling me that the plugin is incompatible with this version. Where can I
   find FFmpeg version requirement information? Any, any suggestions would be welcome.
   Thanks!
 * FFMPEG test output:
 *     ```
       ffmpeg version 4.1.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
         built with gcc 8 (GCC)
         configuration: --enable-static --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --disable-doc --disable-avdevice --disable-alsa
         libavutil      56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100
         libavcodec     58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100
         libavformat    58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100
         libavfilter     7. 40.101 /  7. 40.101
         libswscale      5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
         libswresample   3.  3.100 /  3.  3.100
       Unrecognized option 'crf'.
       Error splitting the argument list: Option not found
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Author [Kyle Gilman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kylegilman/)
 * (@kylegilman)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ffmpeg-version/#post-13971510)
 * It looks like libx264 isn’t enabled in that build of FFMPEG. Version numbers 
   with FFMPEG are not particularly informative since a lot of people compile it
   themselves. My plugin works with FFMPEG going back 10 years.
 *  Thread Starter [palmarinich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palmarinich/)
 * (@palmarinich)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ffmpeg-version/#post-13971520)
 * Thanks for the prompt response! I’ll convey that to the host (SiteGround), and
   see if that’s something they can do on their end. Cheers.

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