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# 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.

  - You can ingest images and documents, by using the image ingest engine, but all other ingest engines are disabled.
  - You can only use analysis engines that support images and documents (see Image and Video Processing).
  - You can encode images and PDF files, by using the Image Encoder and PDF Encoder, but all other encoding engines are disabled.
- 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

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Version 26.1 | Last updated January 2026

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Media Server 26.1

Topic Title: FFmpegDirectory