[SOLVED] Windows builds require ffmpeg installation for animation rendering

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I wanted to use the AppVeyor builds of the development version of Synfig (you can get them from github).

When exporting an animation, this error pops out:
ffmpeg

Is this expected or ffmpeg should be installed separately?

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I’ve managed to fix this issue as follows:

Download ffmpeg from their website: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
and place the executables in location_of_synfig/bin folder.

It will render successfully.

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Sorry for the late reply. Yes, this is expected behavior because Appveyor builds are mostly for testing purposes, so they don’t include ffmpeg to reduce the archive size.