While there are several ways to install FFMPEG on MacOS X or on Ubuntu, i suggest you to download and install one specific program called “HomeBrew” thru the Terminal Application. To access this folder on your Desktop, within Terminal, you will type: cd ~/Desktop/processed To create this folder you will type: mkdir ~/Desktop/processed In this case it will a good idea to can create a folder on your desktop and call it “processed”. You just want to make sure that everything you will output from your Terminal will be easily located on your computer, once the processes are done.įor example: you might want to process a large batch of videos. The above command means “ Change the Directory where i am located, to the user Desktop”.

To access your “Desktop” directory on MacOS X, for example, you can type the following command on Terminal: cd ~/Desktop

First thing to do with Terminal: choose or locate your default working directory.īy default Terminal will process your commands on the current USER directory path (aka your Home Directory). This will enable the BASH shell immediately. To do so, just type the word bash as soon as your Terminal will open, and press Enter. Please note: the latest MacOS X version use an extended version of BASH named ZSH (aka “Zed Shell “). In order to use all the tools and commands described in this book i suggest you to switch from ZSH to BASH. The Terminal application on MacOS X it’s a standard shell with a pre-installed BASH version 3. MacOS X contains a great app called “Terminal” which is inside the Utility Folder. Instructions for MacOS, Linux and Windows.

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