Install FFMPEG on XAMPP

Sodobni-mediji.si’s method worked, but some things need to be clarified.

Download: https://rapidshare.com/#!download|934l34|422916798|php_ffmpeg_v0.6.0_for_PHP_5.3.1.rar

  1. unzip
  2. copy ffmpeg.exe somewhere and remember the path for later use
  3. move php_ffmpeg.dll to php extension dir (usually c:\xampp\php\ext)
  4. move all other files to Windows\System32 (except COPYING.GPLv3.txt, readme.txt)
  5. add extension=php_ffmpeg.dll to php.ini (usually c:\xampp\php\php.ini)
  6. restart apache with fingers crossed
  7. questions/answers http://www.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41913

If you are using windows 64bit, you will also need to to copy all of those dll files to C:\Windows\SysWOW64 along with C:\Windows\System32.

You will probably have problems with toGdImage(), I have no idea how to fix this…

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