Fotoware On-premises products such as FotoWeb, Color Factory, and Index Manager rely on FFmpeg for video transcoding.FFmeg must be installed manually on your Fotoware server, as described below. 

As the ffmpeg.org website may change over time, the screenshots and instructions below may not exactly match what you see. 

1. Go to the FFmpeg download page.
2. Follow the links to the Windows version, as you want to download executables for Windows.
   Several suppliers may be available from which to download FFmpeg. Choose one to go to their website.
3. Download the Windows 64-bit, static, GPLv3-licensed full release of FFmpeg. The binaries you need are typically shown in a Release section on the vendor website. Select the FFmpeg version that matches your Fotoware On-premises release, as described in the note above.
4. Open the downloaded archive and locate the bin folder inside it.
   Note: Some releases are packaged in 7-Zip format. You can download the 7-Zip utility from 7-zip.org.
5. Copy “ffmpeg.exe” and “ffprobe.exe” to these program folders based on which Fotoware product(s) and versions you're using.

Installation locations by product version

• 9.0 versions
  • FotoWeb: Install FFmpeg in any location, then configure the correct path in System.Settings.
    For example: 

    	<Struct name="VideoSettings">
    		<Boolean name="Enabled">true</Boolean>
    		<String name="FfMpegBinaryLocation">C:\FFMpeg811\bin</String>
    		<UnsignedInt name="CpuCores">8</UnsignedInt>
    		<UnsignedInt name="Quality">18</UnsignedInt>
    		<UnsignedInt name="CompressionSpeed">6</UnsignedInt>
    		<UnsignedInt64 name="MaxSimultaneousTranscodings">10</UnsignedInt64>
    	</Struct>

  • Index Manager: “C:\Program Files\Fotoware\Index Manager”
  • Color Factory: “C:\Program Files\Fotoware\Color Factory ”
• 8.1 versions
  • FotoWeb: Install FFmpeg in any location, then configure the correct path in System.Settings. See example above.
    Index Manager: “C:\Program Files\Fotoware\Index Manager”
  • Color Factory: “C:\Program Files\Fotoware\Color Factory ”
• 8.0 versions
  • FotoWeb: Install FFmpeg in any location, then configure the correct path in System.Settings. See example above.
  • Index Manager: “C:\Program Files\Fotoware\Index Manager 8.0”
  • Color Factory: “C:\Program Files\Fotoware\Color Factory 8.0”

6. Restart the Fotoware services.