Create a new folder called audio-orchestrator-ffmpeg in your home folder.
You should see folders such as Desktop, Applications, and Downloads in this folder.
The easiest way to find it is to open Finder, and use the keyboard shortcut command + shift + H or in the menu bar select Go > Home.
Your home folder has the same name as your user account.
Move the downloaded files to the right location.
You should now have two executables, called ffmpeg and ffprobe.
This will extract it using the Archive Utility and create an executable ffmpeg file in Downloads.
Open your Downloads folder, and double-click ffmpeg-.zip.
If a popup appears after clicking the download link, press "allow" or "save".
Choosing the shorter filename, under ffprobe-.7z, click "Download the file as ZIP".
Scroll down the page until you see ffprobe.
Underneath this heading, click "Download as ZIP".
Choose the one with the shorter filename this will look like ffmpeg-.7z, where is something like 4.3.1.
You'll see two options for downloading ffmpeg.
Click "Static builds for macOS 64-bit".
Go to and click the Apple logo in the "Get packages & executable files" section.
Fill in this script: ffmpeg -i "$1" -c:v libx264 -crf 23 "$1.mp4"ĭone! From now on, Hazel will auto-convert your screen recordings taken with macOS's Screenshot app to mp4 (x264) and compress them.If you still need to install Audio Orchestrator itself, follow the macOS installation instructions first. Step 2: Add a new rule to your Desktop folder in Hazel: Step 1: Get the Hazel app, and install ffmpeg.
Linux users won't have to install weird stuff for your video to be playable.
Coworkers on a mobile data plan will be able to play your video even in places where reception or download speeds aren’t perfect.
Less cache storage is wasted, especially on phones.
Videos begin to play more quickly for others.
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