🎬️FFmpeg Downloader for Anki

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This is an add-on for downloading FFmpeg to the add-on folder. When you install the add-on, FFmpeg is automatically downloaded from the Internet. It is relatively easy since there is no need to set environment variables, and no add-on configuration is required. If you already have FFmpeg installed on your laptop this add-on is not necessary.

Github: imageio-ffmpeg

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Note

This add-on stores FFmpeg in the add-on folder, not on your laptop. So if you just installed FFmpeg with this add-on you cannot use FFmpeg with other FFmpeg-using add-ons. Either the author of the add-on needs to adjust the code or add code to access other add-ons from this add-on. If you want to add support for other add-ons than mine, please contact me.

What is FFmpeg?

FFmpeg is a free open source software that can convert video and audio. Some add-ons may require FFmpeg when adding audio or video to cards.

If you want to download FFmpeg directly to your laptop without using this add-on, you can get FFmpeg from these links.

FFmpeg download page
Or, see the “Watch Foreign Language Movies with Anki” add-on page of the popular add-on for clear instructions on how to download FFmeg. add-on:

How it works

Use imageio_ffmpeg to download the FFmpeg binary into the add-on's user file folder, which can then be called from another add-on.

Technically it is possible to integrate FFmpeg directly into an add-on in the same way as this add-on. But FFmpeg is 80MB+ in size, it would be too large to include it in each add-on, so I separated it into different add-ons.

info for developers

If this add-on has already been downloaded to the user's laptop, you can use code like this to get the path to the FFmpeg executable.

def get_ffmpeg_path():
    try:
        from imageio_ffmpeg import get_ffmpeg_exe  # type: ignore
        ffmpeg_exe = get_ffmpeg_exe()
    except Exception as e:
        print(f" Error: {e}")
        ffmpeg_exe =  ""
    return ffmpeg_exe

The import of the module by this add-on is done after the main window is loaded (gui_hooks.main_window_did_init), so you can't use it yet as soon as Anki is started.

Github: imageio-ffmpeg
pip: imageio-ffmpeg

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