# FFMPEG Install & Update

FFMPEG is the best, fastest transcode and swiss-army knife for video and audio files. It’s easy to install and use on a Mac (using homebrew). It *sucks* to install on a PC, but it can run faster - if you have a system that outperforms your Mac. All the cheat sheet things below can be modified for different codecs, and an infinite number of other ways.

## <span class="heading-content">Installation</span>

On mac, I recommend installing FFMPEG through <u>[Homebrew](https://mac.install.guide/homebrew/3)</u>. Very easy. Google it.

On windoze, I recommend installing FFMPEG through Scoop. You install Scoop via Powershell (non-admin), and then you run FFMPEG via Command Prompt. FFMPEG in a WSL environment, while easier to install in some cases, does not perform nearly as well without significant tweaking of the FFMPEG commands. Vanilla FFMPEG doesn’t work well in WSL(!)

### <span class="heading-content">Updating</span>

If you used homebrew to install FFMPEG, it’s this easy:

```shell
brew update && brew upgrade ffmpeg
```