# Ffmpeg-spawn install problem

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [27 January 2022 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354 "2022-01-27T16:36:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![anto86na](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/anto86na/32/54995_2.png) [@anto86na](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anto86na)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2022 16:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/1 "2022-01-27T16:36:17Z")

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@kevinGodell

trying to install your nodes but i get this error

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/1/61718a44271d5112a2402e32b8a28ef94312f124.png)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [27 January 2022 16:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/2 "2022-01-27T16:57:07Z")

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See [Node-red-contrib-ffmpeg-spawn](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-contrib-ffmpeg-spawn/44427)

> nodes listed that begin with kevinGodell/ are not published to npm and will be installed from github.
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> `npm install kevinGodell/node-red-contrib-ffmpeg-spawn`

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**Author:** ![tades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tades](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tades)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 17:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/3 "2022-02-18T17:32:31Z")

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> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> npm install kevinGodell/node-red-contrib-ffmpeg-spawn

Hi!  
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by installing from GitHub. I downloaded the GitHub code and installed the ffmpeg-spawn from that folder, but still get the same error (see attached screenshot

 ![Install ffmpeg-spawm](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/6/e/6e52f5dda81bd32e701e0c68f28cc84aa7a924ea.jpeg)  
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Please, can you be more specific? Because I also execute the command exactly like it is writing up there or with the GitHub link but still get this error and the installation of this node still failed.

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 17:47 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/4 "2022-02-18T17:47:09Z")

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Go into your .node-red folder and run the command Steve posted.

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**Author:** ![tades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tades](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tades)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 17:58 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/5 "2022-02-18T17:58:51Z")

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Hi Colin,  
thank you for your reply and your support.

> [@Colin](#):
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> Go into your .node-red folder and run the command Steve posted.

yes, this is exactly what I did but I keep getting the same error.  
See the attached screenshot

 ![Install ffmpeg-spawm2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/5/3/5395c40dfe5e0490e8e748a2f89bb2f03389e85c.jpeg)  
maybe I should also mentioned that I'm using node-red on Win10 system and not Linux?  
can you give me another hint to install this spawn node on windows?  
thank you in advance  
regards,  
Tades

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 18:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/6 "2022-02-18T18:00:27Z")

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Oh yes, that is what you already posted, sorry. Is git installed? Run  
`git --version`  
to check.

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**Author:** ![tades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tades](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tades)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 18:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/7 "2022-02-18T18:03:49Z")

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Hoooo....  
that could be the issue. I install other node and sudently, the npm didn't work anymore and I had to change the part in the enviroment variable.  
I will chack the git path and give you the feed-back.  
thank you already for the help

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**Author:** ![tades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tades](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/tades)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2022 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/8 "2022-02-18T19:57:37Z")

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Hi Colin,

> [@Colin](#):
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> Oh yes, that is what you already posted, sorry. Is git installed? Run  
> `git --version`  
> to check.

this was the issue, my git wasn't correctly installed.  
After a proper installation the version can also be displayed and the installation work now as expected.  
Thank you very much for the help, this was really helpfull.  
Regards,  
Tades

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [4 March 2022 19:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ffmpeg-spawn-install-problem/57354/9 "2022-03-04T19:57:49Z")

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