FFmpeg: Instructions for download and Install

[lumberjack_jeff]

Thank you for the plugin, it worked well today on a windows machine using the 2022-09-22-git-af919cf780 found at
https://www.gyan.dev/ffmpeg/builds/

[Shahram M]

Hi

Not sure why, but I think I managed to fix my Video Generation issue.

I am not sure if this is a universal situation, but maybe helpful to someone. Like most of the posts here, I installed the Animator plugin on my Windows 11 laptop and followed all the steps, but was unable to generate movie (MP4 or any other format).

My original Sketchup file and the folder, where the animation output was located, were on my OneDrive folders. After many failed attempts, I copied the Sketchup file and the FFMPEG file to a folder on my C drive. Doing so fixed the issue. Once the "Video Generation" process is completed, after selecting "Save and Exit", a video is generated and ready to access.

It works even after interrupting and resuming video generation process.

[borisabdul]

I have almost the same issue as mentioned above many times. On my Mac I unpacked the downloaded file and moved it to the Applications folder (it is a 78.5 Mb doc file) . Then I specified the path to this file in the Generation the Video window, chose mpeg extension, and everything was going fine. But when checked the Animator Videos folder it was completely empty. I did the whole cycle many times, and gave permission to the ffmpeg in Privacy&Sec , restarted the SU and whole Mac many times, but it's just coming up empty-(
Would be much appreciate for any help on it

[fredo6]

The videos generated by Animator are located in a folder Animator Videos located in the same folder as your model. This folder is created if it does not exist.

After the generation, you have a dialog box with 'Play' arrows under each format. Do you get the video playing when clicking on the arrow?

[borisabdul]

after the generation, I have this dialog only , then save and exit . Nothing appears in the Animators video , just empty folder .