Can't set local path of ffmpeg on my computer as choice ffmpeg to use for compiling?

[Usulyre]

HI, I've tried setting local ffmpeg path in media-autobuild_suite.ini that's already on my computer.

Doesn't seem to work.

If the path to my ffmpeg folder is "C:\fm\ffmpegnvoffruc"

How do I put that in media-autobuild_suite.ini next to ffmpegPath so it gets recognized as such instead of having it ignore it and trying to download ffmpeg?

[1480c1]

Just to clarify, how does it look within your .ini file? My guess is that your issue is with your \ since it needs to be in a form that can be passed to bash and be recognized by bash/git as a proper path.

[Usulyre]

Just to clarify, how does it look within your .ini file? My guess is that your issue is with your \ since it needs to be in a form that can be passed to bash and be recognized by bash/git as a proper path.

Hi, thanks for your reply. I tried the below:

[1480c1]

Is your path a git checkout? It needs to at least be recognizable as a git repo for git to clone it.

[Usulyre]

Is your path a git checkout? It needs to at least be recognizable as a git repo for git to clone it.

Oh i thought one can choose a local path meaning my disk drive on my computer as well besides a git repository?

Is that not possible?

If not, I'm having trouble for git clone, getting a specific branch to be cloned as well.

https://github.com/philipl/FFmpeg/tree/nvoffruc

ffmpegPath=https://github.com/philipl/FFmpeg.git#branch=nvoffruc

This isn't working either unless i am doing something wrong.

[1480c1]

Oh i thought one can choose a local path meaning my disk drive on my computer as well besides a git repository?

Is that not possible?

It would be infeasible to make it possible.

Could you see if you have a file called last_run or last_successful_run inside the build folder and upload it?

[Usulyre]

Oh i thought one can choose a local path meaning my disk drive on my computer as well besides a git repository? Is that not possible?

It would be infeasible to make it possible.

Could you see if you have a file called last_run or last_successful_run inside the build folder and upload it?

I will look for that file.

What does a "local repository" mean by the way?

ffmpegPath=../myrepos/ffmpeg

Isn't that just a downloaded one from github on my local disk drive?

[1480c1]

What does a "local repository" mean by the way?

"local repository" here means a local git clone. Example, if you run git clone https://github.com/m-ab-s/media-autobuild_suite.git from your C:\ drive, it will create C:\media-autobuild_suite which is a local git checkout that is detached, for the most part, from mabs. You are free to modify, add, remove from it, and you can pull commits from m-ab-s, but your modifications to it will not affect m-ab-s. That's why it's "local" to your machine.

ffmpegPath=../myrepos/ffmpeg Isn't that just a downloaded one from github on my local disk drive?

This depends on how you got it from github. If you used git clone, then it's fine, but if you used the "Download ZIP" option, then no. This is because git has no way of knowing if your folder is a git repository which it can get commit history and clone from, versus a plain old folder full of a bunch of stuff.

[Usulyre]

Oh i thought one can choose a local path meaning my disk drive on my computer as well besides a git repository? Is that not possible?

It would be infeasible to make it possible.

Could you see if you have a file called last_run or last_successful_run inside the build folder and upload it?

last_successful_run.txt