@quillpro said in FFmpeg: Instructions for download and Install:

It does not appear in the Control Panel nor does it ask for permission. I was able to fix the issue by using the macOS terminal to make FFmpeg executable.

shell ~ % ls -lU /Applications/ffmpeg 
-rw-rw-r--@ 1 username staff  78461292 Aug 31  2020 /Applications/ffmpeg

shell ~ % chmod u=rwx /Applications/ffmpeg 

shell ~ % ls -lU /Applications/ffmpeg      
-rwxrw-r--@ 1 username  staff  78461292 Aug 31  2020 /Applications/ffmpeg

The Generation of Video interface is still buggy but it does now generate the video files.

Hi all, New user but have been enjoying the helpful information found here!

I too have been having a couple struggles getting the great ANIMATOR app from Fredo6 to generate a video file on my MacBook Pro. I did see that in the automatically generated folder "Animator Videos" a sting of individual images but also a .txt file that stated "permission denied". I thought it sounded like I should try the solution from quillpro to let the Mac OS open and run the file. I think quillpro is most likely better at command line instructions than me - but I couldn't get his Command Lines to work for me.

What I found online and did the trick for me was the following:

To change permissions in Terminal, do the following:
Type this command followed by a space: chmod 755.
Drag the file "ffmpeg" into the Terminal window.
Press Return.

Permissions for the file or folder will be changed to read, write, and execute.

When I did this, the icon for ffmpeg changed from a white piece of paper with the top right corner folded over to a black colored icon with the words "exec" in green written on it.

I haven't tried all the different available formats but it made a .mov file that played in QuickTime with no problems.

Hopefully this helps someone!