General access to ffmpeg

[Aubrey]

Is it possible during installation of IMatch to add path to the installation folder (usually "C:\Program Files\photools.com\imatch6") to the Microsoft environment variable "path".

This would allow the use of the ffmpeg software outside of IMatch, e.g., inside a cmd window.

See my suggestion for manual insertion of path in:

https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=11207.0

Aubrey.

[Mario]

IMatch does not modify the search path for good reasons.
You can always download your own copy of FFMPEG and install it into a folder of your liking. It is tiny and freeware.

[Tveloso]

In another Topic:

        https://www.photools.com/community/index.php?topic=11209.0

...which is related to this one, Aubrey gave the command details for rotating a Video using ffmpeg, and Thorsten suggested making that an External Tool Favorite.

That other topic can no longer be replied-to (I imagine because it's now in the archive board), so I thought I'd ask here, about a problem I'm having getting that Favorite to work.

There has been more than one occasion in the past where having that favorite available in IMatch would have been very handy - thank you Aubrey and Thorsten for the posts on that subject...(that Topic could maybe even be in the Tips & Tricks Board!).

I'm having a little trouble getting the Favorite to work though.  I have tried a few combinations of placing the variables for the Input and Output FileNames in both the Arguments and Variables fields, but in each case it appears that variables given (directly) in the Arguments field (without using the {v} variable) are not being initially evaluated. 

For example, with this File selected in the File Window:

        D:\Home\Tveloso\PhotoHold\Temp\IMG_0201.MOV

...when I click the Preview button in the Favorite, only the "literal part" of the expression in the Arguments field is being returned to the final command:

       

But if I click the Preview button again (without making any other changes), then the command looks as expected:

       

Could this be a bug?