

Many apps rely on the built-in Windows video playback features. The removal of underlying multimedia codecs and playback features means quite a few applications won’t work properly. While I haven't found anything directly stating that ffmpeg won't work on Windows N editions I did find this note.

This sounds related enough to the ffmpeg library that I strongly suspect they're related. I notice that you're using Windows 8 N, i.e the stripped version of Windows without the Windows Media Center. Hi sorry to hear you're having problems installing GitHub Desktop!ĭo you have any anti-virus software on your machine that might be interfering with the installation? Not underatnding why this dll is needed at all ? Additional contextĪdd any other context about the problem here. LogsĪttach your logs by opening the Help menu and selecting Show Logs., if applicable.Ĭould not retrieve any since install does not complete. ScreenshotsĪdd screenshots to help explain your problem, if applicable. Setup/install crashed just after launching it stating that ffmpeg.dll is missing. Git Windows Desktop should install perfectly fine. GitHubDesktopSetup.exe (latest stable as date of this posting) Steps to reproduce the behaviorĭouble click the installer to launch it. Why is ffmpeg.dll required ? battling to understand the requirement for this library.Īdditional Information 2: ac0507478d1c5bd693cfc4fe3987e900Īdditional Information 4: ac0507478d1c5bd693cfc4fe3987e900 Version & OS When installing the latest version of GitHub Desktop for Windows I received the following error.
