"Error: FFMPEG not found": Error with simple Discord Bot

Question

I'm using Windows (64-bit) with Node.js and npm installed. In my project file, I have run the following commands:

npm init
npm install discord.js --save
npm install ffmpeg --save

Now i just created the code for a basic bot here is the main code. I list here the important:

 if (message.content === '!play' && message.member.roles.has(message.guild.roles.find("name", config.role_name).id)) {
    if (!message.member.voiceChannel) return log("?");
       message.member.voiceChannel.join().then(function (connection){      
       });
 }

Then, in Discord, I say the following:

 [1517932146]  Musik bot loaded
    (node:35760) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (rejection id: 2): Error: FFMPEG not found

I have already tested the following:

• reinstallation of everything
• others of the require names e.t.z.
• simplify the code

So if you have any ideas then let me know.

Solution

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Answer 1

You need to actually install ffmpeg, the ffmpeg module on NPM simply exports a wrapper API for ffmpeg's command-line interface.

You can download ffmpeg's binaries from the website or use a package manager (like apt on Ubuntu, brew on Mac or choco on Windows) which usually takes care of dropping the binaries into a directory that is present in the PATH.

To install on windows using choco. Please ensure you running cmd/windows powershell/ windows terminal as administrator or it will fail here ...

choco install ffmpeg

To install on linux

sudo apt install ffmpeg