Human being with feelings

 

Hi all,

Reaper x64 isn't importing/playing videos that x32 does!

I've already installed VLC x64.

I've been reading that I may need the mythical x64 "ffmpeg.dll" for this to happen. So I went on over to ffmpeg.zeranoe.com. But the builds don't have a "ffmpeg.dll" file. Only EXE.

So I downloaded and scanned (twice) an apparently x64 version of ffmpeg.dll from a sketchy DLL site. Problem persists.

I'm pretty sure some people are using x64 to work with video. How is it done?

THX D

Human being with feelings

 

I solved by converting video to AVI. Reaper doesn't seem to like MP4s? Either way, all good now.

Human being with feelings

 

It should load mp4 files just fine. I literally have Reaper open right at this moment and I'm working on a commission with a h264 mpeg-4 file of a development build gameplay capture loaded as a reference on the timeline

I'm running 64 bit Windows 7 (and it's the x64 version of Reaper, naturally). Done a lot of work using video references, and haven't run into any problems. There's a ffmpeg.dll in the C:\Program Files\REAPER (x64)\Plugins directory like it should, just checked. Not to be confused with VST plugins and the like, of course, it's the Reaper expansion directory that is used for various codec stuff, the SWS expansion, and so on.

The dll isn't placed there by me, and it has originated from a default Reaper installation. I would imagine it's a factory part of Reaper, and if it's missing, something weird has happened?

Human being with feelings

 

VLC seems to be the preferred default decoder these days.

Human being with feelings

 

 

There should be no need to delete FFMPEG files from Reaper's own program folder. When installing a compatible FFMPEG into the userplugins folder. I was able to use FFMPEG 4.X on my Windows 7 x64 system (by doing as I had mentioned in those instructions I had provided in a previous post). Nothing has changed as far as I know.

I recommend re-installing Reaper, letting it put those FFMPEG files back, and following my instructions. If it doesn't work, report it as a bug (because the devs should be made aware). Follow the instructions specifically (correct version, correct location, etc.)

Edit: My laptop still has Windows 7 so I installed Reaper 64-bit on it and tested to see if FFMPEG (64-bit, of course) version 4.1 would be recognized based on my instructions. It is. There's no reason to delete anything from the Reaper program folders. It still works the same.

If anyone's having problems installing FFMPEG, read those instructions slowly and carefully. There are several specific things about the instructions you absolutely must follow.

Human being with feelings

 

I'm bumping this thread, as I can't find any more current thread on the subject.

I haven't worked on any video since 2017. I can't rememeber if Reaper was x64 by then, I think it must have been.

Anyway, I'm trying to re-edit some MP4 video files that were loaded then, and they won't play. I also can't load any new MP4 files.

I installed VLC, but it doesn't work. the Reaper prompt says it can't find the path. OK, so I thought I'd try the FFmpeg thing, as discussed here, but I'm having the same problem as Casiquire: There are NO Dll files in that download.

No one ever responded to his last post.

I found a new version of FFmpeg itself, but I can't quite figure out how to insatall it with the command line. I'm worried I might screw something up.
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Is there a new way to do this? (It really shouldn't be this hard, should it?)

thx.

Human being with feelings

 

Thanks!


Airon did a great job, compiling all of that.

Human being with feelings

 

OSX 10.15.4 user here, I am downloading the 4.3.3 64 bit shared build, the download doesn't contain any .dll files. I feel like I'm going in circles trying to figure out how to install the latest ffmpeg.

Human being with feelings

 

I've copied all the .dylib files in the download over to the user plugins folder in the reaper resources path. How do I confirm that reaper is loading the newest library?

In the preferences>video/import/misc> window, if I click on "show available decoder information", I get the following info, but I'm not sure what I should be looking for.

Available decoder information:

========== AVFoundation ==========
AVFoundation decoder/encoder available

========== VLC ==========
VLC v3.0.x
Loaded from: /Applications/VLC.app

========== ffmpeg/libav ==========
ffmpeg/libav DLL decoder v54.92.100

Loaded from: /Applications/REAPER64.app/Contents/Plugins/FFmpeg.dylib
ffmpeg/libav configuration:
--arch=x86_64
--extra-cflags='-arch x86_64 -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -I../libvpx -I../libvorbis-1.3.1/include -I../libogg-1.2.0/include'
--extra-ldflags='-arch x86_64 -Wl,-syslibroot,/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.6.sdk -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 -L../libvpx -L../libvorbis-1.3.1/lib/.libs -L../libogg-1.2.0/src/.libs'
--enable-shared
--disable-static
--enable-memalign-hack
--disable-debug
--disable-avdevice
--disable-avfilter
--disable-network
--disable-everything
--disable-swscale-alpha
--disable-dct
--disable-fft
--disable-mdct
--disable-rdft
--disable-vaapi
--disable-vdpau
--disable-dxva2
--disable-zlib
--disable-bzlib
--enable-muxer=avi
--enable-muxer=matroska
--enable-demuxer=avi
--enable-demuxer=matroska
--enable-muxer=dv
--enable-demuxer=dv
--enable-muxer=webm
--enable-muxer=mov
--enable-demuxer=mov
--enable-encoder=qtrle
--enable-decoder=qtrle
--enable-encoder=ffv1
--enable-decoder=ffv1
--enable-encoder=huffyuv
--enable-decoder=huffyuv
--enable-encoder=dvvideo
--enable-decoder=dvvideo
--enable-libvpx
--enable-encoder=libvpx_vp8
--enable-decoder=libvpx_vp8
--enable-libvorbis
--enable-encoder=libvorbis
--enable-decoder=libvorbis
--enable-encoder=mjpeg
--enable-decoder=mjpeg
--enable-encoder=pcm_s16le
--enable-decoder=pcm_s16le
--enable-encoder=pcm_s24le
--enable-decoder=pcm_s24le
--enable-encoder=pcm_f32le
--enable-decoder=pcm_f32le
--enable-protocol=file
--disable-iconv
--disable-version3
--disable-gpl

ffmpeg/libav search path:
$PATH ( usually includes /usr/local/lib and ~/lib )