Download and Install FFmpeg (and a bunch of other stuff)

FFmpeg is a library for manipulating audio and video files. To really make it work right, we combine it with a number of other libraries designed to support specific formats. These libraries include faad, lame, nasm, x264, and zlib.

To facilitate the process of installing FFmpeg and all the supplemental libraries, use Windows to download the download_ffmpeg.sh Unix shell script and save it in your C:\msys\home\<username> folder. Then in your MSYS Window, type "./download_ffmpeg.sh" to execute the script.

Please note that this script does not download the latest FFmpeg library, but a version that has been modified for use with Transana.

The next step is to compile Transana's AudioExtract program.