Install ffmpeg macOS

• Download ffmpeg zipped static binary: https://evermeet.cx/ffmpeg/

• If other OS look here: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html

• Extract ffmpeg Zip Double Click on Archive in Finder

• Open Terminal or other command line tool

  $ cd && cd Downloads

• Remove zip

  $ rm ./ffmpeg*.zip

• Make opt directory in /usr/local/ (if you use Homebrew, the directory may already exist)

  $ sudo mkdir /usr/local/opt

• Relocate ffmpeg

  $ sudo mv ./ffmpeg* /usr/local/opt/ffmpeg

• May need to set SuperUser as owner

  $ sudo chown -R root:admin /usr/local/opt/ffmpeg

• Insert ffmpeg into User’s Path (.zshrc, .profile, bash_profile, etc.)

  $ nano $HOME/.zshrc

• Add Append

  $ export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/opt/ffmpeg/bin

• Reload the Path with:

  $ source $HOME/.zshrc

• Test ffmpeg Setup

  $ ffmpeg --help

Install bento4

• Download bento4: https://www.bento4.com/downloads/

• Follow same instructions for ffmpeg

  $ rm ./Bento4*.zip

  $ sudo mv ./Bento4* /usr/local/opt/bento4

  ...

• Test for bento4

  $ mp4dash --help

• If you have issues with macOS security

  $ sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /usr/local/opt/bento4/bin/*

Install fswatch

• MacPorts

  $ port install fswatch

• Homebrew

  $ brew install fswatch

• Or see instuctions to build from source @ https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch

How To Use

• Place hls_dash.sh in directory with videos to process, nav to directory and run script

  $ ./hls_dash.sh

• To have mp4s proceesed when they are added to directory, add watch.sh and hls_dash.sh to directory and run watch script

  $ ./watch.sh