This explains how to install the full build of FFmpeg on Windows 11, and how to add it to the system PATH so that ffmpeg, ffprobe, and ffplay can be used from any terminal or external application. What You Get With a proper full installation you will have: ffmpeg.exe – main tool for audio/video conversion and processing ffprobe.exe – tool for inspecting media files (codecs, streams, metadata, etc.) ffplay.exe – simple media player based on FFmpeg Once installed and added to PATH, you can run