I was finally able to precompile Plots through:
julia>
(v1.2) pkg> add https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl#tmp
Cloning git-repo `https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl`
Updating git-repo `https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl`
Resolving package versions...
Updating `C:\Users\aerde\.juliapro\JuliaPro_v1.2.0-1\environments\v1.2\Project.toml`
[c87230d0] ↑ FFMPEG v0.2.2 ⇒ v0.2.3 #tmp (https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl)
Updating `C:\Users\aerde\.juliapro\JuliaPro_v1.2.0-1\environments\v1.2\Manifest.toml`
[c87230d0] ↑ FFMPEG v0.2.2 ⇒ v0.2.3 #tmp (https://github.com/giordano/FFMPEG.jl)
Building FFMPEG → `C:\Users\aerde\.juliapro\JuliaPro_v1.2.0-1\packages\FFMPEG\Q8BJv\deps\build.log`
(v1.2) pkg>
julia> using Plots
[ Info: Precompiling Plots [91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80]
But why one has to do this sort of things to make things work for such a simple task as installing a package? So your personal fork is more reliable than Julia’s https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl?