# Specify alternative ffmpeg

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specify-alternative-ffmpeg/50353>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [November 18, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specify-alternative-ffmpeg/50353 "2020-11-18T03:42:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/specify-alternative-ffmpeg/50353/1 "2020-11-18T03:42:49Z")

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[FFMPEG.jl](https://github.com/JuliaIO/FFMPEG.jl) uses an included artifact for ffmpeg, but I want to use a different one. How can I specify an alternative ffmpeg?