From 9026ab0cf8a411ecae1c296bd4f705cee5517b5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: digitalcircuits <59550818+digitalcircuits@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2021 05:41:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Let users know they need ffmpeg to use this library

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 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8cfe89a..dbedeb5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ Real-world signal graphs can get a heck of a lot more complex, but `ffmpeg-pytho
 
 ## Installation
 
+Before using ffmpeg-python, you need to have ffmpeg installed and in your PATH environment. You can install ffmpeg through the official website [here](https://ffmpeg.org/download.html). Once you have it installed, make sure the folder ffmpeg is located is set in your environment path. You can check if your environment path is set correctly by opening up a command window and typing this
+
+```
+$ ffmpeg
+ffmpeg version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers
+  built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2)
+
+```
+
 The latest version of `ffmpeg-python` can be acquired via a typical pip install:
 
 ```