How to Install Python 3.8 and Bento 4.

Jan Ozer May 31, 2020 Blogs, Encoding, FFmpeg Leave a comment 1,575 Views

When I first started using Bento4 it ran only on Python 2.7x and earlier. For this reason, the installation instructions in my book Learn to Produce Videos with FFmpeg in 30 Minutes or Less describe how to install Python version 2.7. At some point, however, Bento upgraded to Python 3.x, obsoleting those instructions.

I’ve upgraded my course, Produce Videos With FFmpeg:The Beginner’s Course for this change, and provide the video below for those who have purchased my book.

Thanks to Chuck McCollim, who notified me of the problem and coached me through the installation, and Rogerio Antonio de Souza for reminding me to get this done.

Here’s the video.

About Jan Ozer

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I help companies train new technical hires in streaming media-related positions; I also help companies optimize their codec selections and encoding stacks and evaluate new encoders and codecs. I am a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine, writing about codecs and encoding tools. I have written multiple authoritative books on video encoding, including Video Encoding by the Numbers: Eliminate the Guesswork from your Streaming Video (https://amzn.to/3kV6R1j) and Learn to Produce Video with FFmpeg: In Thirty Minutes or Less (https://amzn.to/3ZJih7e). I have multiple courses relating to streaming media production, all available at https://bit.ly/slc_courses. I currently work as www.netint.com as a Senior Director in Marketing.

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