Getting ffmpeg

Most conversions use macOS itself. A few formats need ffmpeg, a free, open-source helper that also runs on your Mac. Orange finds it on its own once it’s installed.

What needs it

Audio to MP3, OGG, Opus or WMA
Video to or from MKV, WebM, AVI or WMV, and GIFs from those
Images to WebP (or the separate WebP tools)
Actions on videos macOS can’t open itself

Everything else, including HEIC, JPG, PNG, PDF, MP4, MOV and M4A, works without it.

A one-click download is coming

The next Orange update adds a free ffmpeg add-on you can download from inside the app, with no setup. Until then, the quickest way is below.

If you use Homebrew

Open Terminal and run:

brew install ffmpeg

For WebP as well, also run brew install webp. Then try your conversion again; Orange picks ffmpeg up straight away. Settings → Formats shows Installed once it can see it.

If you don’t have Homebrew

You can wait for the one-click add-on in the next update, or install Homebrew first from brew.sh and follow the step above.

Still stuck?

In Orange, open Settings → Help → Report a Bug and tell us what you tried. Or email us.