This is a helper function to install ffmpeg. Currently it only works on Windows and Linux platforms. The ffmpeg bundle will be downloaded from https://github.com/BtbN/FFmpeg-Builds/releases/latest (Windows) or https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ (Linux) and saved to your user appdata directory.
Arguments
- force
logical: force reinstallation if ffmpeg already exists
- bits
integer: 32 or 64, for 32- or 64-bit install. If missing or
NULL
, will be guessed based on.Machine$sizeof.pointer
. Note that only 64-bit is supported on Windows- check_hash
logical: don't check the hash of the downloaded file. Ignored on windows