# FFMPEG refresh?

**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/ffmpeg-refresh/1659
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Created:** [April 6, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/ffmpeg-refresh/1659 "2018-04-06T15:23:59Z")
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### Author: ![BrianGGG](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/user_avatar/discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/brianggg/32/461_2.png) [@BrianGGG](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/BrianGGG)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/ffmpeg-refresh/1659/1 "2018-04-06T15:23:59Z")

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Hello. Am I wrong that the latest MCEBuddy distribution includes FFMPEG software that is relatively dated at this point?

Any chance for a software refresh in future versions?

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### Author: ![Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Goose)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/ffmpeg-refresh/1659/2 "2018-04-06T18:19:47Z")

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I believe that last update was around Nov 2017, it’s pretty new. We do it about once a year depending on the need.

Updating ffmpeg is a VERY intensive process as it requires us to test about 10,000+ conversion combinations/profiles and then manually verify the output (artifacts etc), that’s months of non stop iterations and testing on an army of machines given the 100+ countries MCEBuddy is deployed.

You are always free to download the latest version of ffmpeg (and ffprobe) and substitute it in the ffmpeg folder. Just remember, latest != greatest, one of the reasons it takes so much time for us to test it is that in pretty much every update we find a new bug or issue that breaks something that’s worked in the past and we have to submit a patch or report to the ffmpeg team to fix it.