{"id":25149,"date":"2021-12-15T12:40:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=25149"},"modified":"2021-12-15T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T07:11:54","slug":"fix-missing-ffmpeg-dll-error-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/fix-missing-ffmpeg-dll-error-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"[Fix] Error FFMPEG.DLL not found when Starting Microsoft Teams or Other Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you start Microsoft Teams, Discord, or other apps on your Windows computer, you may receive the following error message or similar:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\"><strong>Teams.exe - System Error<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThe code execution cannot proceed because ffmpeg.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/teams-error-ffmpeg-dll.png\" alt=\"ffmpeg.dll error in microsoft teams\" width=\"406\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see how to fix the &#8220;ffmpeg.dll was not found&#8221; error if you&#8217;re using Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>[Fix] Error FFMPEG.DLL was not found when Starting Microsoft Teams<\/h2>\n<h3>Method 1: Copy ffmpeg.dll from the &#8220;current-s1&#8221; folder<\/h3>\n<p>Open the following folder:<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Users\\%username%\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams<\/pre>\n<p>If a sub-folder named <code><strong>current-s1<\/strong><\/code> exists, then you can get <code>ffmpeg.dll<\/code> from that folder and copy it to the following folder:<\/p>\n<pre>C:\\Users\\%username%\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Teams\\Current<\/pre>\n<p>If copying <code>ffmpeg.dll<\/code> alone doesn&#8217;t do the trick, you can also you can select all the files in &#8220;<code>current-s1<\/code>&#8221; and paste it to the &#8220;<code>current<\/code>&#8221; folder, thereby replacing <code>teams.exe<\/code> as well.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Method 2: Clear Microsoft Teams Cache and reinstall the program<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Uninstall Microsoft Teams via Apps &amp; Features or Add or Remove Programs in the classic Control Panel.<\/li>\n<li>Then clear Microsoft Teams cache. To do so, open the two folders.\n<pre>%appdata%\\Microsoft\r\n\r\n%localappdata%\\Microsoft<\/pre>\n<p><em>(To open the above folders, paste the above path(s) in the Run dialog or File Explorer address bar and press Enter)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In the above locations, rename the folder named <code><strong>Teams<\/strong><\/code> to <code><strong>Teams.old<\/strong><\/code><\/li>\n<li>Then, reinstall Microsoft Teams again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This should fix the error &#8220;ffmpeg.dll was not found&#8221; in most cases.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Method 3: Download ffmpeg.dll manually<\/h3>\n<p>If none of the above steps resolve the ffmpeg.dll error, you can download <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ffmpeg.zip\">ffmpeg.dll for Microsoft Teams<\/a> and place the file in the following folder location:<\/p>\n<pre>%localappdata%\\Microsoft\\Teams\\current<\/pre>\n<h4>ffmpeg.dll file information:<\/h4>\n<pre>MD5\t\t: 01fbafa6d797dc7f9a8c5c079eea97cf\r\nSHA1\t\t: 005e5e0d1d3ffa0803e437ab10589fb608b2216f\r\nSHA256\t\t: e742dc2d3f345afe7860c2b04b600a10f01162628bb24a781f5f13117635e142\r\nVerified\t: Signed\r\nSigning date\t: 1:51 AM 11\/12\/2021\r\nPublisher\t: Microsoft 3rd Party Application Component\r\nProduct\t\t: Microsoft Teams\r\nProd version\t: n\/a\r\nFile version\t: n\/a\r\nMachineType\t: 64-bit<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Additional Information<\/h3>\n<p>Note that the ffmpeg.dll was not found error may occur in other apps as well. Some of the other apps which may throw the error include Skype, Musixmatch, Whatsapp, Discord, etc. Reinstalling the corresponding app should resolve the error in most cases.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some users have observed that closing the &#8220;Discord&#8221; and\/or &#8220;Signal&#8221; app did resolve the ffmpeg.dll in Microsoft Teams. To see if two or more apps are conflicting with each other, close the remaining apps to diagnose the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you start Microsoft Teams, Discord, or other apps on your Windows computer, you may receive the following error message or similar: Teams.exe &#8211; System Error The code execution cannot proceed because ffmpeg.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem. Let&#8217;s see how to fix the &#8220;ffmpeg.dll was not found&#8221; error if &#8230; <a title=\"[Fix] Error FFMPEG.DLL not found when Starting Microsoft Teams or Other Apps\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/fix-missing-ffmpeg-dll-error-teams\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about [Fix] Error FFMPEG.DLL not found when Starting Microsoft Teams or Other Apps\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[191,870],"class_list":["post-25149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-utilities","category-windows","tag-error-messages","tag-microsoft-teams"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6294,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/photos-store-apps-file-system-error-2147219196\/","url_meta":{"origin":25149,"position":0},"title":"File System Error (-2147219196) in Photos or Other Store Apps","author":"Ramesh","date":"July 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"With the Photos app set as the default in your Windows 10\/11 computer, when you double-click on a JPG, PNG, or any other image file, the error -2147219196 may occur, and the app may crash. 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