How to Overcome the Electronjs Ffmpeg DLL Not Found Error: A Beginner’s Guide

Here in this article we present how the Electronjs ffmpeg DLL not found error arise as well as the simple solution to it.

Triggering the Electronjs ffmpeg DLL not found error

Recently, I wanted to use Electronjs for developing cross-platform desktop apps. Then, I released the first version of my app in the form of executables by using the following command.

npm run make

I copied the output executable into the production environment and tried to run the application.

The following error popped up in two different environments:

The Solution

Then, I realised I was using the wrong executable. I had used the executable in the folder named with my application rather than the one inside of the make folder.

The problem is solved when I set up the right executable in my production environments.