<p>If a filename or its folder has spaces or other special characters, you need to enclose it in quotes i.e.</p>

<p><code>ffmpeg -i "c:\this\file name\and path\has\spaces in it.mp4" ...</code></p>

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<p>I've been trying to get FFMPEG to do a conversion of this file because I was bored, but FFMPEG can't seem to find the file, the location tags that I have before the file name were found by dragging and dropping the file into CMD. The other code I'm getting from one of the other boards <a href="https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/9644/how-do-i-turn-audio-into-video-that-is-show-the-waveforms-in-a-video">How do I turn audio into video (that is, show the waveforms in a video)?</a></p>

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Using FFMPEG, how does one manage to find the file to convert?
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# Using FFMPEG, how does one manage to find the file to convert?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-17)

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I've been trying to get FFMPEG to do a conversion of this file because I was bored, but FFMPEG can't seem to find the file, the location tags that I have before the file name were found by dragging and dropping the file into CMD. The other code I'm getting from one of the other boards [How do I turn audio into video (that is, show the waveforms in a video)?](https://video.stackexchange.com/questions/9644/how-do-i-turn-audio-into-video-that-is-show-the-waveforms-in-a-video)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-06-17. Score: 4

If a filename or its folder has spaces or other special characters, you need to enclose it in quotes i.e.

`ffmpeg -i "c:\this\file name\and path\has\spaces in it.mp4" ...`


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