How can I use ffmpeg on PythonAnywhere?

Question

I'm trying to make a web app with Flask, hosted on PythonAnywhere, which will use the Echo Nest Remix library.

The problem is that Remix uses ffmpeg and PythonAnywhere only has avconv.

Is there any way I can use ffmpeg on PythonAnywhere?

I'm using PythonAnywhere's free account if it makes a difference.

Thank you!

Answer 1

There's nothing we can do about that short term. The two executables have a similar interface (though it's not entirely the same), so you may be able to create a symlink for ffmpeg somewhere on your path to avconv and it may work.