Problem during installation with ffmpeg.

Ok, so I've already tried to search for a solution have found none. So I need help, and fast.

I'm simply trying to INSTALL Dolphin 7 and I'm stuck on the stupid Permissions section of the installer. It's telling me that ffmpeg.exe is not executable, and IT IS!

I've checked ffmpeg multiple times, chmod'ed it multiple times, and even tried to reupload. No matter what I do the installer keeps telling me that it's not executable.

Someone please tell me how to fix this. Thanks!

What does the output of this look like from the dolphin root:

$ ls -al flash/modules/global/app/ffmpeg.exe

I use iPage as a web host, and I don't have access to run shell commands. Basically all I have is FTP and MySQL backend access.

my guess... they don't allow you to set this as executable especially if you are using a shared host. I'd contact them.

Ok, I can do that.

But in the meantime, is there anyway to make the installer bypass this?! I understand why ffmpeg is needed by Dolphin, but at this moment I just want to get the software installed and set up. I'll worry about video playback and uploading at a later time.

hrmmm, I'm not positive, it's been a really long time since I installed it from scratch, but I thought there was a skip button... or something?

No, there's not. If I click "Next" to just bypass it, it won't let me.

I also just confirmed with iPage that they don't support ffmpeg, or any executable file for that matter, which is really stupid.

So basically if I can't find a way to bypass this then I can't even TRY Dolphin. I'm not going to go purchase hosting elsewhere just to try some software.

This is kind of ridiculous that it solely depends on this one file.

 ffmpeg also handles audio..

here do this and it will not stop you even permissions are all wrong. Not recommended btw

install/index.php at line 528 and comment out this

//$sErrorMessage = checkPreInstallPermission($sError);

You are done. Happy dolphin diving :D