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Installing Audio Orchestrator on macOS

To use Audio Orchestrator on a macOS device, follow the instructions below.

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The minimum version of macOS required for Audio Orchestrator is 10.10 (Yosemite).

Install Audio Orchestrator

  1. Open the BBC R&D Audio Orchestrator .dmg file.

  2. Drag BBC R&D Audio Orchestrator into the Applications folder.

  3. In your Applications folder, click the BBC R&D Audio Orchestrator icon to open the application.

    • The first time you open the application, you may see a warning saying that BBC R&D Audio Orchestrator is an application downloaded from the Internet. Click "Open" to continue.

    • If you cannot open Audio Orchestrator, you may have to allow installing apps from the App Store and identified developers in System Preferences > Security and Privacy > General and try again. You can also try right-clicking the application icon and choosing Open.

  4. If you already have ffmpeg and ffprobe installed, that's it—you're ready to go. If not, read on for instructions on installing these.

Install ffmpeg and ffprobe

To use Audio Orchestrator, you need to have an installation of ffmpeg and ffprobe version 4.1.0 or later. If you're not sure whether you have these, just try opening Audio Orchestrator. You'll see an error message if you don't have the required software installed.

There are two ways to install these dependencies.

Installing ffmpeg and ffprobe using Homebrew

To install ffmpeg and ffprobe using Homebrew, follow these instructions. You might already have installed Homebrew if you've done development work or installed certain software packages before.

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The automated installation via Homebrew may take a few minutes (especially if this is the first time you are using Homebrew) and you will see a lot of text messages scroll through the terminal during this time. Wait for the command to complete before opening Audio Orchestrator again.

  1. If you don't already have Homebrew installed, follow the instructions at https://brew.sh/.
    1. Open Terminal.
    2. Copy and paste the installation script from the Homebrew website and press Enter.
    3. You may be asked for your password. Note that Terminal does not indicate each typed character of your password, but it will accept it when you press Enter.
  2. Install ffmpeg using Homebrew
    1. Open Terminal if it is not open already.
    2. Type brew install ffmpeg and press Enter.
    3. If you see an error message saying that you already have a version of ffmpeg installed, you can update to the latest version by typing brew upgrade ffmpeg.
  3. Close Terminal and restart Audio Orchestrator.