Can't install FFMPEG using pip

I tried to install ffmpeg using pip like this

pip install ffmpeg

However I got the following error:

Collecting ffmpeg
Using cached ffmpeg-1.4.tar.gz (5.1 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [34 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-rdqrdeeq\ffmpeg_3cdda176f3f04ceea4a14d868e94924e\setup.py", line 13, in <module>
setup(
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 87, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 147, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 476, in __init__
_Distribution.__init__(
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 282, in __init__
self.finalize_options()
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 899, in finalize_options
for ep in sorted(loaded, key=by_order):
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 898, in <lambda>
loaded = map(lambda e: e.load(), filtered)
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\importlib\metadata\__init__.py", line 171, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1050, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1027, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1006, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 688, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 883, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\py2app\build_app.py", line 37, in <module>
from py2app.create_appbundle import create_appbundle
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\py2app\create_appbundle.py", line 9, in <module>
from py2app.util import make_exec, makedirs, mergecopy, mergetree, skipscm
File "C:\Users\vwu20\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\py2app\util.py", line 5, in <module>
import fcntl
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'fcntl'
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed
× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

The error message says that it's missing a package called fcntl, so i tried to install it using

pip install fcntl

The attempt to install fcntl produce the following error:

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement fcntl (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for fcntl

Can anyone tell me what I did wrong? I am using windows 11, python 3.10, pip 23.1.2
Help would be appreciated.

That's not the package you want. That one is Linux only and is unprofessional. Instead, try:

pip install ffmpeg-python

Note, however, that you will need to install ffmpeg (the command line, not the Python module) before you do that. There are instructions on the git page.

https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python

In case it's not clear, ffmpeg is a very large, complicated, and capable command-line toolkit. The Python modules don't actually do any video work -- they all just build complicated ffmpeg command lines and then run them.