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# Installing Auto-Editor

Download and Install Python 3.

> If you are installing on Windows, make sure "Add Python 3.12 to PATH" is checked.

Once that's done, you should have pip on your PATH. That means when you run `pip3` on your console, you should get a list of commands and not `command not found`. If you don't have pip on your PATH, try reinstalling Python.

Then run:

    pip install --upgrade pip

to upgrade pip to the latest version. Then use pip to install auto-editor:

    pip install auto-editor

> Linux users: you will need to have ffmpeg installed and on your PATH

Now run this command and it should list all the options you can use.

    auto-editor --help

If that works then congratulations, you have successfully installed auto-editor. You can use now use this with any other type of video or audio that you have.

    auto-editor C:path\to\your\video.mp4

About every 3 weeks, a new version of auto-editor will be available. It's recommended that you stay up to date so you always get the latest improvements and bug fixes. Upgrade by running:

    pip install auto-editor --upgrade

If you would like to uninstall auto-editor, run:

    pip uninstall auto-editor

## Extras

### Installing a Specific Version

    # Install version 23w21a
    pip install auto-editor==23.21.1

### Installing and Running the Latest Commit

    pip install git+https://github.com/WyattBlue/auto-editor.git

Then run with `auto-editor` like normal.

## Optional Dependencies

If yt-dlp is installed, auto-editor can download and use URLs as inputs.

    auto-editor "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcs82HnguGc"

### Dealing with "Not recognized as a command" error

Instead of using:

    auto-editor [options]

Try:

    py -m auto_editor [options]