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Error, error message contains "ffprobe exect error"

During execution, errors containing the string "ffprobe except error" are frequently reported. This is most likely due to a video name that is too long or a video path that is too deep. Especially for videos downloaded from YouTube, the names are often hundreds of characters or even longer. If the video is also stored in a deeply nested folder structure, it will almost certainly encounter the Windows path length limitation.

As shown in the image above, a deep folder hierarchy and a long video name will almost certainly result in an error when executing ffprobe or ffmpeg commands.

The solution is simple: create an English-named folder on a drive, rename the video to a simpler name and place it in the folder (e.g., D:/myvideos/1.mp4). Try again, and the error should be resolved.