avutil-59.dll: download the file and fix the error
avutil-59.dll is a file of the software FFmpeg (“FFmpeg utility library”), published by FFmpeg Project. Version offered here: 59.39.100, 64-bit.
Programs that need it refuse to start, or show an error, when it is missing or damaged. Two methods can fix the error, below.
Method 1 · quick · about 1 minute
Download only avutil-59.dll
Ideal if only this file is reported missing: you replace a single file, without reinstalling anything.
- Version
- 59.39.100
- Architecture
- 64-bit (x64)
- Size
- 2.8 MB
- Publisher
- FFmpeg Project
Then:
- Extract avutil-59.dll from the zip file and copy it to the folder of the program showing the error (where its
.exefile is). - Still getting the error? Also copy it to
C:\Windows\System32(64-bit Windows only), then restart.
64-bit version: it does not work with a 32-bit program. In that case, use method 2.
SHA-256: e7abf449516381894c8c3def8d5c79a38364183699d55b2ed0d84f8b368cdd5a ·
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· Product: FFmpeg
Method 2 · complete · depends on the program
Reinstall the program that shows the error
The program normally provides avutil-59.dll itself, in the exact version it expects. Recommended if several files are missing or if the error comes back.
- Settings › Apps › Installed apps: uninstall the program or game concerned.
- Reinstall it from its original setup program, then restart your computer.
Error messages related to avutil-59.dll
- The program can't start because avutil-59.dll is missing.
- Failed to load avutil-59.dll
- Error loading avutil-59.dll. The specified module could not be found.