How to interpret /usr/local/bin in Windows

Steve_BZ has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Guys, I'm sure this must be the simplest question out, but I've Googled it with no apparent success. It not in my wonderful Ellie Quigley "Perl by Example" so here I am.

I'm trying to use a Perl module called "command.pm" which calls the video converter "ffmpeg.exe" and it says "file not found: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg at C:/Perl/site/lib/FFmpeg/Command.pm line 101". I guess it's looking for the .exe file, which is not on the Perl subdirectory. My question is this directory does not appear to exist on windows, so where should I put the .exe file? Here is the code:

    my $h = eval {
        start(
            [
                $self->ffmpeg,
                '-y',
                '-i', $self->input_file,
                @{ $self->options },
                $self->output_file
            ],
            @opts,
        );
    };
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Which doesn't show the path in question. If I scroll down further I find:

1;
__END__

=head1 NAME

FFmpeg::Command - A wrapper class for ffmpeg command line utility.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

A simple interface for using ffmpeg command line utility.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use FFmpeg::Command;

    my $ffmpeg = FFmpeg::Command->new('/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg');

    $ffmpeg->input_options({
        file => $input_file,
    });
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But this comes after __END__ and has things like "=head1 SYNOPSIS".

All ideas welcomed.

Have a good day.

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Re: How to interpret /usr/local/bin in Windows by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 16, 2009 at 12:06 UTC
Instead of `my $ffmpeg = FFmpeg::Command->new('/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg');` [download] use `my $ffmpeg = FFmpeg::Command->new('ffmpeg.exe');` [download] or put the path to where you put `ffmpeg.exe` there: `my $ffmpeg = FFmpeg::Command->new('C:\\Directory\\Where\\I\\Put\\ffmpe +g.exe');` [download] You will want to avoid whitespace in the directory names. It might be possible to simply use double quotes though: `# untested! my $ffmpeg = FFmpeg::Command->new('"C:\\Program Files\\Ffmpeg\\ffmpeg. +exe"');` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: How to interpret /usr/local/bin in Windows by Steve_BZ (Chaplain) on Apr 16, 2009 at 15:27 UTC
Perfect. Why didn't I think of that! Thanks very much. Steve	[reply]