diff --git a/server/README.md b/server/README.md
index 1d9e724c..7863439f 100644
--- a/server/README.md
+++ b/server/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This is the server part, which is only needed, if you want to run ctbrec in clie
 
 ## Requirements
 * Java 1.8 (32-bit or 64-bit)
+* FFmpeg (see ffmpeg/ffmpeg.txt for more details)
 
 ## Installation
 * Unpack the zip-File
diff --git a/server/src/assembly/ffmpeg.txt b/server/src/assembly/ffmpeg.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8607375a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/assembly/ffmpeg.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Put your statically linked FFmpeg binary here!
+
+For the different platforms copy the following file to this directory;
+Windows: ffmpeg-x.x.x-win64-static\bin\ffmpeg.exe
+Linux: ffmpeg-release-amd64-static/ffmpeg (you can also create a symlink, if FFmpeg is installed already)
+macOS: ffmpeg-x.x.x-macos64-static/bin/ffmpeg
+
+You can download FFmpeg for different platforms here. Make sure to choose the statically linked version: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
+
+Tested with FFmpeg 4.2.1
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diff --git a/server/src/assembly/server.xml b/server/src/assembly/server.xml
index 331fb90d..c98bab9a 100644
--- a/server/src/assembly/server.xml
+++ b/server/src/assembly/server.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 			<source>${project.basedir}/README.md</source>
 			<outputDirectory>ctbrec</outputDirectory>
 		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>${project.basedir}/src/assembly/ffmpeg.txt</source>
+			<outputDirectory>ctbrec/ffmpeg</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
 		<file>
 			<source>${project.build.directory}/${name.final}.jar</source>
 			<outputDirectory>ctbrec</outputDirectory>