n8n Execute Command Node vs. FFmpeg API: Why Cloud Users Are Switching

Originally published at ffmpeg-micro.com . You built a video processing workflow in n8n using the Execute Command node. It worked on your laptop. Then you deployed to n8n Cloud and nothing happened. That's because n8n Cloud doesn't include FFmpeg . And even if you're self-hosting, the Execute Command node is disabled by default since n8n v2.0 for security reasons. You can re-enable it, but now you're maintaining a custom Docker image with FFmpeg baked in, managing dependencies, and hoping nothin