diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj
index 423f27c4a..9d2fc8c6b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.csproj
@@ -254,10 +254,8 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Localization\Ratings\kz.txt" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Localization\Ratings\nz.txt" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Localization\Ratings\ru.txt" />
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="MediaEncoder\readme.txt" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <EmbeddedResource Include="MediaEncoder\ffmpeg20130904.zip" />
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index 5792806d8..b24c9a5ca 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.MediaInfo;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization;
 using System;
@@ -13,7 +11,6 @@ using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -26,12 +23,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.MediaEncoder
     /// </summary>
     public class MediaEncoder : IMediaEncoder, IDisposable
     {
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the zip client.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The zip client.</value>
-        private readonly IZipClient _zipClient;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The _logger
         /// </summary>
@@ -48,8 +39,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.MediaEncoder
         /// <value>The json serializer.</value>
         private readonly IJsonSerializer _jsonSerializer;
 
-        private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
-
         /// <summary>
         /// The video image resource pool
         /// </summary>
@@ -70,50 +59,25 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.MediaEncoder
         /// </summary>
         private readonly SemaphoreSlim _ffProbeResourcePool = new SemaphoreSlim(2, 2);
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the versioned directory path.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The versioned directory path.</value>
-        private string VersionedDirectoryPath { get; set; }
+        public string FFMpegPath { get; private set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="MediaEncoder" /> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="logger">The logger.</param>
-        /// <param name="zipClient">The zip client.</param>
-        /// <param name="appPaths">The app paths.</param>
-        /// <param name="jsonSerializer">The json serializer.</param>
-        public MediaEncoder(ILogger logger, IZipClient zipClient, IApplicationPaths appPaths,
-                            IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, IHttpClient httpClient)
+        public string FFProbePath { get; private set; }
+
+        public string Version { get; private set; }
+
+        public MediaEncoder(ILogger logger, IApplicationPaths appPaths,
+                            IJsonSerializer jsonSerializer, string ffMpegPath, string ffProbePath, string version)
         {
             _logger = logger;
-            _zipClient = zipClient;
             _appPaths = appPaths;
             _jsonSerializer = jsonSerializer;
-            _httpClient = httpClient;
+            Version = version;
+            FFProbePath = ffProbePath;
+            FFMpegPath = ffMpegPath;
 
             // Not crazy about this but it's the only way to suppress ffmpeg crash dialog boxes
             SetErrorMode(ErrorModes.SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS | ErrorModes.SEM_NOALIGNMENTFAULTEXCEPT |
                          ErrorModes.SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX | ErrorModes.SEM_NOOPENFILEERRORBOX);
-
-            Task.Run(() => VersionedDirectoryPath = GetVersionedDirectoryPath());
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the media tools path.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="create">if set to <c>true</c> [create].</param>
-        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        private string GetMediaToolsPath(bool create)
-        {
-            var path = Path.Combine(_appPaths.ProgramDataPath, "ffmpeg");
-
-            if (create && !Directory.Exists(path))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
-            }
-
-            return path;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -125,182 +89,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.MediaEncoder
             get { return FFMpegPath; }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _ FF MPEG path
-        /// </summary>
-        private string _FFMpegPath;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the path to ffmpeg.exe
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The FF MPEG path.</value>
-        public string FFMpegPath
-        {
-            get { return _FFMpegPath ?? (_FFMpegPath = Path.Combine(VersionedDirectoryPath, "ffmpeg.exe")); }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The _ FF probe path
-        /// </summary>
-        private string _FFProbePath;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the path to ffprobe.exe
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The FF probe path.</value>
-        private string FFProbePath
-        {
-            get { return _FFProbePath ?? (_FFProbePath = Path.Combine(VersionedDirectoryPath, "ffprobe.exe")); }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the version.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The version.</value>
-        public string Version
-        {
-            get { return Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(VersionedDirectoryPath); }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the versioned directory path.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
-        private string GetVersionedDirectoryPath()
-        {
-            var assembly = GetType().Assembly;
-
-            var prefix = GetType().Namespace + ".";
-
-            var srch = prefix + "ffmpeg";
-
-            var resource = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().First(r => r.StartsWith(srch));
-
-            var filename =
-                resource.Substring(resource.IndexOf(prefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) + prefix.Length);
-
-            var versionedDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(GetMediaToolsPath(true),
-                                                      Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filename));
-
-            if (!Directory.Exists(versionedDirectoryPath))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(versionedDirectoryPath);
-            }
-
-            ExtractTools(assembly, resource, versionedDirectoryPath);
-
-            return versionedDirectoryPath;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Extracts the tools.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
-        /// <param name="zipFileResourcePath">The zip file resource path.</param>
-        /// <param name="targetPath">The target path.</param>
-        private async void ExtractTools(Assembly assembly, string zipFileResourcePath, string targetPath)
-        {
-            using (var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(zipFileResourcePath))
-            {
-                _zipClient.ExtractAll(resourceStream, targetPath, false);
-            }
-
-            try
-            {
-                await DownloadFonts(targetPath).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                _logger.ErrorException("Error getting ffmpeg font files", ex);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private const string FontUrl = "https://www.dropbox.com/s/9nb76tybcsw5xrk/ARIALUNI.zip?dl=1";
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Extracts the fonts.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="targetPath">The target path.</param>
-        private async Task DownloadFonts(string targetPath)
-        {
-            var fontsDirectory = Path.Combine(targetPath, "fonts");
-
-            if (!Directory.Exists(fontsDirectory))
-            {
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(fontsDirectory);
-            }
-
-            const string fontFilename = "ARIALUNI.TTF";
-
-            var fontFile = Path.Combine(fontsDirectory, fontFilename);
-
-            if (!File.Exists(fontFile))
-            {
-                await DownloadFontFile(fontsDirectory, fontFilename).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            }
-
-            await WriteFontConfigFile(fontsDirectory).ConfigureAwait(false);
-        }
-
-        private async Task DownloadFontFile(string fontsDirectory, string fontFilename)
-        {
-            var existingFile = Directory
-                .EnumerateFiles(_appPaths.ProgramDataPath, fontFilename, SearchOption.AllDirectories)
-                .FirstOrDefault();
-
-            if (existingFile != null)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    File.Copy(existingFile, Path.Combine(fontsDirectory, fontFilename), true);
-                    return;
-                }
-                catch (IOException ex)
-                {
-                    // Log this, but don't let it fail the operation
-                    _logger.ErrorException("Error copying file", ex);
-                }
-            }
-
-            var tempFile = await _httpClient.GetTempFile(new HttpRequestOptions
-            {
-                Url = FontUrl,
-                Progress = new Progress<double>()
-            });
-
-            _zipClient.ExtractAll(tempFile, fontsDirectory, true);
-
-            try
-            {
-                File.Delete(tempFile);
-            }
-            catch (IOException ex)
-            {
-                // Log this, but don't let it fail the operation
-                _logger.ErrorException("Error deleting temp file {0}", ex, tempFile);
-            }
-        }
-
-        private async Task WriteFontConfigFile(string fontsDirectory)
-        {
-            const string fontConfigFilename = "fonts.conf";
-            var fontConfigFile = Path.Combine(fontsDirectory, fontConfigFilename);
-
-            if (!File.Exists(fontConfigFile))
-            {
-                var contents = string.Format("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><fontconfig><dir>{0}</dir><alias><family>Arial</family><prefer>Arial Unicode MS</prefer></alias></fontconfig>", fontsDirectory);
-
-                var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(contents);
-
-                using (var fileStream = new FileStream(fontConfigFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write,
-                                                    FileShare.Read, StreamDefaults.DefaultFileStreamBufferSize,
-                                                    FileOptions.Asynchronous))
-                {
-                    await fileStream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the media info.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs
index 2d19260dc..5cae99785 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/ApplicationHost.cs
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ServerApplication
 
             RegisterSingleInstance<ILibrarySearchEngine>(() => new LuceneSearchEngine(ApplicationPaths, LogManager, LibraryManager));
 
-            MediaEncoder = new MediaEncoder(LogManager.GetLogger("MediaEncoder"), ZipClient, ApplicationPaths, JsonSerializer, HttpClient);
-            RegisterSingleInstance(MediaEncoder);
+            await RegisterMediaEncoder().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             var clientConnectionManager = new SessionManager(UserDataRepository, ServerConfigurationManager, Logger, UserRepository);
             RegisterSingleInstance<ISessionManager>(clientConnectionManager);
@@ -316,6 +315,18 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ServerApplication
             SetKernelProperties();
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Registers the media encoder.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
+        private async Task RegisterMediaEncoder()
+        {
+            var info = await new FFMpegDownloader(Logger, ApplicationPaths, HttpClient, ZipClient).GetFFMpegInfo().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            MediaEncoder = new MediaEncoder(LogManager.GetLogger("MediaEncoder"), ApplicationPaths, JsonSerializer, info.Path, info.ProbePath, info.Version);
+            RegisterSingleInstance(MediaEncoder);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Sets the kernel properties.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/FFMpegDownloader.cs b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/FFMpegDownloader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fd0acddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/FFMpegDownloader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.IO;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.Implementations
+{
+    public class FFMpegDownloader
+    {
+        private readonly IZipClient _zipClient;
+        private readonly IHttpClient _httpClient;
+        private readonly IApplicationPaths _appPaths;
+        private readonly ILogger _logger;
+
+        public FFMpegDownloader(ILogger logger, IApplicationPaths appPaths, IHttpClient httpClient, IZipClient zipClient)
+        {
+            _logger = logger;
+            _appPaths = appPaths;
+            _httpClient = httpClient;
+            _zipClient = zipClient;
+        }
+
+        public async Task<FFMpegInfo> GetFFMpegInfo()
+        {
+            var assembly = GetType().Assembly;
+
+            var prefix = GetType().Namespace + ".";
+
+            var srch = prefix + "ffmpeg";
+
+            var resource = assembly.GetManifestResourceNames().First(r => r.StartsWith(srch));
+
+            var filename =
+                resource.Substring(resource.IndexOf(prefix, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) + prefix.Length);
+
+            var versionedDirectoryPath = Path.Combine(GetMediaToolsPath(true),
+                                                      Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(filename));
+
+            if (!Directory.Exists(versionedDirectoryPath))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(versionedDirectoryPath);
+            }
+
+            await ExtractTools(assembly, resource, versionedDirectoryPath).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            return new FFMpegInfo
+            {
+                ProbePath = Path.Combine(versionedDirectoryPath, "ffprobe.exe"),
+                Path = Path.Combine(versionedDirectoryPath, "ffmpeg.exe"),
+                Version = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(versionedDirectoryPath)
+            };
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extracts the tools.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="assembly">The assembly.</param>
+        /// <param name="zipFileResourcePath">The zip file resource path.</param>
+        /// <param name="targetPath">The target path.</param>
+        private async Task ExtractTools(Assembly assembly, string zipFileResourcePath, string targetPath)
+        {
+            using (var resourceStream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(zipFileResourcePath))
+            {
+                _zipClient.ExtractAll(resourceStream, targetPath, false);
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                await DownloadFonts(targetPath).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                _logger.ErrorException("Error getting ffmpeg font files", ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private const string FontUrl = "https://www.dropbox.com/s/9nb76tybcsw5xrk/ARIALUNI.zip?dl=1";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Extracts the fonts.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="targetPath">The target path.</param>
+        private async Task DownloadFonts(string targetPath)
+        {
+            var fontsDirectory = Path.Combine(targetPath, "fonts");
+
+            if (!Directory.Exists(fontsDirectory))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(fontsDirectory);
+            }
+
+            const string fontFilename = "ARIALUNI.TTF";
+
+            var fontFile = Path.Combine(fontsDirectory, fontFilename);
+
+            if (!File.Exists(fontFile))
+            {
+                await DownloadFontFile(fontsDirectory, fontFilename).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+
+            await WriteFontConfigFile(fontsDirectory).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Downloads the font file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fontsDirectory">The fonts directory.</param>
+        /// <param name="fontFilename">The font filename.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
+        private async Task DownloadFontFile(string fontsDirectory, string fontFilename)
+        {
+            var existingFile = Directory
+                .EnumerateFiles(_appPaths.ProgramDataPath, fontFilename, SearchOption.AllDirectories)
+                .FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (existingFile != null)
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    File.Copy(existingFile, Path.Combine(fontsDirectory, fontFilename), true);
+                    return;
+                }
+                catch (IOException ex)
+                {
+                    // Log this, but don't let it fail the operation
+                    _logger.ErrorException("Error copying file", ex);
+                }
+            }
+
+            var tempFile = await _httpClient.GetTempFile(new HttpRequestOptions
+            {
+                Url = FontUrl,
+                Progress = new Progress<double>()
+            });
+
+            _zipClient.ExtractAll(tempFile, fontsDirectory, true);
+
+            try
+            {
+                File.Delete(tempFile);
+            }
+            catch (IOException ex)
+            {
+                // Log this, but don't let it fail the operation
+                _logger.ErrorException("Error deleting temp file {0}", ex, tempFile);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the font config file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="fontsDirectory">The fonts directory.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
+        private async Task WriteFontConfigFile(string fontsDirectory)
+        {
+            const string fontConfigFilename = "fonts.conf";
+            var fontConfigFile = Path.Combine(fontsDirectory, fontConfigFilename);
+
+            if (!File.Exists(fontConfigFile))
+            {
+                var contents = string.Format("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><fontconfig><dir>{0}</dir><alias><family>Arial</family><prefer>Arial Unicode MS</prefer></alias></fontconfig>", fontsDirectory);
+
+                var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(contents);
+
+                using (var fileStream = new FileStream(fontConfigFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write,
+                                                    FileShare.Read, StreamDefaults.DefaultFileStreamBufferSize,
+                                                    FileOptions.Asynchronous))
+                {
+                    await fileStream.WriteAsync(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the media tools path.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="create">if set to <c>true</c> [create].</param>
+        /// <returns>System.String.</returns>
+        private string GetMediaToolsPath(bool create)
+        {
+            var path = Path.Combine(_appPaths.ProgramDataPath, "ffmpeg");
+
+            if (create && !Directory.Exists(path))
+            {
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
+            }
+
+            return path;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class FFMpegInfo
+    {
+        public string Path { get; set; }
+        public string ProbePath { get; set; }
+        public string Version { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/ffmpeg20130904.zip.REMOVED.git-id b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/ffmpeg20130904.zip.REMOVED.git-id
similarity index 100%
rename from MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/ffmpeg20130904.zip.REMOVED.git-id
rename to MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/ffmpeg20130904.zip.REMOVED.git-id
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/readme.txt b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/readme.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/MediaEncoder/readme.txt
rename to MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/Implementations/readme.txt
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.csproj b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.csproj
index f19ffe5b0..043d5c18f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication/MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.csproj
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="EntryPoints\StartupWizard.cs" />
     <Compile Include="EntryPoints\UdpServerEntryPoint.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Implementations\FFMpegDownloader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MainStartup.cs" />
     <Compile Include="BackgroundServiceInstaller.cs">
       <SubType>Component</SubType>
@@ -277,6 +278,7 @@
       <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <None Include="app.manifest" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Implementations\ffmpeg20130904.zip" />
     <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
       <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
@@ -388,6 +390,9 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Resource Include="Resources\Images\mb3logo800.png" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Implementations\readme.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PostBuildEvent>if $(ConfigurationName) == Release (