# Having trouble with importing the video library

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-with-importing-the-video-library/13266>\
**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [August 8, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-with-importing-the-video-library/13266 "2019-08-08T23:49:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![ooss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@ooss](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ooss)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-with-importing-the-video-library/13266/1 "2019-08-08T23:49:33Z")

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Hello currently I have downloaded the video library from GitHub and it downloaded a folder. I renamed the folder to just video and put in ~/Documents/Processing/Library. I am not sure if this is where it needs to be. But I am also not sure about how to import this library in code.

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**Author:** ![kll](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kll/32/964_2.png) [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-with-importing-the-video-library/13266/2 "2019-08-09T00:45:38Z")

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please check your  
/ File / Preferences / page  
TOP under

> sketchbook location:

you should see then  
…/Documents/Processing  
and inthere can find ( by file manager ) your sketches AND the from processing created sub dirs:

```auto
/tools
/templates
/modes
/examples
/libraries

```

so if you there made a new path

```auto
/Library
/Library/video

```

why would processing find that?

independent from the import question / that is answered  
by just opening one example, there can see at top like:

```auto
import processing.video.*;

Capture video; 

```

* * *

but a first start of library installation would be the  
Processing IDE Contribution Manager  
/Tools / add Tool /  
/Libraries

 ![video101](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/f/fc00f765e6340d0d2ee0732e537701b33663190b.png)

where you find the examples under Libraries ( not Contributed Libraries ?? )

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**Author:** ![jeremydouglass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jeremydouglass/32/20_2.png) [@jeremydouglass](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jeremydouglass)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/having-trouble-with-importing-the-video-library/13266/3 "2019-08-12T16:31:58Z")

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> [@kll](#):
>
> Libraries ( not Contributed Libraries ?? )

I think this is because Libraries are available from the Processing Foundation, while Contributed come from individual developers. The examples break these out; they are organized in the same way as the reference page:

> **[Libraries](https://processing.org/reference/libraries/)**
>
> Extend Processing beyond graphics and images into audio, video, and communication with other devices.