1 diff --git i/beetsplug/replaygain.py w/beetsplug/replaygain.py
2 index 9d6fa23c..c5800039 100644
3 --- i/beetsplug/replaygain.py
4 +++ w/beetsplug/replaygain.py
5 @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ class FfmpegBackend(Backend):
7 def __init__(self, config, log):
8 super(FfmpegBackend, self).__init__(config, log)
9 - self._ffmpeg_path = "ffmpeg"
10 + self._ffmpeg_path = "@ffmpeg@/bin/ffmpeg"
12 # check that ffmpeg is installed
14 @@ -1228,11 +1228,10 @@ class ReplayGainPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
16 super(ReplayGainPlugin, self).__init__()
18 - # default backend is 'command' for backward-compatibility.
22 - 'backend': u'command',
23 + 'backend': u'ffmpeg',
24 'threads': cpu_count(),
25 'parallel_on_import': False,