[pmcnamara]

I attempted to edit the settings .xml file to special://home/userdata/ffmeg/ffmpeg.exe  which is the location I want to use within my set up.  but IPTV Recorder says "ffmpeg.exe not found"

I think you have to use absolute paths not special paths.  

 turns out it was the home and the .exe    home was already defined inside of special..   and the file is just ffmpeg..  without the file extension. 

so..   special://userdata/ffmpeg/ffmpeg

Got it working now.