diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 42ae141..aac9161 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "styleguide"]
   path = applications/MakePDF/styleguide
-	url = https://github.com/google/styleguide.git
+  url = https://github.com/google/styleguide.git
+[submodule "ffmpeg"]
+  path = research/pipeline/3rdParty/ffmpeg 
+	url = https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git