diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegOptionsTests.cs b/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegOptionsTests.cs
index d175644..2be810f 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegOptionsTests.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Test/FFMpegOptionsTests.cs
@@ -10,39 +10,39 @@ public class FFMpegOptionsTest
         [TestMethod]
         public void Options_Initialized()
         {
-            Assert.IsNotNull(FFMpegOptions.Options);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(GlobalFFOptions.Current);
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void Options_Defaults_Configured()
         {
-            Assert.AreEqual(new FFMpegOptions().RootDirectory, $"");
+            Assert.AreEqual(new FFOptions().BinaryFolder, $"");
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void Options_Loaded_From_File()
         {
             Assert.AreEqual(
-                FFMpegOptions.Options.RootDirectory, 
-                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FFMpegOptions>(File.ReadAllText("ffmpeg.config.json")).RootDirectory
+                GlobalFFOptions.Current.BinaryFolder, 
+                JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FFOptions>(File.ReadAllText("ffmpeg.config.json")).BinaryFolder
             );
         }
 
         [TestMethod]
         public void Options_Set_Programmatically()
         {
-            var original = FFMpegOptions.Options; 
+            var original = GlobalFFOptions.Current; 
             try
             {
-                FFMpegOptions.Configure(new FFMpegOptions { RootDirectory = "Whatever" });
+                GlobalFFOptions.Configure(new FFOptions { BinaryFolder = "Whatever" });
                 Assert.AreEqual(
-                    FFMpegOptions.Options.RootDirectory,
+                    GlobalFFOptions.Current.BinaryFolder,
                     "Whatever"
                 );
             }
             finally
             {
-                FFMpegOptions.Configure(original);
+                GlobalFFOptions.Configure(original);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs b/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs
index 45072c1..30e6a9a 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore.Test/VideoTest.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public void Video_ToMP4_Args_StreamPipe()
         [TestMethod, Timeout(10000)]
         public async Task Video_ToMP4_Args_StreamOutputPipe_Async_Failure()
         {
-            await Assert.ThrowsExceptionAsync<FFMpegProcessException>(async () =>
+            await Assert.ThrowsExceptionAsync<FFMpegException>(async () =>
             {
                 await using var ms = new MemoryStream();
                 var pipeSource = new StreamPipeSink(ms);
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public void Video_StreamFile_OutputToMemoryStream()
         [TestMethod, Timeout(10000)]
         public void Video_ToMP4_Args_StreamOutputPipe_Failure()
         {
-            Assert.ThrowsException<FFMpegProcessException>(() =>
+            Assert.ThrowsException<FFMpegException>(() =>
             {
                 using var ms = new MemoryStream();
                 FFMpegArguments
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ public void Video_OutputsData()
             var outputFile = new TemporaryFile("out.mp4");
             var dataReceived = false;
             
-            FFMpegOptions.Configure(opt => opt.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8);
+            GlobalFFOptions.Configure(opt => opt.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8);
             var success = FFMpegArguments
                 .FromFileInput(TestResources.Mp4Video)
                 .WithGlobalOptions(options => options
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/DemuxConcatArgument.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/DemuxConcatArgument.cs
index 5651802..c672c74 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/DemuxConcatArgument.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Arguments/DemuxConcatArgument.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public DemuxConcatArgument(IEnumerable<string> values)
         {
             Values = values.Select(value => $"file '{value}'");
         }
-        private readonly string _tempFileName = Path.Combine(FFMpegOptions.Options.TempDirectory, Guid.NewGuid() + ".txt");
+        private readonly string _tempFileName = Path.Combine(GlobalFFOptions.Current.TemporaryFilesFolder, $"concat_{Guid.NewGuid()}.txt");
 
         public void Pre() => File.WriteAllLines(_tempFileName, Values);
         public Task During(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => Task.CompletedTask;
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Enums/ContainerFormat.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Enums/ContainerFormat.cs
index 90da0d2..2da1572 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Enums/ContainerFormat.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Enums/ContainerFormat.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public string Extension
         {
             get
             {
-                if (FFMpegOptions.Options.ExtensionOverrides.ContainsKey(Name))
-                    return FFMpegOptions.Options.ExtensionOverrides[Name];
+                if (GlobalFFOptions.Current.ExtensionOverrides.ContainsKey(Name))
+                    return GlobalFFOptions.Current.ExtensionOverrides[Name];
                 return "." + Name;
             }
         }
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Exceptions/FFMpegException.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Exceptions/FFMpegException.cs
index bf7c41f..dad6ef1 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Exceptions/FFMpegException.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/Exceptions/FFMpegException.cs
@@ -4,53 +4,43 @@ namespace FFMpegCore.Exceptions
 {
     public enum FFMpegExceptionType
     {
-        Dependency,
         Conversion,
         File,
         Operation,
         Process
     }
 
-    public abstract class FFException : Exception
-    {
-        protected FFException(string message) : base(message) { }
-        protected FFException(string message, Exception innerException) : base(message, innerException) { }
-    }
-    public abstract class FFProcessException : FFException
-    {
-        protected FFProcessException(string process, int exitCode, string errorOutput)
-            : base($"{process} exited with non-zero exit-code {exitCode}\n{errorOutput}")
-        {
-            ExitCode = exitCode;
-            ErrorOutput = errorOutput;
-        }
-
-        public int ExitCode { get; }
-        public string ErrorOutput { get; }
-    }
-    public class FFMpegProcessException : FFProcessException
-    {
-        public FFMpegProcessException(int exitCode, string errorOutput)
-            : base("ffmpeg", exitCode, errorOutput) { }
-    }
-    public class FFProbeProcessException : FFProcessException
-    {
-        public FFProbeProcessException(int exitCode, string errorOutput)
-            : base("ffprobe", exitCode, errorOutput) { }
-    }
-
     public class FFMpegException : Exception
     {
-        public FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType type, string? message = null, Exception? innerException = null, string ffMpegErrorOutput = "")
+        public FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType type, string message, Exception? innerException = null, string ffMpegErrorOutput = "")
             : base(message, innerException)
         {
             FFMpegErrorOutput = ffMpegErrorOutput;
             Type = type;
         }
-
+        public FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType type, string message, string ffMpegErrorOutput = "")
+            : base(message)
+        {
+            FFMpegErrorOutput = ffMpegErrorOutput;
+            Type = type;
+        }
+        public FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType type, string message)
+            : base(message)
+        {
+            FFMpegErrorOutput = string.Empty;
+            Type = type;
+        }
+        
         public FFMpegExceptionType Type { get; }
         public string FFMpegErrorOutput { get; }
     }
+    public class FFOptionsException : Exception
+    {
+        public FFOptionsException(string message, Exception? innerException = null)
+            : base(message, innerException)
+        {
+        }
+    }
 
     public class FFMpegArgumentException : Exception
     {
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.cs
index b242c7b..3f3d162 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.cs
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ public static bool Join(string output, params string[] videos)
             {
                 var video = FFProbe.Analyse(videoPath);
                 FFMpegHelper.ConversionSizeExceptionCheck(video);
-                var destinationPath = Path.Combine(FFMpegOptions.Options.TempDirectory, $"{Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(videoPath)}{FileExtension.Ts}");
-                Directory.CreateDirectory(FFMpegOptions.Options.TempDirectory);
+                var destinationPath = Path.Combine(GlobalFFOptions.Current.TemporaryFilesFolder, $"{Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(videoPath)}{FileExtension.Ts}");
+                Directory.CreateDirectory(GlobalFFOptions.Current.TemporaryFilesFolder);
                 Convert(videoPath, destinationPath, VideoType.Ts);
                 return destinationPath;
             }).ToArray();
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public static bool Join(string output, params string[] videos)
         /// <returns>Output video information.</returns>
         public static bool JoinImageSequence(string output, double frameRate = 30, params ImageInfo[] images)
         {
-            var tempFolderName = Path.Combine(FFMpegOptions.Options.TempDirectory, Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
+            var tempFolderName = Path.Combine(GlobalFFOptions.Current.TemporaryFilesFolder, Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
             var temporaryImageFiles = images.Select((image, index) =>
             {
                 FFMpegHelper.ConversionSizeExceptionCheck(Image.FromFile(image.FullName));
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<PixelFormat> GetPixelFormatsInternal()
             FFMpegHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
 
             var list = new List<PixelFormat>();
-            using var instance = new Instances.Instance(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFMpegBinary(), "-pix_fmts");
+            using var instance = new Instances.Instance(GlobalFFOptions.GetFFMpegBinaryPath(), "-pix_fmts");
             instance.DataReceived += (e, args) =>
             {
                 if (PixelFormat.TryParse(args.Data, out var format))
@@ -413,14 +413,14 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<PixelFormat> GetPixelFormatsInternal()
 
         public static IReadOnlyList<PixelFormat> GetPixelFormats()
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
                 return GetPixelFormatsInternal();
             return FFMpegCache.PixelFormats.Values.ToList().AsReadOnly();
         }
 
         public static bool TryGetPixelFormat(string name, out PixelFormat fmt)
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
             {
                 fmt = GetPixelFormatsInternal().FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name.ToLowerInvariant().Trim());
                 return fmt != null;
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ private static void ParsePartOfCodecs(Dictionary<string, Codec> codecs, string a
         {
             FFMpegHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
 
-            using var instance = new Instances.Instance(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFMpegBinary(), arguments);
+            using var instance = new Instances.Instance(GlobalFFOptions.GetFFMpegBinaryPath(), arguments);
             instance.DataReceived += (e, args) =>
             {
                 var codec = parser(args.Data);
@@ -485,14 +485,14 @@ internal static Dictionary<string, Codec> GetCodecsInternal()
 
         public static IReadOnlyList<Codec> GetCodecs()
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
                 return GetCodecsInternal().Values.ToList().AsReadOnly();
             return FFMpegCache.Codecs.Values.ToList().AsReadOnly();
         }
 
         public static IReadOnlyList<Codec> GetCodecs(CodecType type)
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
                 return GetCodecsInternal().Values.Where(x => x.Type == type).ToList().AsReadOnly();
             return FFMpegCache.Codecs.Values.Where(x=>x.Type == type).ToList().AsReadOnly();
         }
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public static IReadOnlyList<Codec> GetCodecs(CodecType type)
 
         public static bool TryGetCodec(string name, out Codec codec)
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
             {
                 codec = GetCodecsInternal().Values.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name.ToLowerInvariant().Trim());
                 return codec != null;
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<ContainerFormat> GetContainersFormatsInternal()
             FFMpegHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
 
             var list = new List<ContainerFormat>();
-            using var instance = new Instances.Instance(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFMpegBinary(), "-formats");
+            using var instance = new Instances.Instance(GlobalFFOptions.GetFFMpegBinaryPath(), "-formats");
             instance.DataReceived += (e, args) =>
             {
                 if (ContainerFormat.TryParse(args.Data, out var fmt))
@@ -542,14 +542,14 @@ internal static IReadOnlyList<ContainerFormat> GetContainersFormatsInternal()
 
         public static IReadOnlyList<ContainerFormat> GetContainerFormats()
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
                 return GetContainersFormatsInternal();
             return FFMpegCache.ContainerFormats.Values.ToList().AsReadOnly();
         }
 
         public static bool TryGetContainerFormat(string name, out ContainerFormat fmt)
         {
-            if (!FFMpegOptions.Options.UseCache)
+            if (!GlobalFFOptions.Current.UseCache)
             {
                 fmt = GetContainersFormatsInternal().FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == name.ToLowerInvariant().Trim());
                 return fmt != null;
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentOptions.cs
index c87e029..be342c4 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentOptions.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentOptions.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 namespace FFMpegCore
 {
-    public class FFMpegArgumentOptions : FFMpegOptionsBase
+    public class FFMpegArgumentOptions : FFMpegArgumentsBase
     {
         internal FFMpegArgumentOptions() { }
         
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
index 06fca1a..67607af 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentProcessor.cs
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ public FFMpegArgumentProcessor CancellableThrough(out Action cancel, int timeout
             cancel = () => CancelEvent?.Invoke(this, timeout);
             return this;
         }
-        public bool ProcessSynchronously(bool throwOnError = true)
+        public bool ProcessSynchronously(bool throwOnError = true, FFOptions? ffMpegOptions = null)
         {
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(out var cancellationTokenSource);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(ffMpegOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current, out var cancellationTokenSource);
             var errorCode = -1;
 
             void OnCancelEvent(object sender, int timeout)
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ void OnCancelEvent(object sender, int timeout)
             return HandleCompletion(throwOnError, errorCode, instance.ErrorData);
         }
 
-        public async Task<bool> ProcessAsynchronously(bool throwOnError = true)
+        public async Task<bool> ProcessAsynchronously(bool throwOnError = true, FFOptions? ffMpegOptions = null)
         {
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(out var cancellationTokenSource);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(ffMpegOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current, out var cancellationTokenSource);
             var errorCode = -1;
 
             void OnCancelEvent(object sender, int timeout)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ await Task.WhenAll(instance.FinishedRunning().ContinueWith(t =>
         private bool HandleCompletion(bool throwOnError, int exitCode, IReadOnlyList<string> errorData)
         {
             if (throwOnError && exitCode != 0)
-                throw new FFMpegProcessException(exitCode, string.Join("\n", errorData));
+                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Process, $"ffmpeg exited with non-zero exit-code ({exitCode} - {string.Join("\n", errorData)})", null, string.Join("\n", errorData));
 
             _onPercentageProgress?.Invoke(100.0);
             if (_totalTimespan.HasValue) _onTimeProgress?.Invoke(_totalTimespan.Value);
@@ -140,16 +140,17 @@ private bool HandleCompletion(bool throwOnError, int exitCode, IReadOnlyList<str
             return exitCode == 0;
         }
 
-        private Instance PrepareInstance(out CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource)
+        private Instance PrepareInstance(FFOptions ffMpegOptions,
+            out CancellationTokenSource cancellationTokenSource)
         {
             FFMpegHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
-            FFMpegHelper.VerifyFFMpegExists();
+            FFMpegHelper.VerifyFFMpegExists(ffMpegOptions);
             var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
             {
-                FileName = FFMpegOptions.Options.FFMpegBinary(),
+                FileName = GlobalFFOptions.GetFFMpegBinaryPath(ffMpegOptions),
                 Arguments = _ffMpegArguments.Text,
-                StandardOutputEncoding = FFMpegOptions.Options.Encoding,
-                StandardErrorEncoding = FFMpegOptions.Options.Encoding,
+                StandardOutputEncoding = ffMpegOptions.Encoding,
+                StandardErrorEncoding = ffMpegOptions.Encoding,
             };
             var instance = new Instance(startInfo);
             cancellationTokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource();
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArguments.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArguments.cs
index 64fff3c..57ff68c 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArguments.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArguments.cs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 namespace FFMpegCore
 {
-    public sealed class FFMpegArguments : FFMpegOptionsBase
+    public sealed class FFMpegArguments : FFMpegArgumentsBase
     {
-        private readonly FFMpegGlobalOptions _globalOptions = new FFMpegGlobalOptions();
+        private readonly FFMpegGlobalArguments _globalArguments = new FFMpegGlobalArguments();
         
         private FFMpegArguments() { }
 
-        public string Text => string.Join(" ", _globalOptions.Arguments.Concat(Arguments).Select(arg => arg.Text));
+        public string Text => string.Join(" ", _globalArguments.Arguments.Concat(Arguments).Select(arg => arg.Text));
 
         public static FFMpegArguments FromConcatInput(IEnumerable<string> filePaths, Action<FFMpegArgumentOptions>? addArguments = null) => new FFMpegArguments().WithInput(new ConcatArgument(filePaths), addArguments);
         public static FFMpegArguments FromDemuxConcatInput(IEnumerable<string> filePaths, Action<FFMpegArgumentOptions>? addArguments = null) => new FFMpegArguments().WithInput(new DemuxConcatArgument(filePaths), addArguments);
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ private FFMpegArguments() { }
         public static FFMpegArguments FromPipeInput(IPipeSource sourcePipe, Action<FFMpegArgumentOptions>? addArguments = null) => new FFMpegArguments().WithInput(new InputPipeArgument(sourcePipe), addArguments);
 
         
-        public FFMpegArguments WithGlobalOptions(Action<FFMpegGlobalOptions> configureOptions)
+        public FFMpegArguments WithGlobalOptions(Action<FFMpegGlobalArguments> configureOptions)
         {
-            configureOptions(_globalOptions);
+            configureOptions(_globalArguments);
             return this;
         }
 
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptionsBase.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentsBase.cs
similarity index 79%
rename from FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptionsBase.cs
rename to FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentsBase.cs
index 015e609..fc51ab1 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptionsBase.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegArgumentsBase.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace FFMpegCore
 {
-    public abstract class FFMpegOptionsBase
+    public abstract class FFMpegArgumentsBase
     {
         internal readonly List<IArgument> Arguments = new List<IArgument>();
     }
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegGlobalArguments.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegGlobalArguments.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7d6e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegGlobalArguments.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using FFMpegCore.Arguments;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore
+{
+    public sealed class FFMpegGlobalArguments : FFMpegArgumentsBase
+    {
+        internal FFMpegGlobalArguments() { }
+        
+        public FFMpegGlobalArguments WithVerbosityLevel(VerbosityLevel verbosityLevel = VerbosityLevel.Error) => WithOption(new VerbosityLevelArgument(verbosityLevel));
+        
+        private FFMpegGlobalArguments WithOption(IArgument argument)
+        {
+            Arguments.Add(argument);
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegGlobalOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegGlobalOptions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 00dc66f..0000000
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegGlobalOptions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-using FFMpegCore.Arguments;
-
-namespace FFMpegCore
-{
-    public sealed class FFMpegGlobalOptions : FFMpegOptionsBase
-    {
-        internal FFMpegGlobalOptions() { }
-        
-        public FFMpegGlobalOptions WithVerbosityLevel(VerbosityLevel verbosityLevel = VerbosityLevel.Error) => WithOption(new VerbosityLevelArgument(verbosityLevel));
-        
-        private FFMpegGlobalOptions WithOption(IArgument argument)
-        {
-            Arguments.Add(argument);
-            return this;
-        }
-        
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a09d7a..0000000
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFMpeg/FFMpegOptions.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Text.Json;
-
-namespace FFMpegCore
-{
-    public class FFMpegOptions
-    {
-        private static readonly string ConfigFile = "ffmpeg.config.json";
-        private static readonly string DefaultRoot = "";
-        private static readonly string DefaultTemp = Path.GetTempPath();
-        private static readonly Dictionary<string, string> DefaultExtensionsOverrides = new Dictionary<string, string>
-        {
-            { "mpegts", ".ts" },
-        };
-
-        public static FFMpegOptions Options { get; private set; } = new FFMpegOptions();
-
-        public static void Configure(Action<FFMpegOptions> optionsAction)
-        {
-            optionsAction?.Invoke(Options);
-        }
-
-        public static void Configure(FFMpegOptions options)
-        {
-            Options = options ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
-        }
-
-        static FFMpegOptions()
-        {
-            if (File.Exists(ConfigFile))
-            {
-                Options = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<FFMpegOptions>(File.ReadAllText(ConfigFile))!;
-                foreach (var pair in DefaultExtensionsOverrides)
-                    if (!Options.ExtensionOverrides.ContainsKey(pair.Key)) Options.ExtensionOverrides.Add(pair.Key, pair.Value);
-            }
-        }
-
-        public string RootDirectory { get; set; } = DefaultRoot;
-        public string TempDirectory { get; set; } = DefaultTemp;
-        public bool UseCache { get; set; } = true;
-        public Encoding Encoding { get; set; } = Encoding.Default;
-
-        public string FFMpegBinary() => FFBinary("FFMpeg");
-
-        public string FFProbeBinary() => FFBinary("FFProbe");
-
-        public Dictionary<string, string> ExtensionOverrides { get; private set; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-
-        private static string FFBinary(string name)
-        {
-            var ffName = name.ToLowerInvariant();
-            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
-                ffName += ".exe";
-
-            var target = Environment.Is64BitProcess ? "x64" : "x86";
-            if (Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(Options.RootDirectory, target)))
-                ffName = Path.Combine(target, ffName);
-
-            return Path.Combine(Options.RootDirectory, ffName);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7e497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore
+{
+    public class FFOptions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Folder container ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries. Leave empty if ffmpeg and ffprobe are present in PATH
+        /// </summary>
+        public string BinaryFolder { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Folder used for temporary files necessary for static methods on FFMpeg class
+        /// </summary>
+        public string TemporaryFilesFolder { get; set; } = Path.GetTempPath();
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Encoding used for parsing stdout/stderr on ffmpeg and ffprobe processes
+        /// </summary>
+        public Encoding Encoding { get; set; } = Encoding.Default;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        public Dictionary<string, string> ExtensionOverrides { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, string>
+        {
+            { "mpegts", ".ts" },
+        };
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Whether to cache calls to get ffmpeg codec, pixel- and container-formats
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool UseCache { get; set; } = true;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/FFProbe/FFProbe.cs b/FFMpegCore/FFProbe/FFProbe.cs
index fab4b2e..ab35457 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/FFProbe/FFProbe.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/FFProbe/FFProbe.cs
@@ -12,32 +12,32 @@ namespace FFMpegCore
 {
     public static class FFProbe
     {
-        public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(string filePath, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue)
+        public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(string filePath, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue, FFOptions? ffOptions = null)
         {
             if (!File.Exists(filePath)) 
                 throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.File, $"No file found at '{filePath}'");
             
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(filePath, outputCapacity);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(filePath, outputCapacity, ffOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current);
             var exitCode = instance.BlockUntilFinished();
             if (exitCode != 0)
-                throw new FFProbeProcessException(exitCode, string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData));
+                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Process, $"ffprobe exited with non-zero exit-code ({exitCode} - {string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData)})", null, string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData));
             
             return ParseOutput(instance);
         }
-        public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(Uri uri, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue)
+        public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(Uri uri, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue, FFOptions? ffOptions = null)
         {
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(uri.AbsoluteUri, outputCapacity);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(uri.AbsoluteUri, outputCapacity, ffOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current);
             var exitCode = instance.BlockUntilFinished();
             if (exitCode != 0)
-                throw new FFProbeProcessException(exitCode, string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData));
+                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Process, $"ffprobe exited with non-zero exit-code ({exitCode} - {string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData)})", null, string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData));
 
             return ParseOutput(instance);
         }
-        public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(Stream stream, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue)
+        public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(Stream stream, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue, FFOptions? ffOptions = null)
         {
             var streamPipeSource = new StreamPipeSource(stream);
             var pipeArgument = new InputPipeArgument(streamPipeSource);
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(pipeArgument.PipePath, outputCapacity);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(pipeArgument.PipePath, outputCapacity, ffOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current);
             pipeArgument.Pre();
 
             var task = instance.FinishedRunning();
@@ -52,30 +52,30 @@ public static IMediaAnalysis Analyse(Stream stream, int outputCapacity = int.Max
             }
             var exitCode = task.ConfigureAwait(false).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
             if (exitCode != 0)
-                throw new FFProbeProcessException(exitCode, string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData));
+                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Process, $"ffprobe exited with non-zero exit-code ({exitCode} - {string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData)})", null, string.Join("\n", instance.ErrorData));
             
             return ParseOutput(instance);
         }
-        public static async Task<IMediaAnalysis> AnalyseAsync(string filePath, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue)
+        public static async Task<IMediaAnalysis> AnalyseAsync(string filePath, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue, FFOptions? ffOptions = null)
         {
             if (!File.Exists(filePath)) 
                 throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.File, $"No file found at '{filePath}'");
             
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(filePath, outputCapacity);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(filePath, outputCapacity, ffOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current);
             await instance.FinishedRunning().ConfigureAwait(false);
             return ParseOutput(instance);
         }
-        public static async Task<IMediaAnalysis> AnalyseAsync(Uri uri, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue)
+        public static async Task<IMediaAnalysis> AnalyseAsync(Uri uri, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue, FFOptions? ffOptions = null)
         {
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(uri.AbsoluteUri, outputCapacity);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(uri.AbsoluteUri, outputCapacity, ffOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current);
             await instance.FinishedRunning().ConfigureAwait(false);
             return ParseOutput(instance);
         }
-        public static async Task<IMediaAnalysis> AnalyseAsync(Stream stream, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue)
+        public static async Task<IMediaAnalysis> AnalyseAsync(Stream stream, int outputCapacity = int.MaxValue, FFOptions? ffOptions = null)
         {
             var streamPipeSource = new StreamPipeSource(stream);
             var pipeArgument = new InputPipeArgument(streamPipeSource);
-            using var instance = PrepareInstance(pipeArgument.PipePath, outputCapacity);
+            using var instance = PrepareInstance(pipeArgument.PipePath, outputCapacity, ffOptions ?? GlobalFFOptions.Current);
             pipeArgument.Pre();
 
             var task = instance.FinishedRunning();
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ private static IMediaAnalysis ParseOutput(Instance instance)
             return new MediaAnalysis(ffprobeAnalysis);
         }
 
-        private static Instance PrepareInstance(string filePath, int outputCapacity)
+        private static Instance PrepareInstance(string filePath, int outputCapacity, FFOptions ffOptions)
         {
             FFProbeHelper.RootExceptionCheck();
-            FFProbeHelper.VerifyFFProbeExists();
+            FFProbeHelper.VerifyFFProbeExists(ffOptions);
             var arguments = $"-loglevel error -print_format json -show_format -sexagesimal -show_streams \"{filePath}\"";
-            var instance = new Instance(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFProbeBinary(), arguments) {DataBufferCapacity = outputCapacity};
+            var instance = new Instance(GlobalFFOptions.GetFFProbeBinaryPath(), arguments) {DataBufferCapacity = outputCapacity};
             return instance;
         }
     }
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/GlobalFFOptions.cs b/FFMpegCore/GlobalFFOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..358787a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/FFMpegCore/GlobalFFOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace FFMpegCore
+{
+    public static class GlobalFFOptions
+    {
+        private static readonly string ConfigFile = "ffmpeg.config.json";
+
+        public static FFOptions Current { get; private set; }
+        static GlobalFFOptions()
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(ConfigFile))
+            {
+                Current = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<FFOptions>(File.ReadAllText(ConfigFile))!;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                Current = new FFOptions();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        public static void Configure(Action<FFOptions> optionsAction)
+        {
+            optionsAction?.Invoke(Current);
+        }
+        public static void Configure(FFOptions ffOptions)
+        {
+            Current = ffOptions ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(ffOptions));
+        }
+        
+
+        public static string GetFFMpegBinaryPath(FFOptions? ffOptions = null) => GetFFBinaryPath("FFMpeg", ffOptions ?? Current);
+
+        public static string GetFFProbeBinaryPath(FFOptions? ffOptions = null) => GetFFBinaryPath("FFProbe", ffOptions ?? Current);
+
+        private static string GetFFBinaryPath(string name, FFOptions ffOptions)
+        {
+            var ffName = name.ToLowerInvariant();
+            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+                ffName += ".exe";
+
+            var target = Environment.Is64BitProcess ? "x64" : "x86";
+            if (Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(ffOptions.BinaryFolder, target)))
+                ffName = Path.Combine(target, ffName);
+
+            return Path.Combine(ffOptions.BinaryFolder, ffName);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFMpegHelper.cs b/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFMpegHelper.cs
index 676f6d3..12e52c3 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFMpegHelper.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFMpegHelper.cs
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ public static void ExtensionExceptionCheck(string filename, string extension)
 
         public static void RootExceptionCheck()
         {
-            if (FFMpegOptions.Options.RootDirectory == null)
-                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Dependency,
-                    "FFMpeg root is not configured in app config. Missing key 'ffmpegRoot'.");
+            if (GlobalFFOptions.Current.BinaryFolder == null)
+                throw new FFOptionsException("FFMpeg root is not configured in app config. Missing key 'BinaryFolder'.");
         }
         
-        public static void VerifyFFMpegExists()
+        public static void VerifyFFMpegExists(FFOptions ffMpegOptions)
         {
             if (_ffmpegVerified) return;
-            var (exitCode, _) = Instance.Finish(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFMpegBinary(), "-version");
+            var (exitCode, _) = Instance.Finish(GlobalFFOptions.GetFFMpegBinaryPath(ffMpegOptions), "-version");
             _ffmpegVerified = exitCode == 0;
-            if (!_ffmpegVerified) throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Operation, "ffmpeg was not found on your system");
+            if (!_ffmpegVerified) 
+                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Operation, "ffmpeg was not found on your system");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFProbeHelper.cs b/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFProbeHelper.cs
index 1e833e0..d0064e4 100644
--- a/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFProbeHelper.cs
+++ b/FFMpegCore/Helpers/FFProbeHelper.cs
@@ -20,18 +20,17 @@ public static int Gcd(int first, int second)
 
         public static void RootExceptionCheck()
         {
-            if (FFMpegOptions.Options.RootDirectory == null)
-                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Dependency,
-                    "FFProbe root is not configured in app config. Missing key 'ffmpegRoot'.");
-            
+            if (GlobalFFOptions.Current.BinaryFolder == null)
+                throw new FFOptionsException("FFProbe root is not configured in app config. Missing key 'BinaryFolder'.");
         }
         
-        public static void VerifyFFProbeExists()
+        public static void VerifyFFProbeExists(FFOptions ffMpegOptions)
         {
             if (_ffprobeVerified) return;
-            var (exitCode, _) = Instance.Finish(FFMpegOptions.Options.FFProbeBinary(), "-version");
+            var (exitCode, _) = Instance.Finish(GlobalFFOptions.GetFFProbeBinaryPath(ffMpegOptions), "-version");
             _ffprobeVerified = exitCode == 0;
-            if (!_ffprobeVerified) throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Operation, "ffprobe was not found on your system");
+            if (!_ffprobeVerified) 
+                throw new FFMpegException(FFMpegExceptionType.Operation, "ffprobe was not found on your system");
         }
     }
 }