I’m currently on a Mac OS X version 10.9.5 and using Audacity 2.1.3
I’d like to export an audio file to M4A and have:
1.downloaded ‘ffmpeg-mac-2.2.2.zip’
2.extracted the files onto a recognisable file on my desktop
3.opened Preferences and Library
4.browsed and found the file
5.selected ‘libavcodec.55.dylib’ and opened it
BUT when I go back to try to export, the same reconfiguration message appears.
I’m not the installer whiz, but somehow I did this over four different computers and it worked every time. Which instructions did you follow? Typically, the Lame software is the magic one, the software you need to make an MP3 sound file.
Following up on my earlier post. If you use the DMG installer, it will install the FFmpeg files in
/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs
which is where Audacity automatically looks for the files.
You should only use the ZIP file if the DMG install fails. When using the ZIP file, you need to install all of the .dylib files into the same folder somewhere.
Also note that, in the instructions for manually locating the FFmpeg files through the Directory Preferences in Audacity, you need to select “libavformat.55.dylib”, not “libavcodec.55.dylib” as you noted in your post. Finally, after you have located and opened libavformat.55.dylib, that Audacity Devices Preferences shows the FFmpeg version number instead of “FFmpeg library not found”.