Detected 497 missing audio data (.au) files

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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Can someone please help? I’m completely unsure where to go from here.Here are some of the log details:

13:06:07: Audacity 2.2.1
13:06:07: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
13:06:07: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, '/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Checking for monolithic avformat from '/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libavformat.55.dylib, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avutil from ''.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(.bundle, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avcodec from ''.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(.bundle, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avformat from '/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libavformat.55.dylib, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
13:06:07: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from legacy path, '/usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Checking for monolithic avformat from '/usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.55.dylib, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avutil from ''.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(.bundle, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avcodec from ''.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(.bundle, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avformat from '/usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.55.dylib, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
13:06:07: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(libavformat.55.dylib, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avutil from ''.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(.bundle, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avcodec from ''.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(.bundle, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Loading avformat from 'libavformat.55.dylib'.
13:06:07: Error: dlopen(libavformat.55.dylib, 1): image not found
13:06:07: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
13:06:07: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.
13:06:13: Error: can't open file '/Users/andrewdalhouse/Dropbox/Football Debate Room/podcasts/6/FDR6_data/e00/d03/e000356c.au' (error 2: No such file or directory)
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Which three-number Audacity version are you using?

Audacity > About…

Koz

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2.2.1

4

Audacity requires that the .aup file (for example, MyProject.aup) and the associated data folder (for example, MyProject_data) be in the same folder/directory.

From the log message it looks like the folder “FDR6_data” has been moved, or the file “FDR6.aup” has been moved. Get those two items (the file and the folder) together in the same folder and you may be able to recover your project.

Also, please read this page in the manual.

– Bill

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Audacity 2.2.1 can create a damaged project if you already had a Project and you wrote over it with Save As: instead of Save:.

That’s why Audacity 2.2.2 was posted.

https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/

Koz