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MP4 is a container format. The actual codecs used to encode the "audio / video / other" data could be almost anything (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14). FFmpeg appears to be loading correctly, but is unable to extract valid audio data from that file. That could be due to the e...

Try copying or moving the file to a "normal" storage location before attempting to import / open it in Audacity. In the dropbox folder it may still be updating.

But I think it should be possible to solve that 'accessing of tracks one at a time' problem by just searching through a track until you hit the next sequential label number Nyquist cannot (directly) read label tracks. In the next version of Audacity (2.3.0), Nyquist has, with some constraints, acce...

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One thing I'd like to know first, though. I was used to the windows version, and that did not have significant delays other than a bit at first start-up. Are those normal under Linux, or are they the symptom of something being not happy? The machine locks up for 10+ seconds, ouse pointer won't move...

September 26th, 2018: Release Candidate for Audacity 2.3.0 available As the release of Audacity 2.3.0 draws nearer, a Release Candidate build is now available for testing for Windows, Mac and GNU/Linux. Please visit https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-devel.html/ to download. A summary of new features ...

Check that the sample rate for your sound card (look in the Windows Sound Control Panel) matches the "Project Rate" in Audacity (lower left corner of the main Audacity window.
The default project rate may be set in Preferences: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/qua ... ences.html

and here is the step by step guide: viewtopic.php?p=354753#p354753

Official documentation may be found in these links:
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/bl ... /build.txt
https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux

IMPORTANT: THERE IS A BUG IN AUDACITY 2.3.0 THAT CAUSES AUDACITY TO CRASH WHEN EFFECTS WITH REAL-TIME PREVIEW ARE APPLIED. AUDACITY 2.3.0 IS THEREFORE NOT RECOMMENDED FOR LINUX. The official build instructions for Linux may be found here: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/blob/master/linux/build...

So you are recording with your webcam so that you can use its built-in mic, is that right?
What happens if you record the webcam with a webcam recording app (such as guvcview)?