Audacity Forum

... It may also be easier to get gapless playback with M4A. There were some "quirks" recently with iTunes and M4As (made with Audacity/FFmpeg). See this thread . And, there are some "difficulties" setting the bitrate with FFmpeg. (I don't remember the details at the moment, ...

... other MP3 files? Do you have any "known good" music MP3s? It's probably not really an MP3 file but you can open most audio files with FFmpeg installed. Audacity can open MP3s "out of the box" with no additional CODECs. Older versions of Audacity needed LAME if you wanted ...

... open .mp3 files. Error occurs on Lenovo laptop running Windows 10. (However, the same files open in a Windows 7 computer running Audacity 2.10). FFmpeg is installed per the second screenshot, yet I still get the error message and cannot open the mp3 files. FFmpeg_confirm.PNG

... to show you filename extensions and the revelations will probably show that you really have MyVoice.m4a or other format. If you install the FFMpeg software into Audacity, it will open up many, many different types of sound files. I think it's this one.... https://lame.buanzo.org/ Koz

I think you're building a terrific case that what you think are WAV and MP3 files are not. Your displays are clear that FFMpeg is not running and will not load. That usually peels off exotic sound formats other than WAV and MP3. Audacity will cheerfully open both of those with no outside ...

... I would appreciate any other options to get this program functioning. Audacity log file below: 16:40:26: Audacity 2.3.1 16:40:26: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 16:40:26: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 16:40:26: Looking up PATH environment ...

What's the file format? Does it play in Windows Media Player? Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Libraries. If FFmpeg is installed you should see something like "FFmpeg Library Version F(55.33.100), C(55.52.102), U(52.56.100)" Then it says,or do RAW files RAW only works ...

I,clicked on a song in my PC.It,says cannot recognize it.Download FFmpeg(i already have it) Then it says,or do RAW files.It,is very distorted.Yesterday,I played a WAV file,it worked. Not,sure how to do anything>Iv'e been reading infro page. Pat

... record button,doesn't do anything Make sure you've selected the correct Recording Device (the microphone built-into your laptop?). I,also have FFMpeg extracted. Good, but you may not need it. FFmpeg is needed to open or export certain formats.

Audacity 2.2.3 New,user today. I,have tested mic,it works.I,wanted to play backround music,of mine.I,had to download FFMpeg.It plays,but distorted.Other song too fast. Iam,going to record my voice to backround music. Also,pressing record,says error