Audacity Forum

... is NOT required, omit the "--with-mod-script-pipe" option: ../configure --with-lib-preference="local system" --with-ffmpeg="system" --disable-dynamic-loading --with-mod-script-pipe Build Audacity. If your computer has more than one core, use the "-j" ...

... uses Lame 3.99.5 on the same setup and that exports MP3s correctly. So I'm guessing Lame64bit needs a full 64bit system? Not experimented with FFmpeg yet. Some of the crash gubbins: Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP) Exception Codes: ...

... mixing options" (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/advanced_mixing_options.html) For AC3 encoding, you will need to have FFmpeg installed (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown) That's the basic idea anyway. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.1_surround_sound

... to convert MP3 music files to MIDI files to play through a Casio WK8000 keyboard. I have a Windows 10 system. I installed the lame-enc and the ffmpeg files. When I open the MP3 file and try to Export Audio using the "Other uncompressed file/ SDS option" I get an error message the ...

According to your screenshots the FFmpeg libraries have not be installed in your libs folder. Also according to your screenshots, Audacity is asking you for the location of the LAME library. Follow the instructions here , downloading the 32-bit ...

Anybody able to help?

If you are running Audacity 2.3.1 you need the 64-bit versions of the FFmpeg libraries. We recommend using the PKG installer, which puts the libraries in the right place for you. On startup Audacity should then automatically locate and load the FFmpeg libraries.
-- Bill

Hello, I seem to be having the same issue--except that my screenshot, instead of showing me directing Audacity to locate the FFmpeg in the Downloads folder, would show it in the Application Support/audacity/libs folder, where I think it should be, right? I select it and click Open, and ...

On Windows, Audacity 2.3.1 uses the same versions of LAME and FFmpeg as Audacity 2.3.0. If LAME and FFmpeg work with Audacity 2.3.0, then no need to update them.
(This is NOT the case for Mac users).

In the shift from version 2.3.0 to 2.3.1 it is unclear to me if one needs to update the FFmpeg, LAME, or other plug-in files. Can someone authoritatively inform me if such an update is needed and where I can locate the new download files? Thanks.

Mark Lee