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... my original post and throughout my replies in this thread - using the "external program" option in the Export dialogue with the command ffmpeg -c:a copy - this copies the codec through to the output file, known as pass-through, which in the case of the PCM that Audacity was using resulted ...

is it truly impossible to use the latest version of FFmpeg with Audacity? No. Audacity could be updated to use a later version of FFmpeg, but from what I hear from some very experienced developers, it's a big and difficult job. Volunteers are welcome. ...

... despite the seemingly small number of changes I made to the data, exporting the finished product using the external command option and the command ffmpeg -i - -c:a copy "%f" (i.e. passing through the audio codec), the resulting audio file is a massive 3.3GB. More importantly, I can't ...

Kaos-Industries wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 21, 2019 7:20 pm

is it truly impossible to use the latest version of FFmpeg with Audacity?

No. Audacity could be updated to use a later version of FFmpeg, but from what I hear from some very experienced developers, it's a big and difficult job. Volunteers are welcome.

... get a surround option. You get a list of supported companies or services and they deal with surround. And you don't get any of that without the FFMpeg software install. Scroll down. https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ You can do surround all by yourself, but all you do in Audacity is ...

... this thread, I don't think it is clear what your actual question is. The direct answer to your question "Why won't Audacity let me use my own ffmpeg?" is, "because your other version of ffmpeg doesn't work with Audacity", but that's obvious. Going a little deeper, it's because ...

... despite the seemingly small number of changes I made to the data, exporting the finished product using the external command option and the command ffmpeg -i - -c:a copy "%f" (i.e. passing through the audio codec), the resulting audio file is a massive 3.3GB. More importantly, I can't ...

... is a bug or whether the feature just doesn't exist, but Audacity doesn't allow me the option of using my own local, up-to-date installation of FFmpeg (which is in my PATH) unless I rename or delete the "FFmpeg for Audacity" folder from Program Files (I'm using Windows 7 , and Audacity ...

If you need something that requires redevelopment of the Audacity code, and it seems like that's what you're asking, we'll add you to Change Requests.

Koz

You can use your own FFMpeg through the File > Export system. File > Export > Export Audio > (external program) Select the program of your choice. Screen Shot 2019-02-20 at 18.41.21.png https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/exporting_to_an_external_program.html ...