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... I export as OGG. Any idea what might be going wrong, or how I might be able to fix this? Thanks! Audacity 2.1.3 on MacOS 10.13.6. LAME 3.99.5 and FFmpeg F(55.33.100),C(55.52.102),U(52.66.100).

... halted/crashed many times and I had to recover the project. These were the messages I received: 0:12:06: Audacity 2.1.3 20:12:06: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 20:12:06: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 20:12:06: Looking up PATH environment ...

... Help file, and having discussion in the User Forum. I've learned it over 3 – 4 years period, and some years before with earlier versions. If the FFmpeg subroutine is unpacked and Audacity linked to it, you can simply Drag 'n Drop MP4 video files from Windows File Explorer into Audacity and it ...

... files? On the website "About > Features > Export and Import" it says: Import and export AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC) and WMA with the optional FFmpeg library (this also supports import of audio from video files). In the " Getting Started " guide in the manual (Getting Started > Learn ...

... Open with > Audacity. Would it be possible to enhance this to operate from the first level, instead of having to drill down to it? Please? (As for FFmpeg, I don't know if or when I might have added this (as a plugin?) -- I've used it for years!) Thank you for your interest and your answers. God ...

... Editing and processing is applied to the audio data in the project, and then the audio data may be exported as a new audio file. If you have FFmpeg installed for Audacity (which you clearly have), then Audacity can import and export many additional file types. See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown

... I have the version 2.1.1 for Windows. If I deleted the Portable Settings folder that I created, and I completely deleted plug-ins, LAME and FFmpeg that I added, it will became the same as a new one, isn't it?

... However, when I try to import the files, Audacity says it doesn't recognize the format, and recommends I install ffmpeg. Doing so has no effect. I've also tried Audacity Recovery Utility, which spits out some weird error upon trying to recover the files: Traceback ...

... I click on the 'Graphics' button, it immediately crashes. I've attached the Audacity debug report .zip file. For context: On Friday, I downloaded FFmpeg and LAME from here: https://lame.buanzo.org/#lameosxdl and didn't have a problem with the Equalization effect before doing that. Might well be ...

LOL, thanks koz....
It's so strange isn't it? Why isn't it easy?
ok perhaps I will look into ffmpeg