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I installed a compatible FFmpeg library in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\FFmpeg for Audacity' directory. But this doesn't appear in the PATH. I also went to edit Preferences in Audacity. I tried to change the directory for the ...

... the file to WAV or FLAC before opening in Audacity. Try Kabuu Audio Converter or TAudioConverter . Most of these free tools use the same FFmpeg encoders/decoders as VLC so there's a good chance that will work. VLC should also be able to do it but you'll have to look-up how. There is also ...

even though it says the FFmpeg directory is in the PATH FFmpeg may be in PATH if "any" version of FFmpeg is installed. For Audacity to be able to use FFmpeg, it requires a "compatible" version of FFmpeg to be installed. Note that FFmpeg ...

... 2.42 anew, started it up, tried to open a project, and got the same error message. Below is the error file. It looks like it's trying to find the FFmpeg libraries, but it can't even though it says the FFmpeg directory is in the PATH. Suggestions? Thanks 08:43:45: Audacity 2.4.2 08:43:45: Error: ...

... signal it will be worse. convert mp4 recordings into mp3, No! You should NOT convert from one lossy format to another. If you install the optional FFmpeg input/output library Audacity can open and "extract" the audio from your audio/video file. Then you can export to WAV (or AAC/MP4/M4A) before ...

... this is what I get. I have not seen anything on this forum to help with this. PLEASE help. 15:38:36: Audacity 2.1.3 15:38:36: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 15:38:36: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 15:38:36: Looking up PATH environment ...

... the debug report screen appears. I went to the log file, and here are the problems. HELP! 15:38:36: Audacity 2.1.3 15:38:36: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 15:38:36: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 15:38:36: Looking up PATH environment ...

I am not blaming audacity, or media monkey, or, now I can add FFmpeg to the list of links in the chain not to single out. It is clear to me that the metadata format is chaotic, and therefore unreliable, for the task of maintaining information through time. ...

Audacity needs: libwx_baseu-3.1.so libwx_baseu_net-3.1.so libwx_baseu_xml-3.1.so libwx_gtk2u_core-3.1.so libwx_gtk2u_html-3.1.so libwx_gtk2u_qa-3.1.so suil_x11.so suil_x11_in_gtk2.so suil_x11_in_gtk3.so The total size of these shared object files is about 14.3 MB. These are built automatically when ...

... correctly except for "Artist" and "Year". This is already logged on the Audacity issue tracker, but has been closed because the problem lies in FFmpeg rather than Audacity. https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1146