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Thanks, upon further examination, it seems I had the library pointed to the wrong file.

Now it shows FFmpeg Library Version F(55.33.100),U(52.66.100). Does that look right? It is working now for both MP4 and MP3 file imports.

13:57:23: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries. You don't have a compatible version of FFmpeg installed. If you installed FFmpeg for an older version of Audacity, it may be too old for the current version of Audacity, in which case ...

13:57:23: Audacity 2.4.2 13:57:23: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 13:57:23: mLibAVFormatPath ('C:\Users\Signol\Documents\Applications\Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe') is not empty. Loading from it. 13:57:23: Looking up PATH environment variable... ...

Look in "Edit menu > Preferences > Libraries".
Which version of FFmpeg does it say you have?

Sorry, normally I drag and drop my raw mp4 files into audacity. Now I get an error stating that it's "an advanced audio coding file. Without the optional FFMpeg library, audacity can not open this type of file.

There was a change that makes Audacity more picky about imperfect MP3s... They fixed one problem but then it turned-out that there are lots of "invalid" (but still working) MP3s floating-around....

Until that's "corrected" there is a work-around using FFmpeg.

Hi, first post. I've been editing our podcasts for a year and all of a sudden the first podcasts of 2021 and I can't get the music (mp3) files to load into audacity. I've tried reloading the Lame and FFMpeg libraries and nothing. HELP!!!

... One workaround (until the next release of Audacity is available), is to use the "file type" dropdown menu in the "Import Audio" dialog and select "FFmpeg compatible files" before selecting the MP3 file to import. (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/importing_audio.html#Using_the_file_type_dropdown_menu_in_the_Open_and_Import_Audio_Dialogs)That ...

Thanks. It works now

Look at your third screen-shot. That's the LAME library, not the FFmpeg library. Try again to install the FFmpeg library.
-- Bill