Audacity Forum

... mac the sound comes in at 00:15:03:10 when I open VOB_01_01 in Audacity 2.0.3 the sound comes in at 00:14:49:00 (NTSC drop frames) Audacity uses FFmpeg (if available) to import audio from VOB files. FFmpeg extracts the audio stream and passes it to Audacity. Is there any guarantee that the audio ...

You didn't mention the special FFMpeg software add-on. Do you have the latest one compatible with Audacity 2.1.3? Koz Oh yes, I have the FFMpeg library installed. Audacity is not much use to me without it. It is definitely needed to open ...

You didn't mention the special FFMpeg software add-on. Do you have the latest one compatible with Audacity 2.1.3? Native Audacity will only open a relatively small list of files, but if you install FFMpeg, the list grows a lot. Audacity ...

What has happened? 09:58:35: Audacity 2.2.0-alpha-Jul 14 2017 09:58:35: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 09:58:35: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 09:58:35: Looking up PATH environment variable... 09:58:35: PATH ...

You may be in the wrong Audacity. You can get Audacity 2.1.3 from here and then install the FFMpeg add-on software (scroll down). http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ When you get that far, File > Export Audio > File Type: Custom FFMpeg Export > Open Custom FFMpeg ...

If you add the FFMpeg software to Audacity, it will open up many videos directly—or at least the audio part of the video. Scroll down to the additional software. http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ Then you can try Audacity ...

... I'll shut down when I can to test it out. Sounds like CleanMyMac destroyed the OS somehow. I've seen that happen before. Maybe it deleted parts of ffmpeg? The CleanMyMac Refresh was after the problems developed - an effort to fix them. Nothing has changed for better or worse since I ran that.

Sounds like CleanMyMac destroyed the OS somehow. I've seen that happen before. Maybe it deleted parts of ffmpeg? You didn't uninstall VLC with CleanMyMac? Or any other audio apps? Either you install software and check before installing if an uninstaller is available and needed, ...

... commands: mkdir build cd build mkdir "Portable Settings" Configure: ../configure --with-lib-preference="local system" --with-ffmpeg=system and build make If your computer has multiple cores, building can be made quicker by adding the "-j" ("jobs") switch ...

... can stay in WAV. If you have to compress for space considerations, you can use Apple AAC (M4A) format. Audacity can create those if you have the FFMpeg software installed Koz