Audacity Forum

It won't happen any time soon for dynamic loading in Libraries Preferences. We don't have developers right now with that specific expertise.

If you are only worried about exporting, use command-line export and point Audacity to your 3.3.1 FFmpeg.exe.


Gale

I already have the latest FFmpeg on my computer, which is 3.3.1. However, it seems Audacity is not happy with it and keeps asking for 2.2.2. It would be nice if we could use the latest version of FFmpeg

You can't use the latest (git) FFmpeg with Audacity on Windows to import DSF files. The latest version you can use to import files is FFmpeg 2.3. FFmpeg 2.2.2 from http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown ...

You can't use the latest (git) FFmpeg with Audacity on Windows to import DSF files. The latest version you can use to import files is FFmpeg 2.3. FFmpeg 2.2.2 from http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown ...

... experts, I've made a video with the audio recorded in FLAC. The total file size, including video, is 29.6 MB. The entire thing is done with ffmpeg. By opening the video file in Audacity, the FLAC track is automatically extracted. Nice! If I immediately export the track to FLAC, the file ...

... Audacity with "dynamic loading" disabled. What that means in practice is that if you have enabled "restricted" software, then FFmpeg and LAME should be installed and available automatically. If "restricted" software is disabled, then FFmpeg and LAME will not be available. ...

... players, perhaps you should contact TapeACall support. We don't make that product. If you think other players can play the file, then install the FFmpeg Import/Export Library and try to import the file into Audacity again. Gale

6:48:41 AM: Audacity 2.1.0 6:48:41 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 6:48:41 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 6:48:41 AM: Looking up PATH environment variable... 6:48:41 AM: PATH = 'C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program ...

... the YouTube video (use your favourite search engine to find out how). You need that permission to record the video sound in any case. Install FFmpeg then drag the video into Audacity. Now you can record guitar into a separate track. Set Transport > Overdub on in Audacity, Transport > Software ...

Just to confirm, on Windows 10, FFmpeg 2.2.2 cannot read the file. The most recent nightly, ffmpeg-20170601, from the command line, can convert the file. The command I used, from the location of ffmpeg.exe ./ffmpeg.exe -i "input file" ...