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... or less) or upload it somewhere we can download it from. That way we can test it out and see if there is any action we can take. Note that adding FFmpeg won't help in itself if Audacity's MP3 importer is taking the file automatically and choking on it. You also have to use File > Import > Audio... ...

I am pretty sure it is an mp3. The properties say that it is an MP3 Format Sound (.mp3).
I also tried adding the FFmpeg software but nothing has changed.

... at the bottom of the dialog box. It's a good bet the file is not .mp3. You can get Audacity to open a lot of different file types by adding the FFmpeg software. Scroll down on this page. http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ Koz

Perhaps if you used File > Import > Audio... in Audacity then choose the "FFmpeg-compatible files" filter, the original AIFF file would import correctly. It works that way! "Or record another .aiff file not over 2 MB on your iPad and attach that, ...

... in AIFF files. When the file has ".aifc" extension (after "conversion" by QuickTime or rename in Finder) the log shows that FFmpeg (libav) takes the file. Perhaps if you used File > Import > Audio... in Audacity then choose the "FFmpeg-compatible files" filter, ...

... which version of Audacity you have. If you have the old 2.1.0 version, nothing happens when you import an AIFF file of any kind, unless you have FFmpeg, due to a bug. You can always look at Help > Show Log... top right of Audacity to see what importers tried to import the file. Moreover, I manually ...

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 ...

I have Audacity 2.1.2, with FFMpeg latest installed with Audacity pointing to it on Windows 7 Pro 64bit. However I can't open my DSF files from NativeDSD. Tried importing Audio, but that didn't work. Also tried RAW but I can't get any combination ...

Effect Leveller is unapplicable: 11:12:45: Audacity 2.1.3-alpha-Oct 4 2016 11:12:45: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 11:12:45: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 11:12:45: Looking up PATH environment variable... 11:12:45: ...

... last 2.1.3 alpha version. After attempting to apply effect Leveller appears: 18:58:28: Audacity 2.1.3-alpha-Oct 4 2016 18:58:28: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 18:58:28: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 18:58:28: Looking up PATH environment ...