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... wave) like some voice recorders use, that's still about 1650MB. So you either have a damaged WAV file, or it's not a WAV file. You can install the FFMpeg add-on software and Audacity will open up many more unusual sound formats. http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ Neither Audacity nor ...

... recorded by a MP3 player in .wav format. Again, it is not an uncompressed WAV. You could try renaming it as an MP3. If that does not work, install FFmpeg . Then use File > Import > Audio... . In the "Files of type" box, choose "FFmpeg-compatible files" which makes FFmpeg take ...

... delay must be occurring before "Audacity 2.1.2" is printed in the log, if that helps. 10:49:53: Audacity 2.1.2 10:49:53: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 10:49:53: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 10:49:53: Looking up PATH environment ...

... Here's a tutorial using the free Avidemux video-editor ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS1zl_SMRbk [* if you have FFmpeg installed in Audacity ].

... They both clocked in at a little over a minute. Here's a log from one of these measurements: 13:39:41: Audacity 2.1.2 13:39:41: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 13:39:41: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 13:39:41: Looking up PATH environment ...

... Protracker File . I guess Audacity has no support for it, right ? Change its extension to ".mod" (without quotes) then Audacity will use FFmpeg to import it. According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOD_(file_format) the samples are 8-bit PCM. Presumably the small file size is because ...

... ogg but I can't import the file in Audacity. VLC can play the file and tells me the following codec: Audio PCM S16 LE (araw) Stereo 44100 Hz 16bit FFMpeg is already installed and detected by Audacity. Do I miss something else to import the file into Audacity ? And I have to that I'm rather surprised ...

... malware. If you ever need to record the sound of a YouTube video, download the video (use your favourite search engine to find out how), install FFmpeg , then drag the videos into Audacity. Or record using Windows WASAPI loopback in Audacity: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html#wasapi ...

... anti-virus check on your computer, then install the current Audacity 2.1.2 release from our site: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows . FFmpeg is an optional library that lets Audacity import and export more audio formats. It does not seem that is relevant to your problem, especially ...

... for about 20 sec than stops, I am running windows 10 on a Alienware laptop. I checked the Audacity Logs and see this: 20:42:34: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-55.dll'. 20:42:34: Looking up PATH environment variable... ...