Audacity Forum

In Pinnacle saves your work in a wacky format, you may need to install the FFMpeg software package to open it. FFMpeg's job is to expand Audacity's list of accepted formats.

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Koz

The current release is 2.1.2 http://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ That's also the page to download and install Lame and FFMpeg. You need FFMpeg if you want to manage a large variety of different sound and video files. Audacity won't do that by itself. You need Lame to make an MP3 ...

... SeekLongPeriod=15 Duplex=1 SWPlaythrough=0 LatencyDuration=100 LatencyCorrection=-130 SoundActivatedRecord=0 SilenceLevel=-50 PlaybackSource= [FFmpeg] Enabled=1 [GUI] ShowSplashScreen=0 DefaultViewModeNew=0 ErgonomicTransportButtons=1 EnvdBRange=60 Help=Local BeepOnCompletion=0 ShowTrackNameInWaveform=0 ...

... 192 kHz with 8 channels. I don't think it is technically possible, even. That's why I believe consumer devices don't support multi-channel audio. ffmpeg can encode AC3, I think, but I have no clue how or if this is implemented in Audacity. On Windows, Audacity with FFmpeg 2.2.2 can export up to ...

... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Audio.2Fvideo and other references. It may be true that multi-channel is not a mandatory part of the standard. ffmpeg can encode AC3, I think, but I have no clue how or if this is implemented in Audacity. On Windows, Audacity with FFmpeg 2.2.2 can export up to ...

... to an AC3 stream. There is a DirectShow AC3 encoder for Windows, but it's gone in Win 10. Besides, it only encodes stereo, so it's of no use. ffmpeg can encode AC3, I think, but I have no clue how or if this is implemented in Audacity. My Audacity grinds to a halt when I open two windows and ...

... http://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ . That version can drag in audio files. Note that to import some file types such as AC3 you must add the FFmpeg library to your computer. Please see http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#macff . Gale

I can concur with Gale that when I have file type set on import to FFMPEG Compatible files on Windows it imports it only as 16-bit. When I change this to "All files" it goes to 32-bit float on import. It definitely seems to be an issue with Windows ...

... the "Files of type" filter in the import window as "MP3 Files", and the MP3 imports as 32-bit float. Set the filter to "FFmpeg-compatible files" and the MP3 imports as 16-bit. That doesn't happen here. I get 32-bit float tracks in Audacity when importing MP3s regardless ...

... the "Files of type" filter in the import window as "MP3 Files", and the MP3 imports as 32-bit float. Set the filter to "FFmpeg-compatible files" and the MP3 imports as 16-bit. That doesn't happen here. I get 32-bit float tracks in Audacity when importing MP3s regardless ...