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I just tried copying the DLL and EXE files from ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.zip to C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity and that seems to work. I see the version numbers under Preferences\Libraries and I can import a MP4 file. Super. There's nothing wrong with ...

We use CrowdStrike, but I do not have any control over that. I just tried copying the DLL and EXE files from ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.zip to C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity and that seems to work. I see the version numbers under Preferences\Libraries and I can import a MP4 file. audacity.cfg ...

If you don't already have a work-around, try converting/extracting the audio to WAV or FLAC with TAudioConverter or Kabuu Audio Converter.

Do you have any security products installed that could be interfering?

... file on your computer you can directly open the file to get the audio without re-recording it. (For most A/V formats you'll need to install FFmpeg. Simply download and then RUN ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe to install it.)

... It was working fine. Then something changed. I tried reinstalling using the installer and I also tried the zip file. I have deleted the extracted FFmpeg folder. Neither work. I have never had trouble with FFmpeg for Audacity until now. @steve: No, this occurred with Windows 1909. The last program ...

... next version of Audacity (which I'm expecting will be released early next year). To work around the problem in Audacity 2.4.2, you need to have "FFmpeg for Audacity" installed. If you don't already have it installed, follow the instructions here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_ffmpeg_for_mac.html ...

Audacity will open many different filetypes directly by installing the FFMpeg software. Scroll down. https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ the guest on a Zoom call. And get Zoom to record it? What was the turn-around time from the end of the performance? ...

I have tried using the zip version of FFmpeg for Audacity. Just so we're clear, did you try running the installer first? I've never had trouble with simply downloading and running ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe. And, just within the last couple of weeks ...

This is what I get with Audacity 2.4.2 and FFmpeg 2.2.2 19:41:31: Audacity 2.4.2 19:41:31: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 19:41:31: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-55.dll'. ...