Audacity Forum

I've installed FFmpeg 2.2.2 and I went to preferences > libraries > locate and it automatically looked in the right folder and found it so I clicked OK. Afterwards the FFmpeg Library Version still said: FFmpeg library not found Hopefully ...

... and install the optional LAME MP3 encoder. And, if you want to open or save a wide variety of audio formats, download and install the optional FFmpeg Import/Export library.

... plug-ins (use your preferred search engine to find one). In most cases this will download the video (pictures and audio), but if you install FFmpeg you can import the audio from the video file using "File menu > Import > Audio". If you are using Ubuntu or Mint, you probably already ...

... plug-ins (use your preferred search engine to find one). In most cases this will download the video (pictures and audio), but if you install FFmpeg you can import the audio from the video file using "File menu > Import > Audio". If you are using Ubuntu or Mint, you probably already ...

... will sound dull. Also you can download video or audio files from many popular sites. Use you favourite search engine to find out how. Then install FFmpeg and import the downloaded audio or video file into Audacity. If it's a video file, Audacity will extract the audio from the video. At that point ...

If it is not stating the obvious you need to download FFmpeg 2.2.2 to import WMA files. If you previously had Audacity 2.0.5 or earlier, Audacity 2.1.2 will not work with the older FFmpeg 0.6.2 that 2.0.5 used.

Any unencrypted WMA files should then import, except 24-bit WMA Lossless.


Gale

... Use the LATEST version of Audacity. I know, I will upgrade when I"m happy 2.1.2 is ok, and I've finished this book. Make sure you install ffmpeg and ACXCheck plugin and the Lame (MP3) add ons if you don't have them already. Enable all your plugins, even though you really only need about ...

... Use the video recording software that comes with the product (or other video recording software) to record a video with audio only. Then install FFmpeg and drag the "video" into Audacity. Better still, get a USB interface meant for audio or phono recording: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recommended_sound_devices#USB_Interfaces ...

... exactly what happens, you have to use the tools that Apple give you. Not having the time to fiddle around and find al the plugins and the ffmpeg and mp3 things was well, I deleted it, and Restored from backup, the original Audacity folder. Which fortunately came up and worked again. So ...

steve wrote:Audacity can sometimes be coaxed into using newer versions of ffmpeg by configuring Audacity with the --disable-dynamic-loading option.

True, but FFmpeg has never worked properly for me in Audacity when I tried that on Ubuntu 15.x.


Gale