Audacity Forum

... ... Media player plays it straight away but Audacity would not recognise it ... If it's not a WAV file you may need to install something called FFmpeg into Audacity to play it ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#[u]How_do_I_download_and_install_the_FFmpeg_Import.2FExport_Library.[/u]3F ...

... . I would also be surprised if a camera recorded a WAV file. You can extend Audacity's abilities to open many other file types by adding the FFMpeg software. http://audacityteam.org/download/windows Koz

... the stereo system? Can you turn the noise cancelling off? If your only known good songs are M4A, then you can import them into Audacity by adding FFmpeg to your computer. I would strongly recommend you try that. This should satisfy you that it is not an Audacity issue. Then do as Doug suggests ...

What kind of file? No error messages?

If it's anything other than a WAV or MP3, you might need to install the FFMPEG import/export library.

... the yellow Stop button. See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_editing.html#grayed . The missing DLL's are not a problem, but if you install FFmpeg it will let you import and export more audio formats. See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#foreign . However ...

... I wonder if it's the dll that seems to be missing in the log-file? Please advise, Jacquelien 19:41:34: Audacity 2.1.1 19:41:34: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 19:41:34: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 19:41:34: Looking up PATH environment ...

... or dialog channels, and up to 16 data streams. The maximum number of AAC channels Audacity can encode is six with the "M4A (AAC) Files (FFmpeg)" choice. That is a limitation in FFmpeg 2.2.x (which is the latest FFmpeg version that can be used with that export choice). If you export ...

... USB keyboard with a built-in hard drive? Are you sure you are exporting to that drive? Can you export somewhere else? You can export as MP3 using FFmpeg, but I doubt it will help. Choose "Custom FFmpeg export" when you export then choose "MP3" from the "Formats" list ...

... has the same problem. Check how much RAM your machine is reading. You might have had some go down. What other encoders are out there? I tried the FFmpeg one but I couldn't figure out how to actually use it. I suspect it might have something to do with the encoder.

... .AIFF-C audio file, static starts at 1min50sec . Audio file length 25min30sec. Audacity does not export as compressed AIFF unless you chose Custom FFmpeg Export when you exported. Is that what you did? In what app are you playing the exported file, using exactly what playback device? If you import ...