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... Audacity default is 32-bit float storage, and assuming any imported files are imported at 32-bit resolution per that default. When importing using FFmpeg some formats are only imported at 16-bit. Gale So this doesn't apply to exporting 32 bit to either 32 bit or 24 bit?

... Audacity default is 32-bit float storage, and assuming any imported files are imported at 32-bit resolution per that default. When importing using FFmpeg some formats are only imported at 16-bit. Gale

I'm recording audio from a music video I downloaded from YouTube using the "FFmpeg Import/Export Library". It's an old song by Bob Dylan that was originally recorded in mono but YouTube has it as two identical stereo channels. Perhaps this is the issue ...

Looks like a complete re-install of Audacity over the top of the existing one has worked, it now sees FFmpeg.

I've already done all that. Re-installed both via the exe install and the zip extract. Running audacity as administrator (right click and RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR) gives the same error. Also all the inherited groups access to the folder have full control, I even added the everyone group with full contro...

Log in as an administrator. To be on the safe side, reinstall FFmpeg from http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown to "C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\". Open File Explorer. Right-click over the ...

... where the QuickTime importer problem is fixed. If 2.1.1 still cannot import the file for whatever reason, you could try installing FFmpeg from http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#macff . MediaInfo will show you technical details of what the audio ...

... posts about this issue but the solution doesn't work for me. My Audacity log shows this: 09:24:31 PM: Audacity 2.0.6 09:24:31 PM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 09:24:31 PM: mLibAVFormatPath ('C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-55.dll') is not empty. Loading from it. 09:24:31 ...

... an extension that downloads the video itself (do not add an extension that converts the video to MP3 audio because that loses quality). Then add FFmpeg to your computer as per http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown . Drag the downloaded video into Audacity ...

I went through everyone's suggestions, and when Steve asked if I'd downloaded the correct version of FFmpeg (I had), I decided to re-download and re-install it just to make sure. That seems to have fixed the issue. I've successfully imported MP4 audio in single tracks from ...