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... A. 2.1.0 resulted in known behavior - loading timer (fast blink), then nothing on screen. Logs: 20:57:11: Audacity 2.1.0 20:57:11: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 20:57:11: mLibAVFormatPath ('/Users/maurits/Downloads/ffmpeg-mac-2/libavformat.55.dylib') is not empty. Loading from it. 20:57:11: ...

... open a whole bunch of formats into a waveform, as it follows from recent discussions on this forum. It could be a problem with Audacity and not FFmpeg 2.2.2. No, it's a problem with FFmpeg 2.2.2. Here is the result when I attempt to decode a 24-bit lossless WMA to a WAV file on Windows using ...

... The problem we have in 2.1.0 where files don't import relates to the QuickTime importer, which imports MPEG-4 audio, not WMA. See Audacity 2.1.0: FFmpeg required for MP4/M4A/MOV/ALAC import . FFmpeg should automatically take WMA files but as you can see from the log, there is a codec error 15027, ...

... The problem we have in 2.1.0 where files don't import relates to the QuickTime importer, which imports MPEG-4 audio, not WMA. See Audacity 2.1.0: FFmpeg required for MP4/M4A/MOV/ALAC import . FFmpeg should automatically take WMA files but as you can see from the log, there is a codec error 15027, ...

I think that you FFmpeg install went wrong, or you found some bug. 15:00:43: Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libmp3lame.dylib, 1): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libmp3lame.dylib: ...

I think that you FFmpeg install went wrong, or you found some bug. 15:00:43: Error: dlopen(/Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libmp3lame.dylib, 1): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Application Support/audacity/libs/libmp3lame.dylib: ...

... log. The problem is, I do not see its waveform in the window. I even tried to resize the window 13:30:30: Audacity 2.1.0 13:30:30: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 13:30:30: mLibAVFormatPath ('/Users/maurits/Downloads/ffmpeg-mac-2/libavformat.55.dylib') is not empty. Loading from it. 13:30:30: ...

Hi All! I installed the newest A. v 2.1 to the system Applications, made sure I have FFmpeg 2.2.2 installed (and known to A. - I checked Preferences/Library, clicked on Locate under FFmpeg-tab and saw Success! message), and tried to open large 400MB .wma file. The ...

If you are certain that is a "sound" file, I think it's a sample, not midi. Samples are digital audio, not midi data. I think ffmpeg knows that format, so Audacity should be able to import it.

If it is video, VLC should be able to read it.

kozikowski wrote:I don't see those settings in normal Audacity Export, so you probably need the FFMpeg software.

FFmpeg is not required. See http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49#p274349.


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