Audacity Forum

So is the option to set the "quality" for M4A files non-functional Yes. It's a limitation (bug) in the FFmpeg build, as described in the Audacity 2.0.6 release notes: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Release_Notes_2.0.6#Imports_and_Exports M4A (AAC) exports: The Quality ...

When saving a file as an M4A (AAC), the FFMpeg plugin for Audacity does not offer audio quality settings in terms of bitrate; instead, it offers a "Quality" scale, ranging from 10 to 500. After editing an AAC file with a CBR of 256 ...

... in the original quality. Use your favourite search engine to find out how. If you want to edit the audio in Audacity, download the video, install FFmpeg , then drag the downloaded video file into Audacity. The audio will then appear in the Audacity waveform. My OS is a Window 7. I've read several ...

I installed FFmpeg/LAME and still can't open any of my wav files with Audacity 2.0.5 LAME is only for exporting MP3. If you get a message that the file is not recognised, then please provide the MediaInfo output for the file or ...

I installed FFmpeg/LAME and still can't open any of my wav files with Audacity 2.0.5

Thanks for your assistance.

All the best,
Deb

Thanks, after installing FFMpeg software I was able to import and open what now appears to be the recordings of the professor's lecture. But the sound is super high-speed, not human speech. When I reduce the playback speed it deepens ...

You can install the FFMpeg software to let Audacity recognize many more different sound file types than Audacity alone.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... tml#ffdown

Koz

... You will be asked to confirm that you want to reset preferences when you run the new version for the first time. Please note that if you use FFmpeg (which extends the range of supported audio formats), then that has been updated, so you will need to also download and install the new version ...

... holders' permission to record, download the video or audio instead. Search online for how to do that. In the case of downloaded video, install FFmpeg then you can drag the video into Audacity and it will extract the audio for you. Gale

"you can download the videos if you search online how to do that" Are we allowed to say that there are "Add-Ons" available for Firefox for downloading videos? If not, please delete this post. Others have said it if you or I haven't, so yes. It's "allowed". But of cours...