Audacity Forum

... it can contain various audio codecs. Most likely Supernote uses a lossy codec for small file size and puts that in the AIFF file. Try installing FFmpeg then see if Audacity will import the file. If that does not help, download "MediaInfo" from http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en/Download/Windows ...

... help. If you are using Audacity supplied by us http://audacityteam.org/download/ then choosing to export as MP3 would not trigger a message about FFmpeg. It would trigger a message about LAME if LAME was not installed. Gale

I ran exhaustive virus scan and got no hits. Still no idea of the source of my difficulties. So I saved my files, then uninstalled and re-installed Audacity. Problem still there. went to http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Lame_installation#Windows_Instructions and found detailed instructio...

You can easily do that by accident. I exported and delivered an MP3 by accident when the client required a WAV file. MP3 exporting requires extra software not included with Audacity. If the software was missing, I would have gotten an error message, too.

Koz

skinjohn wrote:After exporting files for years, including just hours before, without changing preset preferences, suddenly I get "Properly configured FFmpeg is required to proceed." What happened?

You chose a format that requires FFmpeg .


Gale

... about recording streaming audio, please start a new topic so as to avoid confusion. This is exactly what happened back in the day when a separate ffmpeg file was necessary, and I had to re-download the ffmpeg file. FFmpeg is still not included in Audacity (due to possible "intellectual property" ...

... When I monitor input there's a brief hint of activity, then flatlining--nothing. This is exactly what happened back in the day when a separate ffmpeg file was necessary, and I had to re-download the ffmpeg file. I was recording fr/ VLC player, so I updated it. Same result. Tried fr/ Alt Real. ...

Did you immediately run the exhaustive version of your virus tester?

The other thing that happens when people have your exact symptoms is their hard drive started to fill up.

"...and now suddenly nothing works right."

Koz

After exporting files for years, including just hours before, without changing preset preferences, suddenly I get "Properly configured FFmpeg is required to proceed." What happened?

08:07:07: Audacity 2.0.5 8:07:08 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 8:07:08 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-52.dll'. 8:07:08 AM: Looking up PATH environment variable... 8:07:08 AM: PATH = 'C:Program ...