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... program the message would be that it had encountered a problem and would close. So...I updated Audacity to the latest verson. I installed Lame and FFmpeg and configured my preferences carefully following all the instructions. Did you install the currently recommended LAME from http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame ...

... the audio, but due to a limitation in the Ogg importer, Ogg files are imported as 16 bit. The same applies to importing compressed formats with FFMpeg. (see this section in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/quality_preferences.html#sampling). Ideally you should use a lossless ...

... program the message would be that it had encountered a problem and would close. So...I updated Audacity to the latest verson. I installed Lame and FFmpeg and configured my preferences carefully following all the instructions. I mainly record drama from the BBC iPlayer, then convert it to MP3 for ...

I just need to strip out the audio portion If you install ffmpeg, Audacity should be able to import the audio part of the video. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown Absolutely perfect. Still kinda mad at Microsoft ...

spacely wrote: I just need to strip out the audio portion

If you install ffmpeg, Audacity should be able to import the audio part of the video. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... tml#ffdown

As you are on Windows, I moved your post to the Windows board. Are you trying to export as WMA? If so you need to install FFmpeg following these instructions: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown . File > Import > Raw Data... is only for uncompressed ...

... inspiron laptop. I cannot seem to export the voice recording I made with the built in microphone on my computer. I keep getting message that the ffmpeg libraries not found error...or a window pops up saying "audacity cannot open the file due to patent restrictions. you need to convert it ...

... http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#linff that you may not be able to build Audacity against greater than FFmpeg 0.8. We hope to be supporting a later FFmpeg version in the Audacity version after next (2.0.6) but it depends on the developer time that is ...

You're missing the piece in the middle. Audacity will sometimes open the audio track from a video by adding the FFMpeg software, but we can't go backwards. Even if we do manage to make a terrific sound track in Audacity, you'll need a video editor to jam our audio and your video ...

... a lot. I changed microphones and that did nothing What kind of microphone? Part numbers? Most of that error log has to do with the third party FFMpeg software which has little or nothing to do with recording a microphone. I uninstalled previous and installed 2.0.4 couple weeks ago on xp os ...