Audacity Forum

... video application to put the processed sound back into the video. Audacity can extract the audio content from many types of video file if you have ffmpeg installed: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown To even out the volume level in a track you use "dynamic ...

HelenWeirHypno wrote:Found a copy of a CD burning program that seemed to be using ffmpeg that I didn't use. Removed that and all is working today.

Thanks for replying that the problem was solved. I've marked it [SOLVED] and locked the topic.


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Found a copy of a CD burning program that seemed to be using ffmpeg that I didn't use. Removed that and all is working today. Phew!

Thanks so much for your help.

I can get back to hypnosis now! Yay!

... try. I use windows 7 and Audacity 2.0.3. Thanks! And just in case you need it, here is the log 00:09:41: Audacity 2.0.3 00:09:44: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 00:09:44: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-52.dll'. 00:09:44: Looking up PATH environment ...

I think FFmpeg could be conflicting with another version of its constituent libraries somewhere else on your computer. Do you have any other programs that use FFmpeg? Where exactly do you have the FFmpeg you are pointing Audacity ...

... File name is c:usershelenmusicmusicpossible sleep cd musictestbeep.m4a 14:49:59: Mime type is * 14:49:59: Opening with libav 14:49:59: Error: FFmpeg : avcodec_find_decoder() failed. Index[00], Codec[15002 - ] 14:49:59: Opening with libsndfile 14:49:59: Opening with liboggvorbis 14:49:59: Opening ...

Strange. Where did you get FFMpeg from and how did you install it? Also, please check the Audacity version number in "Help > About Audacity". I followed the instructions on here. http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#ffdown ...

Strange.
Where did you get FFMpeg from and how did you install it?
Also, please check the Audacity version number in "Help > About Audacity".

... that Audacity cannot open this type of file and to convert it to WAV or AIFF. I've tried it with a few other mp4s with no joy. I've installed the FFmpeg library. The version it says in my preferences is F(52.64.2),C(52.72.2),U(50.15.1). Can anyone suggest anything else please? Thanks in advance :)

Windows: 7 SP1 x64
Audacity: 2.0.3 (Jan 18 2013), x86
FFmpeg: F(52.64.2),C(52.72.2),U(50.15.1)
LAME: 3.99.3