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You shouldn't need LAME or FFMPEG to open/import an MP3. (You do need LAME to ex port to MP3.) Are you sure it's an MP3? Can you play it in Windows Media Player? Have you tried a different MP3 from a different source? If there's something ...

If you have really strange files, you might also need the FFMpeg software.

http://audacityteam.org/download/windows

Koz

The FFmpeg command-line executable displays the same issue, so it's an FFmpeg problem, not an Audacity problem. Also remember FFMpeg is a free knockoff of the "real" software. I didn't try it, but it's possible iTunes ...

... do an Analyze > Plot Spectrum if the sample is too short. There isn't enough sound there for the tools to do an intelligent job. Also remember FFMpeg is a free knockoff of the "real" software. I didn't try it, but it's possible iTunes for Windows will create an aac file from your ...

... attached file. Can you help me? Is this a bug? In case, this may help, the log below. Nicolas. 11:25:08: Audacity 2.0.3 11:25:19: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 11:25:19: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, 'C:Program Files (x86)Ffmpeg For Audacityavformat-52.dll'. 11:25:19: ...

... http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame For WMA and some of the other fancy formats you will need to install FFMpeg: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown For exporting in WAV, OGG, FLAC, AIFF formats you don't need ...

Gale,

Thanks so much for the explanation. I used the second suggestion as I prefer to have the latest FFMpeg version and it worked like a charm

Thor

iTunes won't open CAF files containing Apple Lossless even on Mac. The reason Audacity is crashing is because the FFmpeg latest version for Audacity that you have (0.6.2) is crashing trying to import the file. That version of FFmpeg can import 16-bit Apple Lossless, but not inside ...

... than recording YouTube and yourself together. Download the video to your computer (search Google for how to do that). Put headphones on. Install FFmpeg ( http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#ffdown ) Drag the video file into Audacity (this extracts the audio ...

... Open With > Other > Audacity (Application) > "Audacity" is gray. So the system knows this is not a compatible combination, even with the FFMpeg software installed. Do you have your iPad and/or either/both of the other machines set to automatically update software? Audacity 2.0.3 Mac OS-X ...