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Maybe I should be trying these links from the download page; This is what is so strange - no additional libraries or plug-ins are required to import a standards compliant MP3 file. The test tone that I posted is a standards compliant MP3, so it should just import with no fuss and no messages of any...

... ago now. Maybe I should be trying these links from the download page; Plug-ins and Libraries Plug-Ins – Download additional effects and filters. FFmpeg import/export library – Allows Audacity to import and export many additional audio formats such as AC3, AMR(NB), M4A and WMA, and to import audio ...

... alarm - as I previously wrote, it could be a security program being helpful that was prompting you. The Test Tone loads and plays, but the first FFmpeg message window does appear. That's weird. When importing a valid MP3 file (such as the test tone that I posted), FFmpeg should not be involved ...

I'm not going to be able to figure out now what caused me to take the update, so that will have to be parked there. But, to resolve my initial problem, you seem to be suggesting uninstall the version that I have and install again from scratch? I'm not really sure why you are questioning the version ...

Your questions seems to suggest that somehow I've been taken off piste and found myself with a fake version or something? Audacity does not prompt for updates. You can check for updates in "Help menu > Check for Updates" (which opens your default web browser on the Audacity website downlo...

It's not something that I recall exactly. The last time that I used Audacity I was trimming an audio file, so it would have been then. I would not have gone looking for an update unless I'd had a problem, which I did not. So I assume that a window message appeared prompting me to do an update. Your ...

Download and RUN ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe to install FFmpeg. want to open an mp3 file,... ...FFmpeg not found. That means it's not an MP3 file (at least not a valid MP3 file). Can you play the file in other applications (Windows Media ...

... a lame_enc.dll file anymore, as it is included automatically) File / Import / Audio / (choose a track from my collection) I get an error window: FFmpeg not found . Go to Edit > Preferences > Libraries to download or locate the FFmpeg libraries. (It goes on to say... Audacity did not recognise ...

richbedforduk wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 08, 2020 1:52 pm

A few weeks ago when I opened up Audacity it said that there was a newer version

How did Audacity do that? Did you select "Check for updates" from the Help menu, or did Audacity just tell you when you launched the program?

A few weeks ago when I opened up Audacity it said that there was a newer version and took me through the update. So this is the version and it came from the previous version.

I was thinking maybe it's possible to get the previous version from a link somewhere and uninstall this version.