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... have the audio that should be in this one. Help > Show Log should not be empty unless you cleared it. It should have debug messages about the FFmpeg and LAME libraries. Feel free to attach the .aup file ("Upload attachment" underneath where you post messages). Gale

The "failure to find libraries" messages are about LAME and FFmpeg which are not needed for recording.

See if this helps: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troub ... the_cursor

-- Bill

and also installed the plugins file . Which plugins file might that be? Do you mean the "lame" and "FFMpeg" software? If you install Audacity clean from first birthday and don't help it, it will arrive with a slate of built-in effects all by itself. Do Not Reinstall ...

... libtwolame library is available in the local tree checking for AVCODEC... yes checking for AVFORMAT... yes checking for AVUTIL... yes configure: FFmpeg library available as system library checking for ./lib-src/ffmpeg/libavcodec/avcodec.h... yes checking for ./lib-src/ffmpeg/libavformat/avformat.h... ...

... libraries LIBNYQUIST: using LOCAL libraries LIBVAMP: using SYSTEM libraries LIBEXPAT: using SYSTEM libraries LIBTWOLAME: using SYSTEM libraries FFMPEG: using SYSTEM libraries PORTSMF: using SYSTEM libraries PORTAUDIO: using SYSTEM libraries ladspa: enabled audiounits: disabled prefix=/usr/local/ ...

... Enabled PortAudio (Audio playback and recording) v19 wxWidgets 2.8.12 (Unicode) log output 17:28:42: Audacity 2.0.0 17:28:43: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 17:28:43: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'libavformat.so.52'. 17:28:43: Checking for monolithic ...

If you also install FFmpeg then Audacity will probably be able to import the files that you downloaded. See here for FFmpeg: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg To import a file, ...

... crash happens while Audacity is attempting to write a message to the Log window. FLAC import does not rely on an external library (such as LAME or FFmpeg), so the problem is not in that area. All I can think of is resetting your preferences. Quit Audacity if it is running. In <yourhome>/Library/Application ...

... a compatible version of LAME . We do not distribute LAME ourselves due to potential licensing issues. For importing/exporting WMA, AC3, AAC files, FFmpeg is required. Again this is not something that we distribute ourselves. http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg ...

I doubt you could do anything useful with that combination. Audacity 1.2.6 will not even open on some newer computers. Download and install Version2 along with the associated lame and FFMpeg.

http://audacityteam.org/download/

Koz