Audacity Forum

... "Open With... Choose default program...". This is on a Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 system. I didn't need to re-install either LAME or FFmpeg - these were picked up automatically by v2.0.

Test multichannels with new 2.0 version 1) The ffmpeg m4a default multichannel output have a wrong channelmapping. The remap needed is now: 1->2, 2->3, 3->1, 4->4, 5->5, 6->6 The multichannel input is correct. 2) The ogg default multichannel output ...

... is not the most straightforward because of restrictions and fees. You may not have to import RAW data. You should download and install the FFMpeg and lame software packages. Those two in combination with Audacity 1.3 (only) should let you open up anything likely to be music. http://audacityteam.org/download/ ...

The file is probably in a format that Audacity does not recognize, such a WMA. Install the FFmpeg extension and try importing the file again.

Instructions for installing FFmpeg are here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... Ins#ffdown

-- Bill

... off a CD-R and an error box comes up saying audacity "recognized the type of file, importers suppssedly supporting such files are: mp3, FFmpeg-compatible files, but none of them understood this file format" How do you get around this error? I have a couple CDs that were recorded/burned ...

If you found that many lame files, you may be looking in the wrong place. You need to get Audacity 1.3.14 and lame and FFMpeg from here. http://audacityteam.org/download/ Don't split up the downloads and don't get them from somewhere else. Just to cover it, which Windows are you using ...

I assume you mean you want to import MP4 files into Audacity? If so, you need to install the FFmpeg extension.

Instruction are here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... Ins#ffdown

-- Bill

... -- Apply (to this folder) or Apply to All Folders -- OK Then, after you find out it's not a PCM WAV file after all, you can download the FFMpeg software plugin for Audacity and see if that works. http://audacityteam.org/download/ Koz

... Terminal output for command File is <filename.wav>: RIFF (little-endian) data, WAVE audio, Microsoft PCM, 16 bit, stereo 44100 Hz LAME 3.98.4 No ffmpeg Log: 07:57:17 PM: Audacity 1.3.14-beta 08:03:12 PM: Attempting to load LAME from previously defined path 08:03:12 PM: Loading LAME from /usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0 ...

... and type: file name_of_your_file.wav Substitute "name_of_your_file" with the appropriate name. What's the output? Do you have lame or ffmpeg installed? Does audacity detect them? (look in Preferences -> Libraries) (lame is needed for mp3 export, but for wav none of these libs is needed, ...