Audacity Forum

... ACX Check, like I had on the prior version of Audacity, but a box popped up saying that it didn't recognize the type of file and try installing ffmpeg for uncompressed files, also try file>import>raw data. I went to preferences, then libraries and all the f, c, and u versions were there, then ...

I'm trying to export a file with the following command and Audacity crashes consistently every time I hit save. I've tested these ffmpeg options working successfully directly in the terminal. This ffmpeg version was installed with homebrew. /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg -i - -c:a libfdk_aac -profile:a ...

... ? I can locate the folder after clicking on BROWSE and searching for it in PROGRAM FILES x86, You should have a folder named Ffmpeg For Audacity and in that folder you should have several files including avcodec-55.dll . Or, maybe search your hard drive for avcodec-55.dll ...

I used the FFMPEG installer and I later tried the Zip installer version. Audacity won't open my multi audio track MP4 video, prompts me to install the FFMPEG library that I already installed. I can locate the folder after clicking ...

... have a bunch of mp3 files of things I have recorded that I need to edit. Audacity will not open the mp3 files? I have installed Lame. I downloaded ffmpeg. I downloaded avformat-55.dll. I put it in the Audacity program86 folder and in the document/audacity folder. I went to the preferences/libraries ...

It's the part that is obscured by the "Locate FFmpeg" window that I want to see.

Does audacity only need the libavformat.so library? If you install libavformat-dev then that should pull in all of the required parts of FFmpeg as dependencies. I launch audacity, and tell it where the new libs are. It should not be necessary to tell Audacity where the FFmpeg library is. If ...

I must be doing something else wrong. Does audacity only need the libavformat.so library? I installed the cmake that you noted. I rebuilt ffmpeg with shared libs. I installed those libs. I launch audacity, and tell it where the new libs are. I try to load a .mp4, it comes back and says that ...

I overcame my ffmpeg build issue... I was trying to re-build the new version of audacity against an older ffmpeg. I rebuilt ffmpeg according to this version, and the compile works. I still am getting the issue. I am nearly convinced ...

Yes, gotcha. I am doing the following: cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Daudacity_use_wxwidgets=local -Daudacity_use_ffmpeg=loaded .. The thing that makes me think it is some kind of version issue is that in Audacity, I try to load a .mp4, it comes up and says ffmpeg libraries are ...