Audacity Forum

I tried to record my sound using sample-rate 11025 Hz with sample format 16-bit PCM. After exporting (saving) it as a .m4a file (after downloading ffmpeg library), I tried to open that file. But it does not open and the error comes as - "File may be invalid or corrupted". Can anybody ...

... If it's in Windows Media, they may not be WAV files any more. Windows Media compresses down to M4A for internal use. You might be able to install FFMpeg on your Audacity and open the music files that way. You should use FFMpeg from this web site only. Some of the other versions don't play well. ...

... it shouldn't do so, which suggests there is some specific reason on your computer why it does. Have you looked in the Libraries Preferences for FFmpeg? That isn't high tech. Or convert the MP3 to WAV with mencoder or some suitable library. Or install WINE and run the Windows version of Audacity. ...

... anyone export in "Ogg Vorbis Format", Audacity will puts the .oga extension on file exported.n on file exported. - I have not changed FFmpeg's export/Import The patch was made with this command: diff -r -u src.orig/ src/ > patch-oga.txt on this version: http://audacity.googlecode.com/files/audacity-minsrc-1.3.13-beta.tar.bz2 ...

... existing builds at Help > About Audacity: Build Information if libmad is enabled. Alternatively do these repository builds of Audacity support FFmpeg? If you go to Audacity's "Libraries" Preferences and there is a string of F, C, U numbers to the right of "FFmpeg Library Version", ...

Like it said in the pre-packaged block, older and foreign lame and FFMpeg won't do. You need to install the ones that come with Audacity 1.3.13 in the download page. They're somewhat customized for version. Audacity 1.2 Projects will open in 1.3. Actual sound ...

... time. Audacity 1.2 will not open projects made on Audacity 1.3. If you use MP3 or some of the more modern audio compression formats, get Lame and FFMpeg software from the same web site. Do not use older software or software from other web sites, even though they may have the same names. Yes. we ...

... whose compression it doesn't understand. If you have a two to one compressed music file, Audacity will play it twice as fast. Install and use the FFMpeg software in this note: Audacity 1.2 is very old and no longer supported, patched, corrected, or updated. Audacity 1.2 can be unstable on newer ...

... time. Audacity 1.2 will not open projects made on Audacity 1.3. If you use MP3 or some of the more modern audio compression formats, get Lame and FFMpeg software from the same web site. Do not use older software or software from other web sites, even though they may have the same names. I'm just ...

... time. Audacity 1.2 will not open projects made on Audacity 1.3. If you use MP3 or some of the more modern audio compression formats, get Lame and FFMpeg software from the same web site. Do not use older software or software from other web sites, even though they may have the same names. That may ...