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Have you followed the instructions on this manual page ? Note that when you go to the site that hosts the FFmpeg downloads you want this file: ffmpeg_64bit_osx.pkg . There is no "DMG download" for FFmpeg 64-bit. Be sure to get the 64-bit file. The PKG installer will ...

Have version 2.4.2 I've tried to install this file two different ways as shown in the install instructions on audacities website. By doing the .DMG download, the only choice for install is the hard drive with no specific location. Doing a search for the files after that is a waste of time as they do...

... (https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/) and during the installation, select the option to "Reset Preferences". If you installed FFMpeg by running the "ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe" file, then Audacity should automatically find FFmpeg.

... v2.3.1 version of Audacity, on ubuntu 16.04.06 (x64). The ubuntu software-updater updated it to version v2.3.3 and it now cannot find working ffmpeg library. Audacity now reports "FFmpeg library not found:" "Audacity needs the file 'libavformat.so.55' to import and export audio ...

... 6-channel DTS core). Another test was importing the audio part of a D-Cinema package, previously it had a lot of silence padding. Regarding that ffmpeg v2.2.x is from 2014, there are surely some more improvements. I only realized that Audacity v2 has passed and we're into v3 when the installer ...

D'oh! Thanks.

Look at your first screen shot. You are using the installer for LAME, not FFmpeg.
-- Bill

... I'm running Audacity 2.4.2 on a MacBook Air running macOS 10.15.6. Screen shots attached of what I'm seeing as I try to help Audacity find the FFmpeg file. The lame_64bit_osx.pkg installation appears to go just fine. When I go to Preferences > Library > Locate, navigate to the file and click ...

Which version of Audacity do you have? What version of macOS? Note that the 64-bit version of FFmpeg requires a 64-bit version of Audacity (2.3.1 or later) Please start Audacity then select Help > Diagnostics > Show Log. Click the Save button to save the log into a text ...

I have followed the instructions on the Installing FFmpeg for Mac - https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ins ... r_mac.html - multiple times, but Audacity can't find the FFmpeg library. Can anyone help me figure out what I may be doing wrong?