Audacity Forum

Looks like Apple wasn't satisfied with monkeying around with permissions in Snow Leopard. Now they're going to do some more in Lion:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11 ... sions.html

Although this one is a good idea.

So, just how pervasive is this permissions problem? Maybe we should just go ahead and change to install in /Library/Application Support/audacity. Leland As pervasive as OS X 10.6.x which is the main source of the problem. Probably about 25 reports a month, casting around the ones I get directly, th...

So, just how pervasive is this permissions problem? Maybe we should just go ahead and change to install in /Library/Application Support/audacity. Leland As pervasive as OS X 10.6.x which is the main source of the problem. Probably about 25 reports a month, casting around the ones I get directly, th...

You may have a hard time persuading Leland to have the LAME/FFmpeg installers place the libs in other than /usr/local/lib/audacity. However there will be a zip for the next version of FFmpeg-for-Audacity, so users can then put the libs where they like. ...

... 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. Koz

... 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. WC

... 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. Koz

... longer supported, patched, upgraded or corrected. It can be profoundly unstable on newer Macs. Get Audacity 1.3.12 and any software plugins (lame, FFMpeg, etc.) from here... http://audacityteam.org/download/ Audacity 1.3 projects will not open in 1.2. You can safely put both versions on your machine, ...

... current version, Audacity 1.2 can be profoundly unstable on newer Macs. If you produce MP3 files or need more exotic file support, get lame and FFMpeg software from the same web site. Do Not use older software. Koz

To play WMA files on audacity you need to install FFmpeg libraries (after you install Audacity 1.3) ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#How_do_I_download_and_install_the_FFmpeg_Import.2FExport_Library.3F ...