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Probably Audacity 1.2 does not support the format the file is in. Download Audacity 1.3 Beta, then the optional FFmpeg library, as explained in this FAQ . After instaling FFmpeg, Import the file by clicking File > Import > Audio then choose "FFmpeg-compatible files" in ...

There have recently been several changes to FFMpeg support. Ensure that you have a fresh SVN source and you may also want to apply the most recent patch from here: http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=176

I'm assuming you already read the compile instructions for linux here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Developing_On_Linux I believe you need ffmpeg 0.5 and not 0.6. And you'll need the development ffmpeg files and not only the binary. You can also compile it without ffmpeg support (you won't ...

You need to have ffmpeg installed for audacity to be able to import wma files.

Check the Mac section on this wiki topic: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... tallffmpeg

I'm assuming you already read the compile instructions for linux here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Developing_On_Linux I believe you need ffmpeg 0.5 and not 0.6. And you'll need the development ffmpeg files and not only the binary. You can also compile it without ffmpeg support (you won't ...

Hello Everyone, I am trying to compile a fresh copy of Audacity from SVN on Fedora 14. "make" bails with this error: make[1]: *** [FFmpeg.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/steve/CVS/Assorted-CVS-Modules/audacity-read-only/src' ...

And I presume that the 25 minutes that is imported sounds normal? It could be a slightly damaged WMA file, and as FFmpeg's WMA support is still experimental it may be less fault tolerant than other converters. You could try converting the WMA file to a WAV file then import the WAV ...

I assume you got "required to proceed" when you tried to export to an FFmpeg format. That is expected because unlike LAME, FFmpeg is not detected automatically in 1.3.12 without loading it in the Import / Export Preferences. If you click "Locate" ...

... original digital voice recording of a meeting that is 1.5 hours in length, and my recorder records it in .wma format. I have downloaded the latest FFmpeg (FFmpeg_2009_07_20_for_Audacity_on_Windows.exe) from http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/and installed it. My original .wma file is 21,029KB in size. After ...

... GHz Intel Core Duo 2GB Memory Snow Leopard OS-X 10.6.6 It's literally hours old. I played Lowly User and downloaded 1.3.12 Audacity, Lame, and FFMpeg from... http://audacityteam.org/download/ I just clicked where it said to click and used all the defaults. Audacity made it and Lame, did, too. ...