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... starting Audacity and then choosing menu Help > Show Log... ; mine looks like this (this not from an SVN HEAD build): 08:34:59: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 08:34:59: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, 'D:audioAudacityFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll'. 08:34:59: Looking ...

... ). This is a lot quicker and easier than recording them. If you have FFMpeg for Audacity installed you should be able to import the downloaded files into Audacity. FFMpeg: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg

Try upgrading to Audacity 1.3.12 and install FFmpeg.
Audacity: http://audacityteam.org/download/
FFMpeg: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... tallffmpeg

I'm wondering if a non-administrator user can install lame and FFMpeg at all. Actually, it's normal on Windows and Linux also to require elevated privileges to install programs or libraries. On my personal machine, I have permissions to go read down the ...

You need to add the FFmpeg library before you can import WMA. Please see http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 75#p132275 and post back in this topic if you have problems,



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Can audacity be used to convert file formats e.g. wma to mp3? This one actually is in the FAQs. Add the FFmpeg library to import the WMA: http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=files&i=wma-proprietary then add the LAME library to let you write to MP3: http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=install&i=lame-mp3 ...

... The loss of precision can cause over-shoot just as easily as causing peaks to be too low. Yeah, I had a little test of Ogg files using Audacity's FFmpeg and found it to be more precise than the AAc conversion. It was only one file I tested (no time at the moment) but from a WAV file @ -0.5 dB, ...

... machine, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 Projects will not open in 1.2. If you use the fancy-pants extensions and plugins like lame and FFMpeg, get them from the same web site. Do Not use older software There. That's out of the way. When you launch Audacity 1.3 the first time, go into ...

... You can install both, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 Projects will not open in 1.2 Install fresh Lame and FFMpeg software from the same web site and see if the Export problems don't go away. Koz

... have single file insanity (everything else works OK), you may be trying to manage a file that Audacity doesn't understand. Try installing Lame and FFMpeg from the same web site. Those packages allow exporting as MP3 and recognition of many, many different file formats. Koz