Audacity Forum

In Audacity 1.3.12, there is a setting called "Play tracks while recording new ones." You should be in Audacity 1.3.12 for any sort of serious work.

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Get the MP3 lame software and the FFMpeg software from the same place.

Koz

... Audacity 1.3.12 could use SOX for exporting a WAV with U-Law encoding, by choosing (external program) when you export. I don't think using FFmpeg to export the files from Audacity will help - the fmt chunk is the same size as that in the libsndfile files. Otherwise, I think I've gone as ...

... preferences). As Steve notes I use iTunes to do the AAC conversion - for a start the itunes AAC encoding is faster than doing in in Audacity with FFMpeg And although I am using AAC now, I am very carefully keeping all the WAV files I produce backed-up on two separate 1TB USB disks. If iPod storage ...

... (320kbps CBR). The other good alternative format to MP3 for an iPod is AAC, but I'd recommend using iTunes to do the conversion rather than FFmpeg. Export from Audacity as WAV file, then convert to highest quality AAC using iTunes.

... what program when i listen. And then when transfered into MP3, what bitrate sholud I use for best sound and what should I use if I whant MP4 using ffmpeg. Do I get in to trubble for my wish for a good digital sound from my LPs. Thanks for help Claes

... that it created. It's almost universally recommended over all the other versions. http://audacityteam.org/download/ Remember to get your lame and FFMpeg from the same place you got your Audacity. They're different. Koz

Here is the log per your request Thanks for the log. Unfortunately the ffmpeg.dlls can conflict on load with those of other instances of ffmpeg on your computer. We've never really got to the bottom of it, and the developer who introduced the ffmpeg feature ...

Three problems: -- You need to be in Audacity 1.3.12 to do any fancy work like this. http://audacityteam.org/download/ -- You also need the FFMpeg software from the same place you got Audacity. That should allow you to play the sound file. -- You probably can't do this at all. How bad is the ...

... as CAF format (according to the OP). Nonetheless, it seems likely that the AIF files contain IMA4 encoded audio. Try importing the files using FFmpeg. Thanks for searching out the app, Bill. IMA4 isn't exotic (IMA-ADPCM for QuickTime) but the normal Audacity importer (libsndilfe) doesn't support ...

Audacity doesn't recognize MPEG4 files. Download and install Audacity 1.3.12... http://audacityteam.org/download/ Then download and install the FFMpeg software from the same download location. Restart Audacity and it should play the file. You can have both Audacity versions as long as you don't ...