Audacity Forum

... could still halt for user input e.g. when encoding MP3 if the chosen bit rate is inappropriate for the sample rate of the imported file. Lack of FFmpeg export options in the Chain commands is a drawback but I wrote a patch for that a while ago if anyone wants to try it out. Gale My claim that ...

... could still halt for user input e.g. when encoding MP3 if the chosen bit rate is inappropriate for the sample rate of the imported file. Lack of FFmpeg export options in the Chain commands is a drawback but I wrote a patch for that a while ago if anyone wants to try it out. Gale

... that purpose a convert tool capable of reading and writing the desired formats is needed. Audacity as an audio file format converter By installing FFMPEG and LAME (add links for tutorials on installing ffmpeg/lame?) it's possible to import/export audio files to/from audacity in many formats. Therefore, ...

What format are they in?

Audacity Version 1.3 can import many file formats if the ffMpeg library is installed.
Instructions for downloading ind installing it are here:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... tallffmpeg

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First, upgrade to Audacity 1.3.12, which you can get from here: http://audacityteam.org/download (this won't work in version 1.2) Next install the ffMpeg library, which allows Audacity to import a large range of audio and video files. The instructions for downloading and installing it are here: ...

... my own material. Warning! I am at the "Total Noob" stage. I am using Ubuntu Linux 10.04.01 (Lucid Lynx) with Audacty 1.3.12-b, with Ffmpeg libraries: F(52.31.0),C(52.20.1,U(49.15.0), and FWIW: LAME 3.98.2 Note this PC's audio information is placed at end of this text. I know I don't ...

... y a un problème sur ce point avec la dernière version d'Audacity ? Problème de finalisation ... ? Je demande cela parce que j'ai besoin d'utiliser ffmpeg qui semble fonctionner qu'avec la dernière version d'Audacity 1.3.12. Est-ce que quelqu'un a rencontré ce problème ? Merci par avance pour vos ...

... answer to... is there an encoder that allows Audacity to export to MIDI format? ... I see the path to exporting to formats that are supported by FFmpeg by downloading and installing the "avformat-52.dll" file but I'm not sure if any of those are different names for the MIDI format... ...

Could you post a screen shot of Audacity Preferences (as in your last post) but immediately after clicking "OK" on the "Locate FFmpeg" window.

Yes it finds the 3 different files - as attached screen-shot shows

I'm unsure which of the 3 files to use ??

these are the 3 that I've loaded at random - which gets the program able to import a track once - but no again after closing it