Audacity Forum

... Audacity 1.2.6 only supports a very limited number of file formats. To support additional formats you need to use Audacity 1.3.12 and also install FFMPEG. Audacity 1.3.12: http://audacityteam.org/download/ FFMPEG: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg

The problem is the format that Olympus use for recording the audio.
Have you tried opening one of the files with Audacity 1.3.12 ? (You will need to install the optional FFMPEG which is linked to on the download page: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac )

... a dwi for avformat-52.dll which was the file I requested? Thanks for your patience. Meantime if a conflict is the problem, are you sure you need FFmpeg in Chrome and that other application? It might help to know if you moved those FFmpeg libraries off to a thumb drive temporarily if the problem ...

... flac files, ready for burning CD's Here is a list of the format types that I have found in Audacity: /// List of export types ExposedFormat ExportFFmpegOptions::fmts[] = { {FMT_M4A, wxT("M4A"), wxT("m4a"), wxT("ipod"), 48, true ,true ,_("M4A (AAC) Files (FFmpeg)"), ...

I have already tried that. When i set enabled to 1, i do get that message but same thing happens when i go to locate. The path is already there, i reselect the file anywhays, and i still get that the livrary is not found... Then when i exit audacity the .cfg is automatically re-written and the line ...

The .cfg file should have the "Enabled" line at the top as in the syntax I gave, so: [FFmpeg] Enabled=1 FFmpegLibPath=C:UsersMakisPortablesAudacityPortableAppFFMpegavformat-52.dll not: [FFmpeg] FFmpegLibPath=C:UsersMakisPortablesAudacityPortableAppFFMpegavformat-52.dll ...

... effects from command line args. Or may be call audacity with a run this set of instructions type file as a params. I have a script which calls ffmpeg to convert to other formats i.e avi etc it would be nice if it was possible to also script up the effect applied version. Thanks J. A recent ...

... here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows Despite the disclaimer, 1.3 is more stable than 1.2 on newer computers. You will also need the ffmpeg import/export library, which allows Audacity to support many file formats. The instructions to download and install it are here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg ...

Tried everything but still couldnt make it work. So i emailed you the cfg and dwi files. Whenever you get a chance have a go at them, and if possible come back to me, with a possible solution.

Thanks for the output. If you change the FFmpegLibPath in audacity.cfg I would expect a message that the configuration was changed, because Audacity cannot detect FFmpeg automatically. If your FFmpegLibPath in .cfg is correct, go to the Libraries ...