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When you configured --with-ffmpeg are you linking to the correct library (=system if you installed svn ffmpeg)?

Apart from compilation, Audacity won't load SVN FFmpeg libraries unless you modify ../src/FFmpeg.h and ../src/FFmpeg.cpp.




Gale

... -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib64/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 FFmpeg.cpp -o FFmpeg.o FFmpeg.cpp:257: error: invalid conversion from ‘int (*)(URLContext*, unsigned char*, int)’ to ‘int (*)(URLContext*, const unsigned ...

... convert the file to WAV then import the WAV into Audacity record the file into Audacity (you will lose some quality) or use Audacity Beta and add FFmpeg to your computer - FFmpeg will allow Audacity to import more formats. See this FAQ for more details. Gale

Thanks for your help.

I uninstalled Audacity, then deleted the remaining files in the Audacity folder and the folder itself.

I reinstalled Audacity and the program found the ffmpeg libraries. Of course, after that the WMA file imported quickly.

Bill

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Make sure you have FFmpeg from http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#ffdown and installed correctly into C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity. Remove C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity from PATH ...

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... an itunes file or mp3 file. help please! If you want to export directly to M4A (AAC) for iTunes you have to install Audacity 1.3.12 then install FFmpeg . Or. export as WAV from 1.2 and convert to AAC in iTunes . To export to MP3 from either version of Audacity, you have to install LAME . If you ...

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