Audacity Forum

I don't know if you have found the answer yet but I just installed the ffmpeg plug in and then opened an .avi file of a musical video clip and the audio was imported instantly, no sweat!

Hope this helps

... if the files won't open in QuickTime or iTunes, you're out of luck. Somebody may make a third party converter package. Google your brains out. ffmpeg and lame are two possibilities. lame is used to convert in and out of MP3. but it can do a lot more than that. The developers were trying to ...

Hi,
I'm having the same problem. Followed your link to "audacityteam.org/manual/index...nstall_the_FFmpeg_Import.2FExport_Library.3F

How do I download and install the FFmpeg Import/Export Library?
...and the link is 403-Forbidden!
Solution?
Many thanks in advance

Hi Gentle Beings, new here and of course - you guess it - a problem. to be precise THE problem with WMA. Running Audacity 1.3.6 with all the ffmpeg stuff installed on Vista Home Premium (32bit german) as well as on Vista Ultimate (32bit english) recorded from phono, exported multipe to wma BUT: ...

... me. What is this "QuickTime file" that you are trying to open? I don't think that Audacity supports QuickTime files (unless it is supported by ffmpeg, but so far there has been no mention of ffmpeg, so I assume that is not the issue).>>> That did get my attention, too. One of the ways to make ...

... me. What is this "QuickTime file" that you are trying to open? I don't think that Audacity supports QuickTime files (unless it is supported by ffmpeg, but so far there has been no mention of ffmpeg, so I assume that is not the issue). Are you trying to directly open the .au files? You shouldn't ...

... again, the whole data in the project will be silenced. As regards 1.3.6 and later, also note there won't be any silencing problem if you use the "FFmpeg-compatible files" filter when importing, because that currently always makes a copy of the data irrespective of the preference setting. Thanks ...

Yeah - don't have QTPro - need to figure out how to do this with ffmpeg. I've tried straight File>Open and File>Import, doesn't seem to make any difference .... I still have a stand alone audio file when done. Maybe I'll post in ffmpeg forums or VideoHelp.com, ...

<<<is it back to ffmpeg and muxing it together?>>>

I think QuickTime Pro can do all those tricks. QTP will let you do simple split editing and will export in any format QuickTime Supports.

<<<sound out through my headphones.>>>

Audacity > Preferences > Audio I/O > Output

Koz

... file. I just did a File>Open on an avi file and got the sound track to audacity, what do I need to do to get back with the video - is it back to ffmpeg and muxing it together? Thank you Edit: Off topic - but how do I get sound out through my headphones. Using Mac OS 10.5.6 and have sound out ...