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... 2.4.1. I tend to get a message "Can't open audio code "aac" (0x15002). Experimental Feature". And this is after reinstalling FFmpeg a few times. Any idea what i can do? Also there seems to be an issue where i can't drag new tracks that I recently purchased via itunes directly ...

... the audio into Audacity, run it through Audacity in order to equalize the audio (Normalize), and then re-attach the audio to the video? ... If FFmpeg is installed in Audacity , you can drag-n-drop video into Audcaity, whereupon the audio will be ripped from it. Then you could use Audcaity's ...

According to the manual (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_errors.html#Why_do_I_get_.22FFmpeg_Error_-_Can.27t_open_audio_codec_0x15002.22_.28or_0x15003.29.3F) Error 0x15002 occurs if you export more than a 2-channel M4A file (such as a 5.1 surround sound file), ...

and you couldn't get Audacity 2.3.3 to recognise FFmpeg either?

... It still says, that file doesn`t located. Please, I ask you to pay attention to my bug, and please help me fix it. I have the latest 2.4.1. and ffmpeg 2.2.2. installed on my win 10. I also attach the latest log.

I'm on macOS Catalina 10.15.4, using Audacity 2.4.1. I installed FFmpeg as per the instructions (64-bit using the pkg). I can export to AC3 and WMA. But when I try to export to M4A (AAC), it gives: FFmpeg Error Can't open audio codec "aac" (0x15002) ...

... locale 'es_ES' cannot be set. 22:03:11: Aviso: Critical Nyquist files could not be found. Nyquist effects will not work. 22:03:13: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 22:03:13: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'libavformat.so.58'. 22:03:13: Checking for monolithic ...

... icon in the DOCK (where all the icons are present). Dragged a video recording into the audacity window. This caused the audio to be imported using ffmpeg plugin. Modified an audio file (chopped of the initial part). Exported it as MP3. The audacity window is active but blank (i.e. no audio file ...

... During the installation of Audacity 2.4.1, enable the option to "Reset Preferences". Audacity should then find FFmpeg automatically.

Sorry to sound like a broken, well, record. I am trying to import an M4a file into Audacity 2.3.2, and have downloaded the requisite FFmpeg-win-2.2.2-exe as per the Audacity instructions. After installing it and re-opening Audacity, it is still stating 'library not found'. However, it evidently ...