Audacity Forum

... ok for the past 2-3 days so I waited until the problem re-emerged. Ah, there's the bugger (I think). Audacity seems to have trouble getting FFmpeg underway. I did not realize that this log was accessible. 22:19:09: Warning: FFmpeg directory 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity' is ...

Just seeing if this has been fixed now? I've installed FFMPEG and have created a macro, but this won't export the file. If I select the Export2 function and rename .wav to .m4a I get an error on processing saying 'Could not export to M4A format!'

I'm trying to convert a WAV file (decoded from FLAC) to MP3 CBR @ 320 and so far, ffmpeg has been doing all I need. However, I can see a very consistent difference between LAME CLI, ffmpeg and Audacity with LAME when comparing with a few tools: Tools LAME 3.100 CLI ...

... isn't up to date then...? What's not up to date? :? What the original poster was suggesting may be "out of date" is the fact that the ffmpeg version to use with windows is 2.2.2. If the version number for ffmpeg-win is meant to match with that of the ffmpeg project, then it's from ...

Hi Steve,

Thanks. I tried it one more time, and now it works. Looks like I made a mistake when locating the FFmpeg library in my programes ...

Which version of Audacity are you using? (Look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

What did MediaInfo say about the file?

Thanks for the reply. It is an MP3 and it's not damaged as I can play it on different media and have uploaded it to other audio editing programs. It is only having issues with Audacity and in fact, I cannot import any files into audacity anymore. I have reinstalled it, cleared preferences, tried wha...

... old hard limiter and doesn't distort the waveform. There are hard-clip and soft-clip options if that's what you want. it told me to download some ffmpeg (i don't even understand what it is, but i did download it FFmpeg is ONLY for importing/exporting a wide variety of formats. (You don't need ...

... in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYF5ytMDFpA Now, there's no hard limiter, can't even find a plugin, it told me to download some ffmpeg (i don't even understand what it is, but i did download it, search the library etc., still doesn't work). If anyone could help me, tell me how ...

You could take this upside down. Since Audacity has zero trouble open an MP3, what you have isn't an MP3.

https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline

Or it could be so damaged that nothing will open it.

Koz