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OK, it seems the later versions of Audacity and FFMpeg have no trouble with Apple CAF files (Yay!)
This was a raw voice test I shot. It passes ACX Audiobook conformance although nobody in their right mind would OK it for publication.


Koz

... on-line format checker. https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline Then, when it (probably) tells you it's a CAF (Core Audio File), you can install the FFMpeg software into Audacity and hopefully open the file. Scroll down to FFMpeg add-on. https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ Did that help? ...

... should see : MPEG Audio Version 1 Layer 3 If it's something else, Audacity can probably open it but you'll probably have to install the optional FFmpeg Import/Export Library, and it will probably help to correct the filename extension. Tried to import as RAW and it does not work either, longer ...

Great, thanks very much for the help.

Erich

I'm confused, that page has both Lame and ffmpeg packages. Yes. You need the FFmpeg package. You don't need the LAME package. Is the ffmpeg_64bit_osx.pkg on that page not the one I want? The file " ffmpeg_64bit_osx.pkg " is the one ...

I'm confused, that page has both Lame and ffmpeg packages. Is the ffmpeg_64bit_osx.pkg on that page not the one I want? The instructions point me to that page for the downloads. I'm also not clear if that's a custom ffmpeg installation, or if ...

Audacity requires a specific version of FFmpeg. Instructions for MacOS are here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_and_updating_audacity_on_mac_os_x.html#macff In that case can I install the ffmpeg 64 bit package from this link? ...

I am trying to get Audacity 2.3.2 on Mac OS 10.14.6 Mojave to use the ffmpeg 4.1.4.1 library that I installed via Homebrew. Is that not supported since it does not seem to include the ffmpeg.55.64bit.dylib that Audacity needs? In that case can I install the ...

In Audacity 2.3.2, LAME is installed by default as part of Audacity.

To install FFmpeg, follow the instructions here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/ins ... html#winff

I have tried four times now to get FFMPEG to install with v2.3.2 on Win10 64-bit. The Libraries tab says Lame 3.100 (built in) but it cannot locate the library. I tried a sarch for the dll avformat-55.dll and it does not exist. I tried to ...