Audacity Forum

Thank you for the quick reply. I did see the screen you linked to, and at first I followed the instructions to run FFmpeg. Then I browsed to locate avformat.dll, clicked Open and Ok and Ok also per the instructions. I'm using Audacity 2.3.2, which should be the most current version. ...

it still can't see avformat.dll in the Library. Are you seeing "library not found" like this ? I can't import an mp3 FFmpeg is not needed for MP3s. It's used for many other formats. What version of Audacity are you using? Audacity "out of the box" could always open ...

... avformat.dll in the Library. I can't import an mp3, and the .dll file isn't in the Library. Here's where I'm browsing to: C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-55.dll Thank you in advance for your help. Susan

Are you saying that; "when exporting as 32-bit using FFmpeg with Audacity's "external program" export option, that the audio appears to be reduced to 16-bit prior to the conversion"? If that's what you mean, then I think that is a ...

... I'm also betting that's not an MP3. You can use Media Info to figure out what it really is. https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfoOnline You can install FFMpeg software into Audacity so it will recognize and open many different types of sound file. https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ Koz

Most of the log is complaining about not being able to find FFMpeg and its associated programs. This looks like the sky is falling, but is normal if you didn't install the FFMpeg libraries. You may not if you didn't need them. They're optional if you ...

... problems, often have to post quickly or get cut out, BBcodes dont work, and cant re-edit past posts please understand, the 3rd post was 'ffmpeg' -loglevel "verbose" -v 99 -i - -c:a pcm_f32le "%f" … Input #0, wav, from 'pipe:': Duration: N/A, bitrate: 1411 kb/s Stream ...

As koz wrote, the errors shown in the log file mean that you don't have FFmpeg installed. FFmpeg is an optional component that allows Audacity to support more file types. FFmpeg is not required unless you need Audacity to support formats that Audacity does not ...

Most of the log is complaining about not being able to find FFMpeg and its associated programs. This looks like the sky is falling, but is normal if you didn't install the FFMpeg libraries. You may not if you didn't need them. They're optional if you didn't ...

... Couldn't find symbol 'AudacityModule' in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.) 23:18:06: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 23:18:06: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'. 23:18:06: Looking up PATH environment ...