2.0.6-alpha-Jul 22 2014 - Doesn't load the FFMpeg Plug-Ins

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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This the section inside Config File:

[FFmpeg]
Enabled=0
FFmpegLibPath=D:\Programmi\Audacity-Beta\Plug-Ins\FFmpeg\avformat-52.dll

I have correctly downloaded this:
FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows.zip

I have extract and select it from preferences but after restart of audacity this file it’s not been founded… i obtain:
Libray FFMpeg not founded… i also try to reset the .cfg but never appened… we need another difference plugins ?

EDIT
I have also tryed this… modified manually the audacity.cfg to:

[FFmpeg]
Enabled=1
FFmpegLibPath=D:\Programmi\Audacity-Beta\Plug-Ins\FFmpeg\avformat-52.dll
[Window]

But when i launch this beta i obtain this:

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I think that the 2.0.6 alpha needs different FFmpeg libraries, e.g. aformat55.dll.
See the locate dialog title–under preferences/libraries/FFmpeg).
They are not yet prepared/available for Audacity.
Gale should know that precisely.

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yeah… i have the same idea but from preferences it’s possible to locate the “avformat-52.dll” and on download page i can’t find a newer release of FFMpeg for Audacity :slight_smile:

I have also tryed the latest stable 2.0.5 and for now i thinks it’s good workaround…

Ah i have not say… i’m on Windows 7 X64 SP1.

4

In order to make the next 2.0.6 release of Audacity compatible with recent FFmpeg we had to remove compatibility with FFmpeg 1.1 or earlier. So FFmpeg 1.2 to 2.2.x should work with 2.0.6. For Windows you can use http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win32/shared/ffmpeg-2.2.2-win32-shared.7z .

Later FFmpeg than 2.2.x may or may not work, but usually the next release or two of FFmpeg will break something in Audacity.

For Mac you have to build FFmpeg yourself until we can find a suitable shared build to recommend.

Please let us know if you find any issues with FFmpeg 2.2.2 in 2.0.6-alpha.


Gale

5

Ok… i have a general question:
Exist a mode to conserve the main stable and the latest stable but using two difference standalone configuration ??

Because the current 0.6.2 working whitout problems on stable 2.0.5… and i want to try to lauch the 2.0.6-alpha without make change on audacity.cfg…


EDIT
The answer for this question it’s here:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/preferences.html

Where are Preferences stored?

Audacity Preferences are stored in a configuration file called audacity.cfg. It is a text file saved on each clean exit of Audacity and can be edited with any text editor. The file is stored inside Audacity’s folder for application data:

Windows 2000/XP: Documents and SettingsApplication DataAudacity
Windows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8: UsersAppDataRoamingAudacity
OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/audacity/
Linux: ~/.audacity-data/

However if you create a folder called “Portable Settings” in the same directory as the Audacity executable, “audacity.cfg” will be stored there instead. If you copy this “Portable Settings” folder to a USB stick or CD this lets you take your current Audacity settings with you if you use Audacity on another computer.

Yeah… this is working whitout problems… now i can run the last Stable and the last alpha using two different configuration!!

I have also download and extracted the:

[FFmpeg]
Enabled=1
FFmpegLibPath=D:\Programmi\Audacity-Stable\Plug-Ins\FFmpeg-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll

Appears the Plugins it’s correctly loaded whitout problems… i need so much test and i can say if it correctly working… i can post the log after the start:

00:07:17: Audacity 2.0.6-alpha-Jul 22 2014
00:07:17: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
00:07:17: mLibAVFormatPath ('D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll') is not empty. Loading from it.
00:07:17: Looking up PATH environment variable...
00:07:17: PATH = 'C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86_64;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program Files (x86)ATI TechnologiesATI.ACECore-Static;C:Program Files (x86)Universal Extractor;C:Program Files (x86)Universal Extractorbin;C:Program Files (x86)Windows LiveShared;C:adb'
00:07:17: Checking that 'D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2' is in PATH...
00:07:17: Avviso:FFmpeg directory 'D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2' is not in PATH.
00:07:17: Temporarily appending ';D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2' to PATH...
00:07:17: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll'.
00:07:17: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'avutil_version' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
00:07:17: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'avcodec_version' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
00:07:17: avformat not monolithic
00:07:17: Loading avutil from 'avutil-52.dll'.
00:07:17: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-55.dll'.
00:07:17: Loading avformat from 'D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll'.
00:07:17: Returning PATH to previous setting...
00:07:17: Actual avutil path D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avutil-52.dll
00:07:17: Actual avcodec path D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avcodec-55.dll
00:07:17: Actual avformat path D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll
00:07:17: Importing symbols...
00:07:17: All symbols loaded successfully. Initializing the library.
00:07:17: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
00:07:17:    AVCodec version 0x373466 - 55.52.102 (built against 0x373466 - 55.52.102)
00:07:17:    AVFormat version 0x372164 - 55.33.100 (built against 0x372164 - 55.33.100)
00:07:17:    AVUtil version 0x344264 - 52.66.100 (built against 0x344264 - 52.66.100)
00:07:17: FFmpeg libraries loaded successfully.
00:07:22: Attempting to load LAME from previously defined path
00:07:22: Loading LAME from D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsLame4Audacitylame_enc.dll
00:07:22: Actual LAME path D:ProgrammiAudacity-StablePlug-InsLame4Audacitylame_enc.dll
00:07:22: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'lame_get_lametag_frame' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
00:07:22: LAME library successfully loaded
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On Windows you can run different configurations by making one or both versions “portable”. That is, so that the settings are stored within the program folder rather than in the users’ profile.
To do that, create an empty folder within the Audacity program folder and name it “Portable Settings”.
For more information: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Portable_Audacity

7

It seems to work with those libraries.
I’ve deleted the old config file. I’m considering Steve’s proposal with portable settings, at least if the VST Effects won’t be accessible for some time in the 2.0.6A.

8

Are you using lame_enc.dll from http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame ?

Audacity regards “lame_get_lametag_frame” as optional but it is possible that not having that symbol in your lame_enc.dll may cause some problem for a badly designed MP3 player.


Gale

9

Yes… after some click i’m arrived on this page:
http://lame.buanzo.org/

And i’m download using this click:
http://lame.buanzo.org/#lamewindl

I have downloaded this files:
Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe

And i have executed for extract… and i have put on the exact path… but when run the last alpha i obtain the same log errors…

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Ok… i have re-organized the Stable Path and the Beta Path on my HD… and i have created a similar “Shared PlugIns” Folder how i have put the Lame_enc.dll and the two different version of FFmpeg.
After i have re-located the two plugins when lauch the latest beta i obtain this log:

00:56:20: Audacity 2.0.6-alpha-Jul 22 2014
00:56:20: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
00:56:20: mLibAVFormatPath ('D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll') is not empty. Loading from it.
00:56:20: Looking up PATH environment variable...
00:56:20: PATH = 'C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86_64;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program Files (x86)ATI TechnologiesATI.ACECore-Static;C:Program Files (x86)Universal Extractor;C:Program Files (x86)Universal Extractorbin;C:Program Files (x86)Windows LiveShared;C:adb'
00:56:20: Checking that 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2' is in PATH...
00:56:20: Avviso:FFmpeg directory 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2' is not in PATH.
00:56:20: Temporarily appending ';D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2' to PATH...
00:56:20: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll'.
00:56:20: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'avutil_version' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
00:56:20: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'avcodec_version' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
00:56:20: avformat not monolithic
00:56:20: Loading avutil from 'avutil-52.dll'.
00:56:20: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-55.dll'.
00:56:20: Loading avformat from 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll'.
00:56:20: Returning PATH to previous setting...
00:56:20: Actual avutil path D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avutil-52.dll
00:56:20: Actual avcodec path D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avcodec-55.dll
00:56:20: Actual avformat path D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg-2.2.2avformat-55.dll
00:56:20: Importing symbols...
00:56:20: All symbols loaded successfully. Initializing the library.
00:56:20: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
00:56:20:    AVCodec version 0x373466 - 55.52.102 (built against 0x373466 - 55.52.102)
00:56:20:    AVFormat version 0x372164 - 55.33.100 (built against 0x372164 - 55.33.100)
00:56:20:    AVUtil version 0x344264 - 52.66.100 (built against 0x344264 - 52.66.100)
00:56:20: FFmpeg libraries loaded successfully.

This is the log when start the last stable:

01:00:18: Audacity 2.0.5
01:00:19: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
01:00:19: mLibAVFormatPath ('D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavformat-52.dll') is not empty. Loading from it.
01:00:19: Looking up PATH environment variable...
01:00:19: PATH = 'C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86_64;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program Files (x86)ATI TechnologiesATI.ACECore-Static;C:Program Files (x86)Universal Extractor;C:Program Files (x86)Universal Extractorbin;C:Program Files (x86)Windows LiveShared;C:adb'
01:00:19: Checking that 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg' is in PATH...
01:00:19: Avviso:FFmpeg directory is not in PATH.
01:00:19: Temporarily appending ';D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpeg' to PATH...
01:00:19: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavformat-52.dll'.
01:00:19: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'avutil_version' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
01:00:19: avformat not monolithic
01:00:19: Loading avutil from 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavutil-50.dll'.
01:00:19: Loading avcodec from 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavcodec-52.dll'.
01:00:19: Loading avformat from 'D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavformat-52.dll'.
01:00:19: Returning PATH to previous setting...
01:00:19: Actual avutil path D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavutil-50.dll
01:00:19: Actual avcodec path D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavcodec-52.dll
01:00:19: Actual avformat path D:ProgrammiAudacityShared_Plug-InsFFmpegavformat-52.dll
01:00:19: Importing symbols...
01:00:19: All symbols loaded successfully. Initializing the library.
01:00:19: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
01:00:19:    AVCodec version 0x344802 - 52.72.2 (built against 0x344802 - 52.72.2)
01:00:19:    AVFormat version 0x344002 - 52.64.2 (built against 0x344002 - 52.64.2)
01:00:19:    AVUtil version 0x320f01 - 50.15.1 (built against 0x320f01 - 50.15.1)
01:00:19: FFmpeg libraries loaded successfully.
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Thanks, note there are no betas now, only alphas (which will never be released) and releases (which we don’t call stable as there are no beta releases to compare them with).

To see the results of loading LAME, I think you need to open and close Preferences, or export an MP3 file.


Gale