Cannot Import MP3 "FFMPEG not Found"

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I have used Audacity to edit audio for years and now I cannot import a simple MP3 recording. It gets about halfway through the import then says FFMPEG not found. I go through the steps of trying to locate the library as well as downloading it but have only been met with frustration even though I have installed LAME and the FFMPEG library as instructed. Help Please!

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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

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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 what I thought to be everything, but this problem keeps coming up.

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

What did MediaInfo say about the file?

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I realize this is an outdated thread but I had the same issue. After messing around, I think it was a hard drive issue - I was out of space, so Audacity couldn’t handle the next mp3 I wanted to import. It’s a weird explanation the software provides, but deleting files worked for me.