I bought a CD ROM of “Audacity Music and Sound Editing and Recording Software 2.3.3” the other day via Amazon and installed it on my PC (Windows 10). Unfortunately, I could not import any of the M4A files I have stored. Followed all the steps in the “Quick Help Audacity Manual on installing the FFmpeg for other importable audio formats” and have now installed the ffmpeg-win-2.2.2 and the libmp.3lame-win-3.99.3 on my PC. However, when trying to import the M4A files, I still get the following message: “Audacity attempted to use FFmpeg to import an audio file, but the libraries were not found. To use FFmpeg import, go to Edit > Preferences > Libraries to download or locate the FFmpeg libraries.”
If I go via the “Preferences: Libraries” section and try “to get a free copy of FFmpeg, click here” I’m getting to the “FAQ: Installing the FFmpeg Import/Export library” again. So, I’m basically going in circles …
I’m really annoyed by this because I’m recording quite a few interviews with my Blackberry which converts all the audio files as M4As.