FFmpeg is not detected

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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So for some reason, audacity sucks…

It didn’t before.

So I uninstall, reboot, reinstall…

TRY to install FFmpeg, but it won’t find it, even when I try to locate it:

and select this file:

avformat-59.dll

NOPE DON’T WORK

Running Windows 11, 64GB of RAM, etc.

This is ridiculous. I am about to bail on this entire program and pay for something that actually works.

Audacty Ver: 3.7.3

2

Did you install the special Audacity version FFmpeg_5.0.0_for_Audacity_on_Windows_x86_64.exe?

3

I did:

[FFmpeg_5.0.0_for_Audacity_on_Windows_x86_64 .exe]

4

Are you using the 64 bit version throughout? avformat-59.dll is not correct for that. Find Libraries entry in Edit-Preferences and use the Locate button to verify that the avformat.dll is in the C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity folder.