I’ve downloaded and reinstalled the package included on the FAQ loads of times. I’m clearly directing it to the right .dll file but it still won’t work. Here’s the log:
5:09:34: Audacity 2.0.5
5:09:34 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
5:09:34 AM: mLibAVFormatPath ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll') is not empty. Loading from it.
5:09:34 AM: Looking up PATH environment variable...
5:09:34 AM: PATH = 'C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Seagate\SnapAPI\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live'
5:09:34 AM: Checking that 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2' is in PATH...
5:09:34 AM: Warning: FFmpeg directory is not in PATH.
5:09:34 AM: Temporarily appending ';C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2' to PATH...
5:09:34 AM: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avutil_version' in a dynamic library (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: avformat not monolithic
5:09:34 AM: Loading avutil from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avutil-50.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avutil-50.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avcodec from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avcodec-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avcodec-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avformat from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Returning PATH to previous setting...
5:09:34 AM: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avutil_version' in a dynamic library (error 5: access is denied.)
5:09:34 AM: Actual avutil path
5:09:34 AM: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avcodec_version' in a dynamic library (error 5: access is denied.)
5:09:34 AM: Actual avcodec path
5:09:34 AM: Actual avformat path C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\ffmpeg-win-2.2.2\avformat-55.dll
5:09:34 AM: Importing symbols...
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load symbol av_write_header
5:09:34 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Looking up PATH environment variable...
5:09:34 AM: PATH = 'C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Seagate\SnapAPI\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live'
5:09:34 AM: Checking that 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity' is in PATH...
5:09:34 AM: Warning: FFmpeg directory is not in PATH.
5:09:34 AM: Temporarily appending ';C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity' to PATH...
5:09:34 AM: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avutil from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avutil-50.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avutil-50.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avcodec from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avcodec-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avcodec-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avformat from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Returning PATH to previous setting...
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
5:09:34 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Looking up PATH environment variable...
5:09:34 AM: PATH = 'C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Seagate\SnapAPI\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live'
5:09:34 AM: Checking that '' is in PATH...
5:09:34 AM: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
5:09:34 AM: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avutil from 'avutil-50.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avutil-50.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avcodec-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Loading avformat from 'avformat-52.dll'.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
5:09:34 AM: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.