FFmpeg library not found

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.

Try installing the current Audacity 2.1.1 from Audacity ® | Download for Windows.

2.0.5 looks first for FFmpeg in the System PATH. If there is an FFmpeg there that is a version Audacity can’t work with, that prevents Audacity finding a valid FFmpeg that you installed according to the FAQ.

2.1.1 looks first for installed FFmpeg or the path set in audacity.cfg.


Gale