ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe incomplete and causing errors

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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On a new computer, installed 64 bit Audacity from audacity-win-3.1.3-64bit.exe

I then installed ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe for 64 bit. It has only 7 .dll files and I find the following errors when I try to import an .mp3

19:12:53: Audacity 3.1.3
19:12:53: sqlite3 message: (1) no such table: project in “SELECT 1 FROM project LIMIT 1;”
19:12:54: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avformat-58.dll’ (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Failed to load avformat-58.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avformat-57.dll’ (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Failed to load avformat-57.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Couldn’t find symbol ‘avio_context_free’ in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Couldn’t find symbol ‘av_packet_alloc’ in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Couldn’t find symbol ‘av_packet_free’ in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
19:12:54: Error: Couldn’t find symbol ‘avcodec_free_context’ in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)

The ffmpeg-win-2.2.2 does not include the files referenced in the errors. I have searched extensively for help and the only answer is to install ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe, so I am at a loss as to what to do to fix this.

Thank you.

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FFmpeg isn’t needed for MP3.

You might have a different format mis-named MP3 or you might have a bad or imperfect MP3.

Sometimes you can convert it to WAV or FLAC with [u]Kabuu Audio Converter[/u] or the converter of your choice. These tools are usually more tolerant than Audacity.

[u]MediaInfoOnline[/u] can tell you the actual format. If it’s really MP3 you should see:
MPEG Audio
Version 1
Layer 3

If it’s a bad MP3 MediaInfo can’t tell you that.

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This was helpful- thank you.

I followed the instructions from here: /audacity/help/manual/man/opening_malformed_mp3_files.html
and it worked!