My PC hard drive died and I’m on a newer PC now running XP Por on 32 bit. I’ve downloaded Audacity for Widows and I’m trying to follow the directions I printed so I can save portions of audio in .MP3, .amr and .wav (uncompressed) using Audacity 2.0.2
I returned to the Audacity download page and clicked on Plug Ins and I’m taken to…
FFMpeg Binary compatible with Audacity 1.3.13, 2.x or later on Windows (THIS IS NOT LAME!):
FFmpeg_v0.6.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows.exe - (ZIP version - here)
Do I want the zip file?
The notes I have are about an installer? Where would I find the installer instead of the zip file?
I’m not sure where to find the correct FFMpeg file so I can save audio in .MP3, .amr and .wav with Audacity on my PC?
The notes I have are about an installer? Where would I find the installer instead of the zip file?
The EXE file is the “installer”. You don’t need the ZIP file unless you want to un-ZIP it manually.
You don’t need anything extra to export to (save as) WAV.
You need LAME (not FFMPEG) to export to MP3.
I don’t know what an AMR file is… The [u]FFMPEG Documentation[/u] says it requires an external encoder, and I have no idea if that external file is included with the Audacity version.
BTW - When you want to create an audio file, don’t “save”. Use File → Export.
On my other PC, I was able to save the file as .amr and now I would like to save as both .amr and mp3.
I installed Audacity.
But, now I need to know if have all the files to export to .amr and MP3.
I recall there were 4 other files I had to go back and download and install but when I return now I don’t see those 4 files listed - just some reference to LAME and a zipped file - I’m not sure what all that is referencing.
There was mention that FFMPEG was need to export to .amr and MP3.