I’m using Windows 7 and I’ve alredy intalled the “ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe” that should allow me to import .mkv files.
Everytime I try to do that, import stops at 1/3 and the remaining time just keeps getting bigger. Yesterday I’ve left it alone for couple of hours and it showed me 52 hours.
I tried it with two .mkv files and one .avi file. None of them worked.
I also have one .mkv fle (it’s Deadpool 2 trailer) that can be imported but the sound is just screeching.
btw those three files that didn’t wok are full lenght movies (2 hours), is that a problem ?
The length of the file shouldn’t be a problem, but the format could be. MKV is a container format, and FFmpeg will only be able to extract the audio correctly if the codec used in the MKV (which could be almost anything) is supported by the installed version of FFmpeg.
Probably a good thing at this point is to check which version of Audacity you have, and if Audacity is installed correctly.
For the Audacity version, look in “Help menu > About Audacity”.
To Check FFmpeg, open the Audacity log. Depending on which Audacity version you have, the log will be somewhere in the Audacity Help menu.