Hello, old thread! I’m trying to set up an old 2012 Mac Mini to use as an audio conversion/editing device. It’s running macOS 10.15.7 (Catalina), Intel 17 CPU, etc.
I’ve installed Audacity 3.5.1 and grabbed the FFMPEG library installer from here per the instructions. I installed the libraries, but Audacity doesn’t see it. I also have no idea where the installed put these libraries, so I don’t know how to manually link to them in Audacity. Can anyone help?
Hijacking old threads is a very bad idea…
I think Audacity 3.5.1 installes ffmpeg automatically - at least on my MacBook Air it is available without any additional installation from my side. Maybe it was there from an earlier (2.x) version? No idea.
Go to Settings / Library and look whether it already shows an installed version. It is explained in the instructions you mention for installing. If you then click “locate”, you will be greeted by a dialog telling you that it is already installed and asked if you want to install a different version.
Ok, won’t do that again. I was just hoping the folks here who were having the same problem I am might have found a solution since no conclusion was made.
and yes, that’s exactly what I did. Then I downloaded them, as instructed, ran the installer… and it still cannot find them. I’d locate it if i had any idea where it went. The installer gives no useful info.
So if I select the corresponding settings, I get this dialog, telling me which ffmpeg version is installed:
When I then click on “Locate” (Suchen), I get this dialog which ask me whether I want to search for a different version:
Did you re-start Audacity after the automated install process? If it does not appear even after a restart, you can download it from the page referenced in the instructions and then “Locate” it in your downloads folder.
You can see where it is installed in the window below:
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