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I am unable to import wma files into Audacity 1.3.12-beta. I have installed the ffmpeg files but apparently they don't "take" in Audacity as the Edit - Preferences - Libraries sheet shows ffmpeg library not found.

I am using Windows XP SP3. I am pasting the contents of my log file below. Why am I getting all these "the specified procedure could not be found" error messages? Any suggestions are appreciated.

15:45:00: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries
15:45:00: mLibAVFormatPath is not empty, = C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll. Loading from it.
15:45:00: Looking up PATH...
15:45:00: PATH = C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS;C:WINDOWSSystem32Wbem;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAGL;C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727;C:WINDOWSsystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program FilesGnuWin32bin;C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1OdbcFILEMA~1;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem;C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity
15:45:00: Checking that C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity is in PATH...
15:45:00: in PATH.
15:45:00: Loading avformat from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll
15:45:01: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:01: Loading avutil from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavutil-50.dll
15:45:01: Loading avcodec from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll
15:45:02: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:02: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:02: Failed to load FFmpeg libs
15:45:02: Trying to load from default path C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll.
15:45:02: Looking up PATH...
15:45:02: PATH = C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS;C:WINDOWSSystem32Wbem;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAGL;C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727;C:WINDOWSsystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program FilesGnuWin32bin;C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1OdbcFILEMA~1;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem;C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity
15:45:02: Checking that C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity is in PATH...
15:45:02: in PATH.
15:45:02: Loading avformat from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll
15:45:02: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:02: Loading avutil from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavutil-50.dll
15:45:02: Loading avcodec from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll
15:45:02: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:02: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:02: Failed to load FFmpeg libs
15:45:02: Trying to load from system paths. File name is avformat-52.dll
15:45:02: Looking up PATH...
15:45:02: PATH = C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS;C:WINDOWSSystem32Wbem;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAGL;C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727;C:WINDOWSsystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program FilesGnuWin32bin;C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1OdbcFILEMA~1;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem;C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity
15:45:02: Checking that is in PATH...
15:45:02: in PATH.
15:45:02: Loading avformat from avformat-52.dll
15:45:03: Loading avutil from avutil-50.dll
15:45:03: Loading avcodec from avcodec-52.dll
15:45:03: Importing symbols...
15:45:03: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'av_init_packet' in a dynamic library (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:03: Failed to load symbol av_init_packet
15:45:03: Looking for FFmpeg libraries...
15:45:03: mLibAVFormatPath is not empty, = C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll
15:45:10: User-specified path = C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll
15:45:10: User-specified file exists. Success.
15:45:10: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries
15:45:10: mLibAVFormatPath is not empty, = C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll. Loading from it.
15:45:10: Looking up PATH...
15:45:10: PATH = C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS;C:WINDOWSSystem32Wbem;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAGL;C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727;C:WINDOWSsystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program FilesGnuWin32bin;C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1OdbcFILEMA~1;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem;C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity
15:45:10: Checking that C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity is in PATH...
15:45:10: in PATH.
15:45:10: Loading avformat from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll
15:45:10: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Loading avutil from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavutil-50.dll
15:45:10: Loading avcodec from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll
15:45:10: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Failed to load FFmpeg libs
15:45:10: Trying to load from default path C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll.
15:45:10: Looking up PATH...
15:45:10: PATH = C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS;C:WINDOWSSystem32Wbem;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAGL;C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727;C:WINDOWSsystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program FilesGnuWin32bin;C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1OdbcFILEMA~1;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem;C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity
15:45:10: Checking that C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity is in PATH...
15:45:10: in PATH.
15:45:10: Loading avformat from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll
15:45:10: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Loading avutil from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavutil-50.dll
15:45:10: Loading avcodec from C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll
15:45:10: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavcodec-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Error: Failed to load shared library 'C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacityavformat-52.dll' (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Failed to load FFmpeg libs
15:45:10: Trying to load from system paths. File name is avformat-52.dll
15:45:10: Looking up PATH...
15:45:10: PATH = C:WINDOWSsystem32;C:WINDOWS;C:WINDOWSSystem32Wbem;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAdobeAGL;C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727;C:WINDOWSsystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program FilesGnuWin32bin;C:PROGRA~1COMMON~1OdbcFILEMA~1;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem;C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity
15:45:10: Checking that is in PATH...
15:45:10: in PATH.
15:45:10: Loading avformat from avformat-52.dll
15:45:10: Loading avutil from avutil-50.dll
15:45:10: Loading avcodec from avcodec-52.dll
15:45:10: Importing symbols...
15:45:10: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'av_init_packet' in a dynamic library (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
15:45:10: Failed to load symbol av_init_packet

Make sure you have FFmpeg from http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... Ins#ffdown and installed correctly into C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity.

Remove C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity from PATH and reboot. That isn't needed.

You may have conflicting versions of FFmpeg. If so, remove them so the libraries in C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity can work. If necessary you can search your computer for "av*.dll" (without quotes). That command finds any dll files whose name starts with "av". The FFmpeg files will be called avcodec*, avdevice*, avformat* or avutil*.

If that does not help, the next step is for you to download Dependency Walker from
http://www.dependencywalker.com/ (x86 version)

Open avformat-52.dll in the FFmpeg for Audacity folder with Dependency Walker then simply "File > Save as", save avformat-52.dwi" and send it to me (gale AT audacityteam DOT ORG) - formatted as a normal e-mail address.

Also it would help to know what exact error messages appear in the Preferences and Locate FFmpeg dialogue when FFmpeg fails to load.


Thanks


Gale

Thanks for your quick reply, Gale.

I found all those av*.dll files in the c:program filesAudacity 1.3 (beta) folder as well as the c:program filesFFmpeg for Audacity folder. The versions were older in the Audacity folder - 1/8/2009 vs. 7/20/2009. Should I dump the old ones? There's also a 1/8/2009 version of ffmpeg.exe in the Audacity 1.3 (beta) folder.

I also found the av*.dll files in my TVersity folder. I have now removed that program from my computer.

I will also remove the c:program filesffmpeg folder from my path command.

Bill

BillinCalifornia wrote:I found all those av*.dll files in the c:program filesAudacity 1.3 (beta) folder as well as the c:program filesFFmpeg for Audacity folder. The versions were older in the Audacity folder - 1/8/2009 vs. 7/20/2009. Should I dump the old ones? There's also a 1/8/2009 version of ffmpeg.exe in the Audacity 1.3 (beta) folder.

I don't think the current 1.3.12 Beta will even recognise the 1/8/2009 libraries. So, C:Program FilesFFmpeg for Audacity should have the 7/20/2009 files only. To be safe you should clear out all files relating to ffmpeg (*av, *lib, *swscale, *zlib and FFmpeg.exe) from the Audacity 1.3 (beta) folder.



Gale

Thanks for your help.

I uninstalled Audacity, then deleted the remaining files in the Audacity folder and the folder itself.

I reinstalled Audacity and the program found the ffmpeg libraries. Of course, after that the WMA file imported quickly.

Bill