Can't find FFmpeg library from secondary admin account

[gbmt406]

I am running OS X and installed 1.3.13 from an administrative account but NOT the primary admin account on the computer. I then installed the FFmpeg plugin. The installer completed successfully. I did all of this from my secondary admin account on the computer. When I try to export an m4a file I get an error. When I check the library preference for FFmpeg I get a note that the library is not found. When I try to locate I get the following proposed string: /usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.52.dylib. In fact, the library is in that location! If I login as root in X11 I can navigate to that folder and see that everything is in place in the audacity folder. Originally all ownership and permissions were set for the primary admin user on the computer. I used root to change ownership of the audacity folder in usr/local/lib and all files in the folder. I still can't get the library to see the FFmpeg files. Any thoughts out there about how to enable myself to use Audacity from a secondary admin account? I've exhausted my very limited expertise. Cheers.

[Gale Andrews]

I am running OS X and installed 1.3.13 from an administrative account but NOT the primary admin account on the computer. I then installed the FFmpeg plugin. The installer completed successfully. I did all of this from my secondary admin account on the computer. When I try to export an m4a file I get an error. When I check the library preference for FFmpeg I get a note that the library is not found. When I try to locate I get the following proposed string: /usr/local/lib/audacity/libavformat.52.dylib. In fact, the library is in that location! If I login as root in X11 I can navigate to that folder and see that everything is in place in the audacity folder. Originally all ownership and permissions were set for the primary admin user on the computer. I used root to change ownership of the audacity folder in usr/local/lib and all files in the folder. I still can't get the library to see the FFmpeg files. Any thoughts out there about how to enable myself to use Audacity from a secondary admin account? I've exhausted my very limited expertise. Cheers.

Did you run

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sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/local/lib/audacity

That should give read and execute access for everyone and also write access for the owner of the file.

If that doesn't help, then try Go > Utilities > Disk Utilities > Verify Disk and Repair Permissions.

Otherwise, forget about installing into /usr/local/lib. Obtain the zip version of FFmpeg:
http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/FFmpeg_v0.6.2 ... on_OSX.zip

then extract the libavformat-52.dylib file to somewhere in your own user space. A modern Mac should be able to extract from a zip with its built-in zip utility. Then click Audacity > Preferences: Libraries and use the "Locate..." button to navigate to the libavformat-52.dylib file you extracted and open it.



Gale

[gbmt406]

First two suggestions didn't fix the problem but the zip file in a shared folder did the trick. Thank you Gail.