Audacity error - File open command

[mikemoorcroft]

My Audacity is up to date, my system is windows 10 aspire es1.

So I had a project that was already saved. I made some changes, closed audacity and then forced a shut down my laptop. I get the message when reopening the project:

'Error Importing, xx is and Audacity Project File, Use the File-Command to open any audacity Projects.'

This doesn't work, I've gone into the autosaves - there aren't any. I've included the report below. Can someone please help me? (and also in a really easy to follow step-by-step way because I'm a total novice!


13:43:37: Audacity 2.3.3
13:43:37: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'AudacityModule' in a dynamic library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
13:43:42: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
13:43:42: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'.
13:43:42: Looking up PATH environment variable...
13:43:42: PATH = 'C:\Program Files\Broadcom\Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter;;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\TXE Components\TCS\;C:\Program Files\Intel\TXE Components\TCS\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Intel\TXE Components\DAL\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\TXE Components\DAL\;C:\Program Files\Intel\TXE Components\IPT\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\TXE Components\IPT\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Users\mikem\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\mikem\AppData\Roaming\Dashlane\4.6.6.23032\bin\Firefox_Extension\{442718d9-475e-452a-b3e1-fb1ee16b8e9f}\components;%DASHLANE_DLL_DIR%;'
13:43:42: Checking that '' is in PATH...
13:43:42: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
13:43:42: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
13:43:42: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
13:43:42: Loading avutil from ''.
13:43:42: Error: Failed to load shared library '.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
13:43:42: Loading avcodec from ''.
13:43:42: Error: Failed to load shared library '.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
13:43:42: Loading avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
13:43:42: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)
13:43:42: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
13:43:42: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.
13:43:42: File name is C:\Users\mikem\Desktop\Morpheus Invocation for Prophetic Dreaming.aup
13:43:42: Mime type is *
13:43:42: Opening with libsndfile
13:43:42: Opening with liboggvorbis
13:43:42: Opening with libflac
13:43:42: Opening with lof
13:43:42: Opening with libav
13:43:42: Error: Importer::Import: Opening failed.

[steve]

I suspect that the project file is fatally damaged (unrecoverable).
If you would like us to check, attach the "Morpheus Invocation for Prophetic Dreaming.aup" file to your reply.
(See here for how to attach a file to your post: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936

I'd recommend updating Audacity to the current 2.4.2 version at your earliest convenience (See: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/)