ffmpeg library is not loaded

Hi!

I just tried to install the ffmpeg library (like I have done many times already) - however this time, the settings keep saying the library is not loaded.

I tried installing both the exes (and link their install directory) and the .zips in varous folders.

Here is my generated log:
15:03:04: Audacity 3.0.3
15:08:21: User-specified path = ‘C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity\avformat-55.dll’
15:08:21: User-specified FFmpeg file exists. Success.
15:08:21: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries…
15:08:21: mLibAVFormatPath (‘C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity\avformat-55.dll’) is not empty. Loading from it.
15:08:21: Looking up PATH environment variable…
15:08:21: PATH = ‘C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jre-8.0.292.10-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn;C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps’
15:08:21: Temporarily prepending ‘;C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity’ to PATH…
15:08:21: Checking for monolithic avformat from ‘C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity\avformat-55.dll’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity\avformat-55.dll’ (error 193: %1 ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung.)
15:08:21: Loading avutil from ‘’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘.dll’ (error 126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.)
15:08:21: Loading avcodec from ‘’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘.dll’ (error 126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.)
15:08:21: Loading avformat from ‘C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity\avformat-55.dll’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘C:\Program Files\FFmpeg For Audacity\avformat-55.dll’ (error 193: %1 ist keine zulässige Win32-Anwendung.)
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
15:08:21: Returning PATH to previous setting: C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jre-8.0.292.10-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn;C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
15:08:21: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is ‘avformat-55.dll’.
15:08:21: Looking up PATH environment variable…
15:08:21: PATH = ‘C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jre-8.0.292.10-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn;C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps’
15:08:21: Temporarily prepending ‘;’ to PATH…
15:08:21: Checking for monolithic avformat from ‘avformat-55.dll’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avformat-55.dll’ (error 126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.)
15:08:21: Loading avutil from ‘’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘.dll’ (error 126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.)
15:08:21: Loading avcodec from ‘’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘.dll’ (error 126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.)
15:08:21: Loading avformat from ‘avformat-55.dll’.
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avformat-55.dll’ (error 126: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.)
15:08:21: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
15:08:21: Returning PATH to previous setting: C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jre-8.0.292.10-hotspot\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA NvDLISR;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16.0.1\bin;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\120\Tools\Binn;C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
15:08:21: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.


I don’t know how to fix this :frowning:

Thanks in advance for your help!

If you’re using the 32-bit version of Audacity, you need the 32-bit version of FFmpeg.
If you’re using the 64-bit version of Audacity, you need the 64-bit version of FFmpeg.

During the issue, I reinstalled everything and downloaded these two files:

audacity-win-3.0.3-64bit.exe
FFmpeg_v2.2.2_for_Audacity_on_Windows_64bit.exe

I’m also running a 64bit Win10 install.

Ok, somehow the issue just sortet itself out.

After restarting another 5 times and changing nothing - it just worked lol

Thank you for your help!