Export audio files in M4A (AAC)

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Vuisternens
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Export audio files in M4A (AAC)

Post by Vuisternens » Wed Jun 17, 2020 10:24 am

I should export an audio file in FFmpeg M4A (AAC).
I installed all the necessary files according to the request but when I try to execute the command I get the error messages

Error FFmpeg. Cannot open the codec audio "aac" (0x15002). Experimental feature.

Then clicking on validate I get the second message Unable to export.

It seems that the needed FFmpeg files were not updated or do not correspond to the last version of Audacity 2.4.1!

Does somebody have a solution? Thank you in advance

billw58
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Re: Export audio files in M4A (AAC)

Post by billw58 » Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:40 pm

This is a known bug that has been fixed in version 2.4.2 (due out soon).
-- Bill

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