Audcacity can't import MP4 [SOLVED]

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Mrkil1o1
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Audcacity can't import MP4 [SOLVED]

Post by Mrkil1o1 » Wed May 11, 2016 10:06 pm

I hope this is the right forum to ask this really stupid question.
Although I've been using Audacity for ages in v2.1.0 on a Mac under OS 10.11.4 I can't seem to view any waveform when a song is opened. It was always there so therefore a no-brainer so now that it isn't I can't seem to find what might cause it to not show up. Any hints?
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kozikowski
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Re: Audcacity 101

Post by kozikowski » Wed May 11, 2016 10:21 pm

Describe your world in a little more detail. Which song and where is it coming from? Can you hear it? Is the track there but the blue waves aren't wavy, like all you have is a straight line?

Is there no track there at all and you don't hear anything (attached, click on it or scroll down)?

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Re: Audcacity 101

Post by Mrkil1o1 » Thu May 12, 2016 4:44 am

The songs (I've tried quite a few) I wish to edit are all coming from iTunes and, for the most part, are in mp4 format.
I can neither see nor hear anything. All I see is a blank Audacity screen.
All Prefs. are setup in their defaults-nothing has been changed. I can't say that anything looks to be out of the ordinary there. (But then I most likely wouldn't know.)

What was I supposed to see in that screen shot?

Tell me what else you need to know Koz and I'll attempt to give you the answer.
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Re: Audcacity 101

Post by Trebor » Thu May 12, 2016 7:13 am

Mrkil1o1 wrote:The songs (I've tried quite a few) I wish to edit are all coming from iTunes and, for the most part, are in mp4 format.
You may have to install an additional component called FFmpeg into Audacity to play [and edit] that file format ,
here's how ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... Mac_OS_X_2
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Re: Audcacity can't import MP4

Post by Gale Andrews » Thu May 12, 2016 3:30 pm

That was true in Audacity 2.1.0, due to a bug http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 47&t=84958.

I would just update to Audacity 2.1.2 from http://audacityteam.org/download/mac/. Then Audacity will be able to import MP4 and other QuickTime formats without FFmpeg.


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Re: Audcacity can't import MP4 [SOLVED]

Post by Mrkil1o1 » Thu May 12, 2016 4:09 pm

Thanks Gale-that did it
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