Taking the audio of webm files[SOLVED]

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Taking the audio of webm files[SOLVED]

Post by audiowebm » Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:34 pm

Hi, I'm using Audacity 2.0.1 and it does not accept webm files. I want to be able to use the audio of webm files, the same way I do with mp4 and flv files.
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Re: Taking the audio of webm files

Post by steve » Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:27 pm

Audacity does not support webm files. You will need to use another program to convert the webm files into a support format (such as WAV).
See here for information about webm support: http://www.webmproject.org/tools/
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Re: Taking the audio of webm files

Post by Gale Andrews » Tue Oct 23, 2012 4:49 am

audiowebm wrote:Hi, I'm using Audacity 2.0.1 and it does not accept webm files. I want to be able to use the audio of webm files, the same way I do with mp4 and flv files.
I would guess you are still using FFmpeg 0.5 which does not support WebM. Assuming you are on Windows or Mac, uprade to FFmpeg 0.6.2 from here http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... tml#ffdown which does support WebM.


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Re: Taking the audio of webm files[SOLVED]

Post by audiowebm » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:55 pm

Thank you, Gale Andrews. After installing the latest FFDshow (corrected: FFmpeg) for Audacity, I was able to work with webm files.
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Re: Taking the audio of webm files[SOLVED]

Post by Gale Andrews » Wed Oct 24, 2012 3:02 am

audiowebm wrote:After installing the latest FFDshow for Audacity, I was able to work with webm files.
OK, I marked the topic as "Solved". I assume you mean FFmpeg, not ffdshow, though that also now supports WebM.


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Re: Taking the audio of webm files[SOLVED]

Post by audiowebm » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:11 am

Gale Andrews wrote: I assume you mean FFmpeg, not ffdshow
Yes, I meant FFmpeg. Thanks.

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