When did Audacity end support of m4a files?
None of the published methods for getting Audacity to import m4a files work any longer.
I am forced to use someone else's software.
m4a No Longer Supported by Audacity
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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Re: m4a No Longer Supported by Audacity
M4A is a "container format" and may contain any number of audio, video, and even subtitle streams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14 and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_container_format). M4A also supports DRM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management)
Audacity does not support DRM (never has, and probably never will).
Most other M4A audio files are supported by Audacity if FFmpeg is installed (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... tml#ffdown)
Audacity does not support DRM (never has, and probably never will).
Most other M4A audio files are supported by Audacity if FFmpeg is installed (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq ... tml#ffdown)
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