Hey,
Audacity, has always been able to open the audio from an .mp4 file, but in 2.3.1 it can no longer do it. This seems
really idiotic. I record gaming videos, and my mp4 files contain multiple audio tracks. Adobe Premiere elements will
only open one of them, so I used Audacity to open all of them, save the individual tracks and load them into
the video editor.
Now I can't do that, and I have no way to get the game audio or the mic audio, or the communications audio out of the
mp4 file.
Why was this done, and is there anyway to get around it?
thanks
Neon
Audacity 2.3.1 no longer opens mp4 audio
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NeonsStyle
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Re: Audacity 2.3.1 no longer opens mp4 audio
Make sure FFmpeg is installed.
...At some point in Audacity's history there was an upgrade where you had to upgrade FFmpeg too, so if you've had Audacity for a long time you may need to delete and re-install it.
...At some point in Audacity's history there was an upgrade where you had to upgrade FFmpeg too, so if you've had Audacity for a long time you may need to delete and re-install it.
Re: Audacity 2.3.1 no longer opens mp4 audio
Just for information, Audacity has never supported MP4 without help from either FFmpeg or QuickTime.NeonsStyle wrote: ↑Tue Jun 25, 2019 6:21 pmAudacity, has always been able to open the audio from an .mp4 file
Also, the current version of Audacity is 2.3.2 (available via the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/)
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NeonsStyle
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Re: Audacity 2.3.1 no longer opens mp4 audio
Great info, thank you that fixed it. 