To check, in Audacity click on “Preferences” under the Edit tab, then select Libraries, and see if the FFmpeg shows three numbers for “F,” “C,” and “U.” If not, you can locate the library manually using the instructions on the pages linked above. If Audacity was open while you downloaded FFmpeg to the default location, it should automatically locate the library.
Audacity never recognizes the file, with the preferences. I have repeated this process a dozen times: 1) Go to preferences / libraries and locate the file 'libmp3lame.dylib.' 2) Select the file located in /application support/audacity/libs/. This package was approved by moderator gep13 on. Never experience 404 breakages again Learn more. To download FFmpeg for Windows/PC, follow the instructions here. I downloaded Audacity 2.1.0 and installed the FFmpeg Import/Export Library following these instructions. To install FFmpeg for Audacity, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell: > Private CDN cached downloads available for licensed customers.
To download FFmpeg for Mac, follow the instructions here. To download and install the latest version of Audacity (2.3.2), go to this page and follow the instructions (picking either Windows or Mac depending on your computer): ĭon’t forget to download the FFmpeg plug-in ( video for Mac users here)Īfter you have Audacity up and running on your computer, make sure you also download the optional plug-in FFmpeg, which “allows Audacity to import and export many additional audio formats such as AC3, AMR(NB), M4A and WMA, and to import audio from video files.” Note that the 64-bit version is required for Audacity 2.3.1 and above.