

now you can to importand edit audio or wide format files in your Audacity without any problem.Click okayto close the Preferences window. Choose the Nopeoption to manually add the library.Click on the To locatein front of the FFmpeg library and it will automatically find the installed FFmpeg library for Audacity.Īdd the FFmpeg library by clicking the location button

Select librariesin the list on the left side.Note: You can also just press the button CTRL + Pkeys to open the Audacity preferences. Click on the Editmenu in the menu bar and choose the preferencesoption. Follow the installation process and install FFmpeg for Audacity. Open the MPEGsetup file and run the setup program.Click on the download linkof the executable (.exe) file for FFmpeg as shown below: Open your browser and to downloadthe FFmpeg Librariesfor your audacity.A user is required to download this library from the Internet so that he can provide the DLL file to Audacity. There is not ' avformat-55.dll' file in the Audacity folder. If you open the FFmpeg library instead of Audacity, it will ask you to locate the ' avformat-55.dll' file to make this library work. However, some libraries like FFmpeg will still require installation in Audacity. The formats that require this library are M4A (AAC), AMR, WMA and AC3. The FFmpeg library allows Audacity to import and export large audio files. Most of the libraries are already integrated with Audacity. to see diagnostic information about FFmpeg detection.Installing the FFmpeg library in Audacity You can also choose Help > Diagnostics > Show Log. button to obtain the correct library for your operating system. If you still see "not found", you may have installed the wrong libraries. Click Open then OK and OK again to close Preferences.įFmpeg Library Version should now show a set of three version numbers for the sub-libraries of FFmpeg ("F" for libavformat version, "C" for libavcodec version and "U" for libavutil version).Navigate to the folder that contains FFmpeg, and select the file avformat-55.dll.If the " Locate FFmpeg" dialog appears, click Browse.If a " Success" message indicates Audacity has now automatically detected valid FFmpeg libraries and asks if you want to detect them manually, click No, then OK to close Preferences Linux users should use the following instructions to download and install the free and recommended LAME third-party encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity.To do this, access Preferences then the "Libraries" tab on the left:Īs seen in the image above, the "FFmpeg Library Version" will say "not found". If you installed FFmpeg while Audacity was running, or if you installed FFmpeg to a non-default location, Audacity will ask you to configure Preferences to locate the FFmpeg library.
