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#AUDACITY FFMPEG INSTALL LOCATION SOFTWARE#

If yes, would I want that? In FFmpeg, some codecs and codec implementations have improved in recent releases, so do I want to use older versions of FFmpeg?.

#AUDACITY FFMPEG INSTALL LOCATION SOFTWARE#

Would that enable the software to use whatever version of FFmpeg it could detect? The latest version for me, 4.4.1 for Audacity, and something older for GoldWave.

It seems that I could have parallel installations of FFmpeg.

I suspect that if I look through prior releases of FFmpeg, I will find avcodec-56.dll. It has avcodec-58.dll, not avcodec-56.dll, though. In the file, "ffmpeg-4.4.1-full_build-shared.7z", on v for the previous release of ffmpeg, 4.4.1, \bin includes avformat-58.dll, which seems to be what Audacity is looking for. The documentation instructs me to find avcodec-56.dll. Similarly, I have the latest version of GoldWave, 6.6, which can use FFmpeg's libraries. System PATH includes \path\to\FFmpeg\bin GoldWave Under Help > Diagnostics > Show log, Audacity seems to be looking for one of three versions of avformat-NN.dll: avformat-58.dll, avformat-57.dll, or avformat-55.dll 14:18:28: Looking for FFmpeg librariesġ4:18:46: User-specified path = 'C:\Users\Blaze-X120e\Documents\Programs\FFmpeg\bin'ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-58.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load avformat-58.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-57.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load avformat-57.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load avformat-55.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: User-specified path does not contain FFmpeg libraries. In Audacity's Preferences > Libraries, there is an option to use FFmpeg's libraries. I have the latest release of Audacity, 3.1.3, which I installed using the 64-bit installer. I downloaded "ffmpeg-release-full-shared.7z," which includes dlls in \bin. to see diagnostic information about FFmpeg detection.I have the latest release of FFmpeg, version 5.0-full_build-which is a compiled executable for Windows. 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.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.