to see diagnostic information about FFmpeg detection.

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.Autodesk Suite Educational access to Autodesk products and services. When you want to edit audio files that contains adva. Audacity and the optional FFmpeg library. 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 Audacity includes most of the library, but some reason library is not available in Audacity by default.

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.

Optional ffmpeg library for audacity