How to Work with M4A and MP4 Files in Audacity - FFMPEG Install Guide
Having trouble opening M4A or MP4 files in Audacity? In this quick tutorial Sean shows you how to easily import and work with those file formats by installing the ffmpeg library.
When this video was originally posted I completely missed sharing the link that I said I was going to share in the video. Robert over at @Challengingtheimpossible asked where it was, letting me know that I need to come back and get that link shared. Thank you again Robert for letting us know! Below, is the link to the page on Audacity's website going over the installation of the ffmpep extension.
https://support.audacityteam.org/basi...
Audacity is a powerful free audio editor, but it doesn't natively support certain audio/video codecs like M4A (Apple's default audio format) or MP4 video files out of the box.
This step-by-step guide walks you through downloading and setting up the ffmpeg encoding library. Once installed, Audacity will be able to open and edit M4A audio files as well as extract the audio from MP4 video files!
You'll learn:
✓ How to download ffmpeg for Windows
✓ How to Install ffmpeg on your computer
✓ The easy fix if you get the "import codec error" in Audacity
Whether you're a podcaster, musician, or video editor, this quick Audacity add-on allows you to work seamlessly with more media file types. Stop wrestling with incompatible formats!
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