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In this guide, we show you how to fix the Audacity FFmpeg error on Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC. I hope the above is taken as friendly feedback and not as scathing criticism.FFmpeg library is the most important aspect in running Audacity. So, extract the whole archive and you'll be fine.Īnyway, I'm just happy I got it working. This was compounded by the Zip version being the "recommended" version when I finally got to the actual download link, which reinforced my belief that I didn't actually need the whole application, which is not without precedent by any means. This is likely obvious to many here, and definitely to those who wrote at bit of text, but it could be more clear. In reality Audacity needs more than that. I assumed this meant it only needed some function contained within that dll. Long answer: Why was I silly enough to believe I didn't need everything and only unzip avformat-55.dll? In the locate FFmpeg dialog box it says "Audacity needs the file 'avformat-55.dll' to import and export via FFmpeg". Short answer, you can either use the exe like the above post mentions, or just unzip the entire application because you actually need everything. So for anyone who stumbles on this later, here ya' go: Like with many problems it's a bit more obvious in hindsight. I can't for the life of me figure out what I might be doing wrong.

Observed still being unable to import.

Relocated avformat-55.dll to a location outside of the program files directory in case access to this file required elevation.

Restarted audacity and tried importing again with the same result.

wav files with an error prompting me to install ffmpeg

Selected avformat-55.dll and clicked "Open".

Switched "Files of type" dropdown to "All files".

Observed that avformat-55.dll was not found when "Files of type" dropdown was set to "Only avformat.dll".

Browsed to C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\.

Audacity: Preferences: Libraries -> FFmpeg Library -> Clicked Locate button.

Extracted avformat-55.dll to C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity\.

Downloaded ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.zip by clicking the link "FFmpeg RECOMMENDED ZIP OPTION: ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.zip" (WHY SO MANY STEPS?! 0_0).Clicked the link: "FFmpeg download page.".Clicked the link: "Installing the FFmpeg Import/Export Library on Windows".Clicked the link: "FFmpeg installation section".Audacity Preferences: Libraries -> FFmpeg Library -> Clicked Download link.Here are the steps I took, and the problem encountered: I am unable to install FFMPEG on Audacity 2.4.2 running on Windows 10 version 20H2. I'm not typically one to rez old threads, but this was my top search result for the phrase "audacity can't install ffmpeg", so hopefully posting here will help someone else in the future.