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.

Installing the FFmpeg library in Audacity

Configure ffmpeg for audacity