This gets our installed size down to one that is a bit more manageable. EXEs and DLLs Compressed - All EXEs and DLLs were recompressed using UPX. It automatically handles your registry settings. Use it at your own risk.Īs of January 2021, the official Audacity manuals' instructions for Installing FFmpeg for Windows advise downloading FFmpeg from scroll down the page and click the link 'FFmpeg RECOMMENDED ZIP OPTION: ffmpeg-win-2.2.2.zip', unzip it in your desired location, then point Audacity to avformat-55.dll in the unzipped folder. Friendly Launcher - Audacity Portable launcher is included. Unfortunately, there’s no checksum on the original page, so I cannot prove that my mirror isn’t tampered with. It directs you to this page: You can find the required FFmpeg version there.ĭownloads from that page are terribly slow, so I’ll provide a mirror: On the official Audacity wiki, theres a section on how to get FFmpeg.

You can look in Task Manager to find out whether it’s a 32-bit process. It may or may not work with Audacity.Īlso keep in mind to pick the correct choice from 32/64 bit: It needs to match Audacity’s “bitness”. On that page, select “Shared” so the DLL will actually be there. The more or less official source for FFmpeg Windows Builds is here:

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