
Would that enable the software to use whatever version of FFmpeg it could detect? The latest version for me, 4.4.1 for Audacity, and something older for GoldWave.

It has avcodec-58.dll, not avcodec-56.dll, though. In the file, "ffmpeg-4.4.1-full_build-shared.7z", on v for the previous release of ffmpeg, 4.4.1, \bin includes avformat-58.dll, which seems to be what Audacity is looking for. The documentation instructs me to find avcodec-56.dll.

Similarly, I have the latest version of GoldWave, 6.6, which can use FFmpeg's libraries. System PATH includes \path\to\FFmpeg\bin GoldWave Under Help > Diagnostics > Show log, Audacity seems to be looking for one of three versions of avformat-NN.dll: avformat-58.dll, avformat-57.dll, or avformat-55.dll 14:18:28: Looking for FFmpeg librariesġ4:18:46: User-specified path = 'C:\Users\Blaze-X120e\Documents\Programs\FFmpeg\bin'ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-58.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load avformat-58.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-57.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load avformat-57.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: Failed to load avformat-55.dll (error 126: The specified module could not be found.)ġ4:18:46: Error: User-specified path does not contain FFmpeg libraries.

In Audacity's Preferences > Libraries, there is an option to use FFmpeg's libraries. I have the latest release of Audacity, 3.1.3, which I installed using the 64-bit installer.

I downloaded "ffmpeg-release-full-shared.7z," which includes dlls in \bin. I have the latest release of FFmpeg, version 5.0-full_build-which is a compiled executable for Windows.
