


to see diagnostic information about FFmpeg detection. You can also choose Help > Diagnostics > Show Log. button to obtain the correct library for your operating system. This is a static FFmpeg build including x264 (8/10 bit), x265 (8/10 bit), vp9 (8/10 bit) and fdkaac (HE-AAC) especially for anime encoding. If you still see "not found", you may have installed the wrong libraries.

This utility differs from other GUI orientated software as it employs the WYSIWYG methodology (What You See Is What. The negative side was less control over the codec settings directly from the GUI (I wanted to disable B-frames for xvid encoding, but I couldn't see how). To do this, access Preferences then the " Libraries" tab on the left:Īs in the image above, the "FFmpeg Library Version" will say " FFmpeg library not found". FFmpeg (or 'Fast Forward MPEG') is a simple yet feature rich command line utility to allow the manipulation (including decoding, encoding, transcoding, muxing, demuxing, streaming, filtering, and playing) of media and video files. If you installed FFmpeg while Audacity was running, or if you installed FFmpeg to a non-default location, Audacity will ask you to configure Preferences to locate the FFmpeg library.
