Audacity: How to Import .m4a Files and Other Audio Files

[@MatthijsvanWaveren]

The recorder on my Huawei Android phone creates .m4a files. I used to convert these externally to Audacity, but with your video, I can read them straight into Audacity. Great help! Thanks a lot!

[@styx84]

helpful tip for future vids, if you're making a 'how to' for a program, you can rest assured the majority has said program installed or there would be no reason to watch the video.

[@LTUGamersTeam]

But hey it works :D

[@fatpig0192837465]

five years later, people still watch your video. thanks for the help!

[@iori7171]

I love how concise your instructions are. Short and sweet!!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@PaulLammertsma]

Excellent explanation. Very patient, very detailed, keep it up! I installed them into the default directories, and Audacity 2.1.2 picked up on the locations straight away, no need to browse or restart. Thanks!

[@IsraelTruthWeek]

Brilliant! I'm not super techy and I'm just learning basic editing, so when I got the message from Audacity telling me I had to convert to WAV, I was a little frustrated...until I found this! Thanks so much.

[@TimelordLink90]

Even though this vid is three years old, it helped tremendously! Thanks, bud!

[@VasyaIvanovichPupkin]

Great,clear, straight to the point!
I have zero experience with this software and plan to use it to sync my external audio to my action cam footage. This helped me out a LOT!!!
Thank you very much!

[@PhilKJames]

Very Helpful... Even 7 years later it's still useful!!

[@DrKillAngerJoy]

Even years later this works... Thanks a ton for this video to follow along

[@jaehwan123]

Thanks so much for this video! I couldn't believe how hard it was to find out how to do this, but you made it easy.

[@witness3rd]

whoever this girl is, she's a legend! thank u!

[@PabloWhiskey]

Thanks for the help all these years later!

[@Rillaaa993]

thank you, so much can't believe a 2011 video still works

[@melodiebilodeau]

Thank you! I've been searching for hours and your video said it all!

[@shellyswan14]

Thank you for making it easy to follow along and not spending all day to teach us how to do that..Great job!! I was really suck here :-)

[@AlienMyth64]

the website's a lil different but it still works!
now i'll never have to use WinFF ever again!

[@paimless]

Quick version:
Install Audacity. Start it. Open menu::
Edit->Preferences-->Libraries. Press the FFmpeg "Download" button. Follow instructions on wiki.

[@ClickerQuiz]

thank you lots.
Seeing it done made it much easier. Also your video was very straightforward without much in the way of digression, pause interjection, or other time wasting or confusing flow-breaking interruptions.

[@ZloyNord]

Now I don't have problems with .m4a import. Thank you comrade!

[@yingzigu9014]

This video is very helpful! Now I can open m4a files in Audacity. Thanks very much for sharing!

[@garymason2474]

Just came across this video, wanted to let you know that it was very helpful. Thanks

[@ZaidAzmi]

Girl you saved my day!! Whatever your name is, thank you very much for this tutorial :)

[@SidekicksMartialArtsAcademy]

wow!! Amazingly helpful. Would have never figured all that out without your help!! Thank you

[@Jaylectricity]

Thank you so much for this video. I feel stupid now for not figuring it out, but I wouldn't have figured it out without your help.

[@JSanctum]

Yeah, it works even in the beginning of 2015. Thank you very much.

[@tomgause1191]

Thank you very much for making this video. You saved the day today! It was easy to follow along.

[@renemies78]

This video is old but it helped me install these two programs today! thanks.

[@filixd5793]

+Rene Rodriguez lol how oyu put em

[@camillafanning6000]

Absolutely brilliant!! I hope you have gone on to be a tech teacher!! Thank you from Dublin CJ

[@anandsubramanian9740]

Great tutorial! I am now able to open the .m4a file.

[@zionj104]

I just subscribed! ...purely because you have 99 and it's not every day you get to be the 100th subscriber to a UA-cam channel.

[@johnwilson4th]

This worked perfectly for me! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!

[@LucPellerin]

Thank you very much. Your generosity is well appreciated. Luc

[@RebeccaBly]

Thanks for your help! I can work with my .m4a files now.

[@oNovais]

Thank you, you really helped me, i'd spend lot of time for converting the archives.

[@Blackberry21838]

I can't believe this worked. lol. Thanks. I had to use audacity because my Premiere subscription ran out and I'm not familiar with audacity.

[@32dreamgirl]

That was an awesome video. Thank you so much! It was a perfect step by step tutorial and I followed it perfectly and got it all set up.

[@Manu-jt7pm]

Had both files lame and ffmpeg but didn't install it in the audacity folder. So Thank you for this.

[@bobgspinball]

Thanks, That works great once I found the right files.

[@SmaugAltair]

Usefull Video. I forgot to instal the ffmpeg Libary.

[@TT-if4zg]

Thanks a lot !! It was hard to find a solution in french but finally it's quite easy :)

[@MayitoTek]

Great!! Thank you for making this video. It worked like a charm for me!!!

[@illunamoondropsvideo]

thank you PocketdSources.

[@CharlestonAndLowcountrycom]

Awesome! Your instructions were precise and easy to follow. Thanks so much!

[@truckcompany]

I did this and now I've got 5gb of extra RAM. Thanks!

[@leonorhoyt4532]

good one, thks. also I find some of my files requires conversion first to work. Google for ZillaTube, it helps

[@kenyonmacmurray665]

Extremely Helpful

[@Tyler1288MC]

nice this will help me with the bf1 Easter egg thanks

[@ComfortRides]

helpful ... thanks

[@grantplaw12]

Thank you, well done for your first video!

[@dynamight7169]

Excellent tutorial. Loved it. Start making videos again :)

[@Dani98664]

Thank you so much! NOTE FOR EVERYONE...Follow the instructions word for word or you might screw it up.

[@sunnyokayode]

You're the best. Works perfectly thanks

[@lordkhan2477]

you rocked dude.....................

[@EnglishwithBob1]

Many thanks for your very useful video - saved me a load of time!

[@kamiln.2994]

Before apply that - I get error : "is an advanced audio coding file" NOW IT FIXED :) THANKS very much

[@Javier78521]

That was very helpful and you kept your promises!!

[@trafficjam101]

Excellent video.....VERY HELPFUL !

[@mariaysart5599]

Thank you for this video! it saved my ass for a music group project

[@sarunasreklaitis8864]

wow woman knowing something about pc i like it

[@kevinthomson2691]

Great tutorials it worked perfectly, Thank you :)

[@jmmarquezdelacruz]

thanks a lot, been reading things about this. I noticed my version is outdated that it doesn't have any option to add a FFmpeg thing. haha.thank you. because of you video, I was able to see it. more powers XD

[@SmokinLoken]

Worked for me. Very helpful. Thank you.

[@realtor.vaarunan]

thank you so much!
Finally can finish my school project :P
THANKS!!

[@emmatheclaire]

Thank you, really straight forward!

[@tedmund90]

very helpful and easy to follow, thanks!

[@treasurenguyen9822]

thanks so much! super helpful and clear tutorial

[@ArtofRuin19]

thx a lot now to lower the vocals and put my own n u have made my night thx again :D

[@Mogura87]

Thanks, worked like a charm.

[@ikramalikhan6762]

Wow! This is working... Very helpful tutorial... Thank you

[@marcusbighouse]

Hi, it's me again. I changed my computer. Installed audacity and searched for a m4a plugin for audacity. Then I came to this video, I recognize this nice voice of yours then see there's a comment from me a year ago. Holy shit, so I've already done that before?! hahaha. Anyway, thanks again for the voice.. I mean, video

[@gwendolinepeaches]

+Marcus Casagrande I did exactly the same thing couple of days ago. Found this vid re: splitting tracks on audacity. Thought, this isn't quite what I'm looking for, wonder if someone has posted a useful link. Found a comment from me! 6 months ago! Saying, this isn't quite what I'm looking for, here's a link to something that IS what I'm looking for!
I nearly fell off my chair. Thanks past me!

[@marcusbighouse]

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(Don't worry, I'm not a stalker and I live countries away from you lol)

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[@_Majoras]

thanx this helped me in my little dilemma :D

[@Zelticon]

Works. thanks much.

[@AlexRingwoodUK]

THANKS LOADS YOU AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! AND YOU HAVE A VERYB ATTRACTIVE VOICE!

[@FarhanAslam2243]

This video helped me a lot . Thanks

[@TravisHerche]

Thanks for helping me out!

[@sugandhaahuja7642]

Very helpful video .. thanks a lot for sharing useful information ..

[@quadzla]

Thank you for this video!!! Very helpful!!

[@Stackbear]

Thank you! This video helped me a lot!

[@aquaaz]

Thank you so much! Very helpful and nice tutorial! :D

[@ianflamm1573]

Thank you very much! Now I don't have to convert my audio before importing it to Audacity.

[@SocialScud]

thank you the download page for the FFmpeg that audacity wiki send you to is wrong but this helped me work that out!

[@BeccaAllenHardman]

Yay this worked! Thanks so much

[@oscardtrimboli]

thanks so much you saved me a lot of time today

[@MintyFishy]

Aww yiss. I'm the number 1000 liker. Thx for the vid. It helped.

[@inmanmark]

Thanks, worked a charm.

[@dariomargeli6658]

Thanks, great tutorial.

[@joanavidal5761]

You are amazing! Thanks for this

[@TuhtulTV]

Thanks, this worked great!

[@strobcol]

YOU ARE AWESOME - thank you :D

[@Yasmin-pi5pr]

genious genious genious!! just done it!

[@sewerynziokowski8165]

IT'S WORKING!

[@rajsandhar1848]

you're a star thank you

[@broddish2]

Thanx!
I am a total noob and have never got Audavity to work...
Have a good day!

[@joe1rooney1]

I love you!!! I FINALLY got it working

[@MinisterFaust]

Thank you. Great work.

[@marcusbighouse]

Worked for me. Thank you very much! :)

[@NeedHelpFilms]

Thank you that was very helpful.

[@FarhanAslam2243]

Keep it up !
Very well done .

[@ToddBollinger]

Thanks for posting!