Exporting Audio

Audacity supports exporting the following file formats:

• MP3

• WAV

• OGG

• FLAC (smaller file size than MP3 and widely supported)

• M4A (AAC; FFmpeg)

• AC3 (FFmpeg)

• AIFF

• MP2

• AMR (FFmpeg)

• WMA (FFmpeg)

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1 From an open project, from the File menu, select Export >

• Then select the audio format or Export Audio for more options.

Note: For MP3 or FFmpeg formats, you need to download a 3rd party library for file conversion

Download 3rd party library for audio codec conversion

1 Download the library.

• From the Audacity menu, select Preferences. From the navigation menu, select Libraries.

• Click the Download button for the library to download.

2 From the Libraries dialog, click the Location button to select the library file path.

3 Navigate to library. Click Open to select the file path.

4 Click the OK button.

Reference

• https://www.tomsguide.com/us/what-are-audio-codecs,review-4469.html

• https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/data_system/files/media/video_formats.html