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00:01 Hello everyone. Welcome to this tutorial on Installation of Audacity in Windows OS.
00:09 In this tutorial, we will learn about installation of

Audacity

00:16 Lame library and FFmpeg library in the Windows Operating System
00:24 To record this tutorial I am using

Windows OS version 7

00:32 Audacity version 2.2.1

And a working Internet connection

00:40 Audacity is a free and open source software.
00:45 It is used for multi-track audio recording and editing.
00:51 It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
01:02 Now let’s learn how to install Audacity in Windows OS.
01:09 To do so, open this link on any web browser
01:15 Here is the page.
01:18 On the left hand side , you can see that the current version Audacity 2.2.1 is available for download.
01:29 The latest available version could be different when you are downloading.
01:35 Let me click on the link Audacity for Windows.
01:40 You will see two links - Audacity 2.2.1 installer

Audacity 2.2.1 zip file

01:53 I will click on the first link, that is the installer link.
01:59 The Save dialog box opens.

It will ask “Would you like to save this file?

02:06 Click on Save File button.

This may take some time to download depending on your internet speed.

02:15 Now, let me go to the Downloads folder to view the downloaded file.
02:22 Here you can see the downloaded Audacity setup file.

Right-click on the file and click on Run as administrator.

02:35 A message box may appear asking about User Account Control.

If it does, click on Yes.

02:45 Another dialog box named Select Set up Language will appear.
02:51 Select English from the drop-down and then click on OK.
02:58 A Setup - Audacity window will appear.

Click on Next.

03:05 It will show you some information.

Read it and then click on Next.

03:13 It will direct you to another window named as Select Destination Location.
03:21 Here, by default, it is set as like this
03:27 You may see a different default location on your machine.
03:33 Carefully set the path here, in case you want to change the location.
03:39 Now click on Next.
03:42 In the Select Additional Task window, I will check Create a desktop icon.
03:49 On checking this, a shortcut icon will be created on the Desktop.
03:55 Then click on Next.
03:58 Now, the setup file is ready to install.

Let’s click on Install.

04:06 You can see it is installing.

This may take a few seconds.

04:13 Now click on Next.
04:16 I will check the Launch Audacity option.
04:20 This will show us the Audacity window, once the installation is completed.
04:27 Lastly, click on Finish to exit the setup.

The Audacity window pops up immediately.

04:36 Note: Whenever you open Audacity, a small window may appear with some information.
04:44 Check the option “Don’t show this again at start up”.

Then click on OK.

04:51 This is how the Audacity interface looks like.
04:55 To cross-verify the installation, we will do a small demo recording.
05:01 Click on the button with the red dot.
05:04 Narrate a sentence - For eg: Welcome to Audacity.
05:11 If you see waveforms below, then your Audacity installation is successful.
05:18 Let’s close this window now, without saving the recording.

We are back in the Desktop.

05:26 To open Audacity in Windows OS subsequently, either click on the shortcut icon on the Desktop

or click on Start Menu, type Audacity and click on the icon.

05:45 This completes the installation demo for Windows OS.
05:50 Some important things to know about Audacity.
05:54 By default, Audacity will export the audio files in few formats like ogg, mp3, etc.
06:05 A plugin called "Lame" is needed in Audacity, to export into mp3 format in Windows OS.
06:14 Audacity also uses the "FFmpeg" plugin to be able to read/import mp4 files, in Windows OS.
06:25 Now let us learn about the Lame installation.
06:29 Lame is a library that allows some programs to encode mp3 files.

To install lame library in Windows OS, visit this link.

06:42 Here is the web page.
06:45 Scroll down a little bit.
06:48 Locate "TO DOWNLOAD Lame and FFmpeg for Windows, click links BELOW",
06:56 We will use the RECOMMENDED Installer Package for Windows:

Click on the installer package Lame v3.99.3 for Windows.exe

07:11 Save the file on your computer.
07:14 In my system, it is saved in Downloads folder, by default.
07:20 Let me go to the Downloads folder.
07:23 Double-click "Lame_v3.99.3_ for_ Windows.exe" to launch it
07:37 Follow the setup instructions to install Lame for Audacity.
07:43 Make sure not to change the default installation location of this.
07:49 The default location would be C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame for Audacity".
08:02 You should now be able to export to mp3 format in Audacity in Windows OS.
08:10 Now we have the necessary setup to export our recordings to mp3 format.
08:18 Let’s move on.
08:20 FFmpeg libraries allow Audacity to import audio from video files.
08:27 To install FFmpeg library in Windows OS, visit this link
08:34 Here is the web page.
08:37 Scroll down a little bit.
08:40 Locate "TO DOWNLOAD Lame and FFmpeg for Windows, click links BELOW",
08:47 Directly below this, click the installer package FFmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe
08:59 Save the file on your computer.
09:02 In my system it is saved in Downloads folder, by default.
09:08 Go to the Downloads folder, double-click on FFmpeg-win-2.2.2.exe to launch the installer.
09:21 Another dialog box named Select Set up Language will appear.
09:27 Select English from the drop-down and then click on OK.
09:34 A Setup window will appear. Read the License.

Click on Next, Next and Install, to install the required files to C:\Program Files\FFmpeg for Audacity.

09:54 For 64-bit version of Windows, the default location would be "C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity
10:11 Lastly click on Finish to exit the setup.
10:17 Let me show you a small demo of the same.
10:21 Note: I will import the audio from a video file named as What-is-a-Spoken-Tutorial.mov from my Desktop.
10:33 Then, click on Start Menu and type Audacity.

Click on Audacity from the displayed list.

10:43 This will open an empty Audacity project on your screen.
10:49 On the Main menu, click on the File.
10:53 Now click on Import and then on Audio.
10:58 A dialog box will appear asking to choose the location of the file.
11:04 I will choose Desktop' and then my file What-is-a-Spoken-Tutorial'.mov.
11:12 Lastly, click on Open.
11:16 It will import only the audio from this particular video.

You can see the audio track here.

11:25 This brings us to the end of the tutorial.
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In this tutorial we have learnt about installation of - Audacity , Lame library and FFmpeg library in the Windows Operating System.

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