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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. |
| 11:29 | Let us summarize.
In this tutorial we have learnt about installation of - Audacity , Lame library and FFmpeg library in the Windows Operating System. |
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