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Audacity 1.3.6 Beta adds support for editing WMA, M4A audio files

Audacity 1.3.6
Open source, cross-platform audio editing application Audacity 1.3.6 beta is out, and it adds a handful of new features that make it even more useful. One of the most attractive new features is support for using FFmpeg to import and export audio files in a wide range of formats, including WMA, M4A, and AC3. You can even import audio tracks from video files using FFmpeg.

Here's how to set it up. First you need to install Audacity 1.3.6 beta, and then find the preferences menu under the edit tab. Next, click the Import / Export option. If you already have FFmpeg on your system, click the find library button and locate the avformat-52.dll file. If you don't have FFmpeg yet, click the download button and a web browser window will open up with instructions for downloading and using the plugin.

The latest version of Audacity also has a few other tweaks, like improved performance when laoding uncompressed audio files and the ability to link audio and lable tracks so that labels move properly when you move an audio track.

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