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The user initially asked for help editing an MP3 recording in Audacity on Ubuntu, as the software didn't recognize the file despite having FFmpeg and GStreamer installed. A later contributor suggested installing the LAME encoder via the command line, noting that older Audacity versions required it for MP3 support. The thread indicates a troubleshooting approach focused on ensuring proper MP3 encoding capabilities in Audacity.

anotherwindowsuser

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Hi,

I wanted to edit an mp3 encoded recoring in audactiy in Ubuntu however it wont recognise it. I went to Audacity website and it seems to believe it should work. I have also installed win ffmpeg and it already had gstreamer. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
 

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Wow old thread, but I would install lame. you can install it from the command line. some of the older versions of Audacity used it.

sudo apt install lame

dave67

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Wow old thread, but I would install lame. you can install it from the command line. some of the older versions of Audacity used it.

sudo apt install lame
 

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