Bug 2381 – Mac: Export to Opus (OggOpus) is not available on Mac - Opus import fails on Mac

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 2381 - Mac: Export to Opus (OggOpus) is not available on Mac - Opus import fails on Mac


Summary:	Mac: Export to Opus (OggOpus) is not available on Mac - Opus import fails on Mac

Status:	CLOSED MOVED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Application Core
Version:	2.4.0
Hardware:	Mac macOS

Importance:	P3 Repeatable
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2020-04-01 07:17 UTC by Peter Sampson
Modified:	2021-08-19 15:10 UTC (History)
CC List:	8 users (show)

See Also:	2166 2484 2485
Steps To Reproduce:	1) get some audio 2) File > Export > Export Audio (or Export Multiple) 3) Click on Save as type 4) Observe: in the dropdown menu there is no entry for: OPUS (OggOpus) Files (FFmpeg) Import Use case 5) Try importing an Opus audio file 6) Observe: it fails with an error message
Release Note:	Group: Imports/Exports Export to OPUS (OggOpus) is not available on Mac Opus import fails with an error message on Mac
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Workaround:	Opus Export works on Windows and Linux. For import, convert the Opus file to say WAV format and then import (opusdec appears to be a suitable tool)
Closed:	2021-08-19 00:00:00

Flags:	petersampsonaudacity: Regression+

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Description Peter Sampson 2020-04-01 07:17:31 UTC

Export to OPUS (OggOpus) as an explicit export from Export and Export Multiple was introduced in 2.4.0.

This built as a "fix" for Bug #2166

OPUS export works on W10 and Linux - but does not work on Mac.

Comment 1 Peter Sampson 2020-06-17 06:54:52 UTC

Testing on macOS 10.15.5 with latest 2.4.2 alpha

This also affects import of Opus files.

When I try to import an Opus file on Mac I get error message:
>Error Importing
>Audacity did not recognize the type of file ...
>Try installing FFmpeg. For uncompressed files, also try File>Import>Raw Data

This import part is a regression on 2.3.0 as reported by this Forum user:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=111585
and confirmed in testing by Leland

Based om the regression I'm upping the priority for this bug to P2 (marginal P1) and removing the ENH flag - it's a pukka bug.


This import issue was originally logged as part of Bug #2484 - bit was moved to her as the Mac issue is different from the Win/Linux regression of 2484

Comment 2 Leland Lucius 2020-08-18 23:47:05 UTC

Changes in:

https://github.com/audacity/audacity/commit/743585f

But, it still requires a rebuilt FFmpeg installer for Mac.

Comment 3 Leland Lucius 2020-08-19 07:23:46 UTC

Changes reverted

Comment 4 Peter Sampson 2020-08-20 07:05:22 UTC

If and when this gets fixed - remenber to check the "All supported files" list in the Mac file picker.

Comment 5 Peter Sampson 2020-08-20 08:15:52 UTC

(In reply to Peter Sampson from comment #4)
>remenber to check the "All supported files" list in the Mac file picker.

Bug #2485

Comment 6 Peter Sampson 2021-03-08 17:34:04 UTC

See this Forum thread for evidence of user-demand for this
https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=115711&p=419016#p419016

Comment 7 Peter Sampson 2021-03-31 10:33:23 UTC

Demoting this to its original P3

We are clearly not going to be fixing this for 3.0.1


In discussions with Leland he assures me that what this requires is a FFmpeg update (and we certainly will not be doing this for 3.0.1)

Comment 8 Peter Sampson 2021-08-19 15:10:48 UTC

Closed in favor of GitHub 1515
https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1515