Tenacity (64-bit Windows, build 657a83) fails to load modern FFmpeg libraries

[citrusui]

• [x] I have read the specified guidelines for issues

Describe the bug Tenacity is unable to load and use the latest FFmpeg shared library (currently version 4.4).

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Download the Tenacity build artifact for Windows 64-bit (https://github.com/tenacityteam/tenacity/suites/3376600916/artifacts/79563150)
2. Download the FFmpeg 4.4 shared library from SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ffmpeg-windows-builds/files/release/n4.4/ffmpeg-N-101785-gdc91b913b6-win64-shared.7z/download) and extract it to C:\Program Files\FFmpeg for Tenacity

• Note: Tenacity seems to hardcode which versions of the FFmpeg DLLs it desires. For example, you will need to rename avcodec-58.dll to avcodec-55.dll for Tenacity to accept it.

3. Open Tenacity
4. Go to Edit > Preferences
5. Click "Libraries"
6. Click "Locate...", then click "Browse..." and navigate to the C:\Program Files\FFmpeg for Tenacity directory
7. Click Open, and then click OK
8. Tenacity returns to Preferences: Libraries and reports "FFmpeg library not found"

Expected behavior Tenacity should return to the Preferences: Libraries and report the FFmpeg library version, as well as actually load it.

Screenshots

Before loading the FFmpeg library:

Popup window showing the file path Tenacity uses to find the FFmpeg library:

Explorer window for manually specifying the FFmpeg library path:

After attempting to load the FFmpeg library (same image used, as nothing was loaded):

Additional information (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11 build 22000.100
• Version: Tenacity 657a83, which is approximately 3.0.3 or 3.0.4?

Additional context

• Tenacity should not hardcode which versions of the FFmpeg libraries it requires
• Tenacity does not provide a visible error message when the FFmpeg library fails to load. Errors are only present in %appdata%\tenacity\lastlog.txt (which may require closing Tenacity if the file does not yet exist)
• This issue has not been tested with Tenacity 32-bit using 32-bit FFmpeg libraries
• Here is the log file: lastlog.txt

[n0toose]

Not of huge relevance, if one keeps the problems laid out in the "Additional context" section in mind, but a user reported to me that this did work for them on Windows 10: https://lame.buanzo.org/ffmpeg64audacity.php

[rubyFeedback]

Not of huge relevance

I don't disagree, but small UI improvements may be useful in the long run, in particular the part about error notifications when something could not be found.

In ruby-gtk3 I use the popover widget functionality for quick error reporting, which is quite convenient. Not sure how the native windows UI work but I suppose there may be some quick and simple notification too. Or, even simpler, the string could be extended and/or perhaps in a slightly different colour or something like that. (I am not a UI guru so I try to keep everything simple at all times in my own code bases.)

[JPcode05]

@citrusui

1. The program's UI looks blurred (on a high-res display) #168
2. It looks like you're using Windows 11! edit: Sorry this doesn't answer the FFmpeg question.

[n0toose]

Not of huge relevance

I don't disagree, but small UI improvements may be useful in the long run...

I agree with you wholeheartedly, but I was talking about how another person dealt with a similar problem such as the one that @citrusui is dealing with. Was wondering if that could help for now. We'll keep what you just wrote in the back of our heads too.

[Be-ing]

Is this still relevant since #228 was merged? Tenacity is now built with an up to date FFmpeg library.

[AnotherFoxGuy]

Last time I checked it was still broken

[kubo6472]

Working for me on Win10 21H1, using this build and this ffmpeg