Editing Audacity (audio editor) (section)

=== Importing, exporting and conversions ===
Audacity natively imports and exports [[WAV]], [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], [[MP3]], [[Ogg]] [[Vorbis]], and all [[file format]]s supported by [[libsndfile]] library. Due to patent licensing concerns, the FFmpeg library necessary to import and export proprietary formats such as [[Advanced Audio Coding|M4A (AAC)]] and [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]] is not bundled with Audacity but has to be downloaded separately.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 22, 2013 |title=Audacity: Features |url=https://audacityteam.org/about/features |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618213452/http://audacityteam.org/about/features |archive-date=June 18, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2013 |publisher=audacityteam.org}}</ref> 

In conjunction with batch processing features, Audacity can be used to convert files from one format to another, or to digitize records, tapes or MiniDiscs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Copying tapes, LPs or MiniDiscs to CD |url=https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_copying_tapes_lps_or_minidiscs_to_cd.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416210930/http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_copying_tapes_lps_or_minidiscs_to_cd.html |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2020 |publisher=Audacityteam.org}}</ref>