Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: audacity

Trying to import wma files with audacity failed for me. After
investigating I have found that the problem is that ffmpeg library
available in lucid is not usable with audacity.

Upstream developers are aware of the issue and described it here:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Known_Issues#Active_issues

>From this page:
Any FFmpeg libraries or packages built in 2010 may not be recognised by 
Audacity (Help > Show Log will list an error "undefined symbol: match_ext").
Workaround: Re-compile Audacity and change all instances of "match_ext" in 
../src/FFmpeg.h and ../src/FFmpeg.cpp to "av_match_ext".

This is a very simple change/patch that should fix the issue. Upstream
seems to be undecided when they want to include it in audacity. I think
they fear of breaking currently working systems (with older ffmpeg). But
in ubuntu this change seems to be completely safe (since ffmpeg is
already at a version which does not work without this change).

** Affects: audacity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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ffmpeg import/export not working with ffmpeg version in lucid
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602934
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