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@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ demucs -d cpu PATH_TO_AUDIO_FILE_1
 
 Of course, you can also use a specific env for Demucs.
 
+**Important, torchaudio 0.12 update:** Torchaudio no longer supports decoding mp3s without ffmpeg installed. You must have ffmpeg installed, either through Anaconda (`conda install ffmpeg -c conda-forge`) or as a distribution package (e.g. `sudo apt-get install ffmpeg`).
+
 
 [miniconda]: https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html#linux-installers