MP3 files use lossy compression, which means that the file size is smaller. I'm the only user of my system, but I have to fight to have & keep control of "stuff" on my own system! Retired NT support, Paradox/Access programmer, etc, I am. LAME is the official encoder for saving MP3s and is designed to work with Audacity.
#Audacity export mp3 problems full#
Guessing that something changed permissions on the hdd (I've had this happen before, weird as that is), and now that I've re-set the drive to full permissions for myself, it seems to be "normal" again. So, ran chmod on the ext hdd, loaded, altered and saved the file, and now it's working again, and the other "ghost" files that I'd created and were seen by Audacity are not there, only the original and the newly made copy. altered it with Audacity, and it saved it fine. So, today I copied the file to my home dir, altered it, saved it, and 'poof', it's there! Copied the original to another ext hdd. & I have modified many files in these dirs over the years, never had a problem. May genre sub-dirs, backup tracks, instructional, self-recorded, etc. I keep all of my music files on an external hdd. Did the view with Terminal, only the original file is there, so is very weird that Audacity is seeing all the others, yes? D/l it, went to Synaptic Pkg Mgr, and installed it.
#Audacity export mp3 problems how to#
Let me see if I can figure out how to explain this.įirst, it appears to be fixed! I got the 2.1.2 version from the Audacity website (was running 1.5). Running Xubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit, Audacity 2.1.2 ? Kinda defeats the purpose of having the program!! All else seems to work just fine. mp3 files in Audacity, some of which I created on this Linux box. So, opened another directory and tried other. But shows up as being there when I try to export again. Perhaps this is the problem? Thinking that might be the case, I tried saving it in the. The original file was sent to me and was saved on Apple iTunes. Up to 9 of them so far! BUT, they are not there!! But, every time I load and attempt to "Export" that file, Audacity shows that the previously exported files are in the directory. Using Krusader double pane file manager or the native File Manager, the only file in the directory is 1.mp3. Click on "Export", directory opens up and shows 1.mp3, 1-slow.mp3, & 1-new.mp3 as existing in the directory. Re-open 1.mp3, click on "Export", and in the list of files is 1.mp3 & 1-slow.mp3. Close file, click "Open" in Audacity, the only file is 1.mp3. Looking at files using Krusader double pane file manager or the native File Manager, the only file in the directory is 1.mp3, the new one is not there. Loaded an mp3 file (I'll call it 1.mp3), changed the Tempo, and exported it with new name (1-slow.mp3).