When I have a project file open and I zoom in or out, the audio disappears. The file is still open but the peaks and valleys of the audio disappear and when I hit play, from 0, there is no sound… it is gone.
I have replicated this a few times. Is this a known issue?
And now it’s happening also when the peaks and valleys don’t disappear. There is simply no sound. I have to close the project, open it back up and then I have sound again. Is it possible to download and older version?
Sadly we had to introduce this countermeasure to spam because we were receiving hundreds of spam posts each day. This inconvenience goes away after a while.
As I wrote previously, it is a known issue (all versions of Audacity) if the project data is not readable. For example, if the project data is on an external drive that is not connected, or if you have moved, deleted or renamed the project “_data” folder. See here for more information about managing Audacity projects: Managing Audacity Projects - Audacity Manual
I can’t really offer much help unless you provide the information requested.