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Does Audacity generate a log file?

No drive errors. I believe it has happened across computers and Audacity versions. It always crashes after I am completely done with edits, after normalize going to save. I don't remember if it has ever happened without normalize. Perhaps I am executing the next function too quickly before a previou...

I select "Recover projects" Message appears, "Audacity did not recognize the type of file C:\Users\my user name\AppData\Roaming\Audacity\AutoSave\54 - 2018-12-04 19-49-16 N-53.autosave. Try installing FFmpeg. For uncompressed files, also try File>import>raw data." (FFmpeg already...

open mp3 file in Audacity from local drive make edits in the form of deleting unwanted sections select all and normalize select "File" to "export as MP3" Audacity stops responding (when I select "File") computer must be power cycled to recover after compter starts again...

Thanks. That part works like a charm every time. It is when I select recover, I get a message that tells me Audacity does not recognise the .autosave file that it created, and I need to add ffmpeg to help recognise it, which it doesn't. In other words, Audacity created the .autosave file and both Au...

I have searched around quite a bit but could not gain an understanding of the autosave function and why it does not work after a crash. (win10 Audacity 2.3) A few times now (out of thousands), I cut parts out of an existing mp3 file, normalize, and when I go to save, Audacity/computer freezes. Audac...