Audacity Forum

Apple > About This Mac > Version and Processor. Both, please.

Koz

So the first 10 songs are flac files, the last one is a .wav file.

As Doctor Laura would say, "You changed your story."

What happens if they're all WAV files?

Koz

It wasn't the length of the recording that killed you as much as having the capture session interrupted/damaged.

There have been reports of six-hour capture sessions carried to successful completion.

Crash Recovery
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... shRecovery

Koz

<<<I typed .wav to the end of file name.>>>

That may be a mistake. Audacity automatically puts .wav at the end of WAV exports. If you force Windows to show you file extensions (a requirement in my book) you may find you've been saving MyMusic.wav.wav, and PianoSolo.wav.wav

Koz

This only happens after you burn the CD? Music CDs have Frames and if you miss a frame boundary, you can get odd results. Audacity used to have a preference where you could only edit on the frame boundaries, but I can't find it now that I'm looking for it. That would give you a warning of impending ...

<<<the two second limitation can be overcome, though I guess that it is not strictly red book compliant.>>>

I think it might be. I think the two second pause is a recommended default. They knew about classical music back in 1983.

Koz

So that's not it.

Since this is Windows, how sure are you that it's an MP3 file? Right-Click > Properties > Advanced > Format.

I think it's still true Audacity will not open up Windows Media or other advanced filetypes.

Koz

<<<I save it as a .wav file.>>>

Since Audacity doesn't save WAV files, we should figure out what you really did. Did you Export As WAV, or did you Save something you thought was a WAV file?

Koz

<<<I could have told him how to trash both prefs files,>>> All three. Trash Mac Audacity Preferences http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=8250&hilit=problems+with+save+with+export&start=10#p34670 Granted. However, if you do anything wrong while you have the .cfg file open, ...

We need to find out a couple of things about your machine. Apple > About This Mac > Processor and Version. Both numbers, please. Audacity doesn't save sound files and Audacity Projects are large, complicated, and brittle. Your particular problem comes about because the default Audacity doesn't suck ...