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Prithvi wrote:and since it won't let me save anywhere else than Desktop

That's strange. Why doesn't it let you save to Documents?
Do you get an error if you try to save to Documents?
Can you save from other applications to Documents?
Are you working on an network?

What is the name and location of the saved project?

Is there a option to choose a default start folder (Desktop maybe?). No, but we are currently discussing how the next version of Audacity will handle this. One possibility that has been suggested is that when you apply a Chain to files, you will be prompted to select where you want the exported fil...

Ensure that you have the 32-bit version of LoudMax. I don't know if the 32-bit version is compatible with Audacity, but 64-bit VSTs will NOT work.

Have you tried asking on the audacity4blind mailing list? They are the experts for screen reader versions.
There is information about the mailing list here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audac ... ling_lists

it would record a shortest section, & as the pointer moved to the next section, the older section's recording is lost! . . . & then over & over & over the same happened till the end of recording, & ultimately, it showed me a straight blue line: nothing was recorded! Why??? Eithe...

There are two parts to an Audacity project. There is the "project file" (which has the file extension ".aup") and there is the audio data. The "project file" is a text file (XML format) that tells Audacity how to put the audio data together, but does NOT include any aud...

No plans at the moment.
Updating libraries carries a high risk of breaking things, so it has to be approached with caution. Also, developer's tend to prefer working on things that provide tangible benefits for users. Currently there is some work being done to update libsoxr and libflac.

My guess is that it's hitting some bad data in the file and FFmpeg is just giving up. You could perhaps try extracting the audio with another application (such as VLC ) to see if that can do any better. Failing that, if the file plays correctly in your media player, you could record the audio with A...

I don't understand why it only works for you when running as root, so I've posted to the developer's mailing list to see if anyone there has any ideas.