Audacity Forum

Command line support for Audacity is very limited and basically just covers opening files.

So this only happens with the "voice over" files? It may be due to a problem with non-standard metadata in the files. There are various ways to strip out metadata - one way is to burn all of the files to an audio CD, then rip the CD. This will give you standard 16 bit 44100Hz stereo WAV fi...

I'm trying to get this mp3 converter thing to work and when I try to do the lame_enc.dll to work with audacity it says that it's not a valid windows image. It sounds like you are doing something wrong. To get Lame to work you must follow the installation instructions exactly: http://audacityteam.or...

I don't know Zenwalk, so I can't offer much help there, however, as a general point it is important that you have a working sound system before you install Audacity. Make sure that you have a fully working ALSA. When building from source, ensure that you have the "dev" versions of the depe...

Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O tab
Select the headset as the recording and playback device.

Is it a USB headset?
If so, ensure that the headset is connected and recognised by Windows before you open Audacity.

In Audacity 1.3 you simply select "Export" from the file menu, and (after clicking "OK" on the Metadata Editor window) select MP3 as the export format.

Possibly not at all.
The only .daf files I have ever seen are ancient database files.

If this is a proprietary audio format you will probably have to use the application that they came from.

What sort of sound card do you have?
Is this an electric guitar?
Please give a full description.

If you are using Vista, you will probably need to enable it in the Vista Control Panel
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... ng_devices

There are many different versions of Lame - you may even have several different versions on your computer. You need to ensure that Audacity is accessing the correct one. If you suspect the file may be corrupt, download it again by following the links on the main Audacity website. http://audacityteam...