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see this FAQ in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... und_device

WC

(though you can still "Stop => Undo"). You don't need the Undo if you use the "Stop" - as that leaves the recorded audio track up that point intact. Perhaps a suitable compromise would be to grey out the Cancel button once the recording has started. This would keep the functiona...

I'll try to find some time to update the Timer Record section on the Transport Menu page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Transport_Menu#timer Documenting what the Stop and Cancel buttons do (and how to recover if you press Cancel, or the little top right hand corner "x" i...

But since you are busy, I take it you don't often go back then press Cancel in error while recording? Yes indeed - and as Vaughan has recently pointed out in an email on the devel email thread I do understand the difference in English between "Stop" and "Cancel" ... 8-) Actually...

Since (as you say) this is an "unattended recording" feature, it may be rare that people use or misuse "Stop" or "Cancel and that the "least coding" solution is to remove the Cancel button. Actually some of us use it while we are fully at the computer doing other ...

Timer Record possibly should give you some way to extend a recording in progress ... There is an extensive proposal in the Wiki for improvements to the Timer Record facility which includes the ability to change the timers while recording is in progress: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Proposal_Ti...

I just rang Mrs. Waxcylinder at work to check this on her W7 machine - and she gets today's date in both the spinners. BUT in the course of testing she uncovered a bug. When you use the "Start Date and Time" spinner to increment the date (or overtpre the date with a later date) the "E...

I can't replicate this with 2.0.0 on either of my XP machines.

WC

What version of Audacity are you using?

There was a bug like this in one of the Betas (1.3.10 IIRC) but this should not happen in 2.0.0

WC

Have a llok at this tutorial from the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... ables.html

It's part if this set of tutorilas which you may also find useful: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... to_cd.html

WC