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Yes, the MAX_PATH variable specifies that a complete directory path in Windows can’t exceed 260 total characters, including the drive letter, colon, backslash and null (invisible) backlash at the end. So you only have a potential "real" path size of 256 characters such as C:\your-256-chara...

... improvement while they are monochromatic. They do look more consistent, apart from that. Even if we could for example make the basic colour of the Help Forum orange, the Special Interest Groups Forum green and so on, and the non-OS icons within each Forum used only the single colour of that Forum, ...

For information, I think that the reason that it did not work before is that Windows has a limit for the length of the path name of about 260 characters (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) Because the file name was so long, when Audacity tried to cre...

yes, that has worked. many thanks

What are you trying to do?
Is your radio show a "live" radio show?
Are you trying to record a radio show?
What operating system are you using? (which version of Windows?)
Which version of Audacity (look in "Help > About Audacity" for the full version number).

Make a copy of the file The Versionarys - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) [(Instrumental Version - Guitar-Sax) [In The Style Of Eurythmics]] [(Instrumental Version - Guitar-Sax) [In The Style Of Eurythmics]].wav and give it a much shorter name. Then try using the copy and not the original WAV file. ...

I imported an audio file into audacity but when I try to use it I get the error message Error writing autosave file. The log records:- 09:31:01: Audacity 2.0.5 09:31:19: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries... 09:31:19: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-52.dll'. 09...

... time to search the next track. (that is of course with another computer connected to my Mackie ProFX8) If anyone here knows how to do this please help me. So far i have been using another laptop and a phone to play music without much delay.

... Noise Reduction: Settings 6, 6, 6 > OK I expect the hiss level to decrease if you do that. It may not turn into a studio performance, but it will help. Let us know. Also, Please prepare a test clip so we an hear what you're doing. Do this before you apply any effects, filters or tools. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/TestClip/Record_A_Clip.html