Audacity project on USB is very slow... but when transferred on desktop, it gives an "Audacity failed to write to a file"

[jademan]

@Flamia

“sqlite3.rc”: “11”,

This error is indicative of a Corrupted Database Project File. See: Result and Error Codes

The “Audacity failed to write a file” error is a red herring and is triggered by the corruption.

In many cases the corruption can be repaired. See the first post here: Corrupt or Otherwise Broken Audacity Project Recovery

@Flamia

So I SHIFT+K all the tracks from that timestamp on, created a new file, copypasted it there, and… somehow it runs smoothly.

I am glad that you found a helpful trick to improve performance. “Undo” information and smartclips can sometimes bog down a project. I sometimes do Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-N, Ctrl-V, skipping the “smart clip” paste.