I have tried everything, but Audacity (pick a version. I am running 2.0, but I’ve tried others, too), but whenever I try to export what I have recorded, in Audacity, the program fails. It will export in .wav, but no other format. As long as Audacity is resident on the hard drive, no audio converter will work either. If Audacity is uninstalled, other audio converters work just fine. I have also gone to Sourceforge, and gotten the “official” version of Lame, but still no luck.
My event viewer doesn’t work (the mmc snap in failed), otherwise, I’d put that info here, too.
My PC is a Dell XPS 410, running Windows 7. I can’t remember which audio converter was being used when I uninstalled Audacity. It was totally free, and I got it from an Audacity page. At the time that Audacity failed, I was trying to export an mp3 file, only because that operation is relatively basic. I don’t think it worked with FLAC files, but I’ll try it again to be sure.
I did get the version of Lame that Steve mentioned. In fact, I already had it. It didn’t work, so I downloaded, and tried 3.98 That didn’t work either. I figured that wav, and FLAC were different, because they didn’t seem to need an external codec. From what I can tell, Audacity works just fine, while Lame seems to be my issue. Correct?
Audacity natively supports WAV, FLAC, AIFF, OGG for both import and export, so you should have no problem any of these formats.
Audacity can import MP3 format, but cannot Export MP3 without a suitable build of LAME being properly installed.
The version of LAME that I posted the link for does work, though sometimes getting it installed correctly can be a bit tricky.
I would suggest that you try uninstalling all versions of LAME from your computer, then very carefully install “Lame_v3.99.3_for_Windows.exe” (ensure that it is exactly this version that you have) by precisely following the first 4 step instructions on this page: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#lame
Don’t take any short-cuts - follow the instructions word for word and the installation should succeed.
If that fails, uninstall LAME and carefully follow the “Troubleshooting” steps (on the same page).
I spoke too soon. It stopped working again. It failed right after I loaded in FFMPEG. I thought that file might have caused my problems, so I deleted it. Audacity still wouldn’t work. So, I erased Lame again, thinking I would start from scratch. It still is failing, so I am trying it over, and over, until it works again. No matter what I try though, I can’t recreate the problem consistently, to determine the root cause. Any ideas?
How much free disk space is there on your C: drive?
How big is the file that you are trying to export?
What is the exact location that you are exporting to, and how much free space there?
What is the exact file name that you are using for the exported file?
Are there any error messages?
Any other details that may help to give a clear picture of what is happening?
How much free disk space is there on your C: drive? Tons of free space. I have about 2TB free
How big is the file that you are trying to export? It’s a .wav file of one album side.
What is the exact location that you are exporting to, and how much free space there? Lots of free space. I checked to be sure.
What is the exact file name that you are using for the exported file? Tears For Fears - Side 1
Are there any error messages? Just the same as I already posted. It’s always an 0XC0000005.
Any other details that may help to give a clear picture of what is happening? I wish had more info to give you.
I don’t think that you did post that before.
I presume that you mean the Windows system message “ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005)” or something similar?
Could you give the full message and/or a screen shot of the error message?