Cannot get sound from mp3 imports anymore

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hello all,

My Audacity 2.1.0 on Win 7 does not contain any sounds from mp3 imports anymore. I usually drag and drop an mp3 file into Audacity, and for years this worked fine.

Now I just get a line instead of a waveform, and no sound!

What do you suggest I do to fix the problem?

Thanks,

Al

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Do they open and play in Windows Media?

Koz

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Then this means you cannot write to the Audacity temporary directory specified at Edit > Preferences…, Directories section, or that a cleanup application is monitoring that directory and removing files as soon as they are written.

I suggest you upgrade to Audacity 2.1.2 from Audacity ® | Download for Windows. The temporary directory will then default to a directory that cleanup applications should leave alone. You can also change that temporary directory in Directories Preferences to any other directory that you have permission to write to. Make sure you have sufficient space on the drive. 100 GB is a good guide if you want to do extensive editing.


Gale

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Yes, they do.

5

Interesting. I have two accounts on this computer. I discovered later that Audacity works peoperly when launhed from the other account… So either the temporary directory is at a different location, or what ever is doing the cleanup is not working on that account.

Thanks

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If you did not change the temporary directory then by default it is located in the user’s own folder.

If cleanup apps could be a factor, please use 2.1.2.

Gale