I have Audacity 2.0.3 and am on Windows XP. When I open Audacity and click Open or Import and then choose a .wav file on my desktop, the file name appears at the top of the Audacity screen, but I see no sound wave lines, the time box still shows 0 to 10 hours, and nothing happens when I click PLAY. This file is 345 mg.
If I choose another .wav file that is 184 mg, the sound wave lines appear, the time box changes to 2 hrs 15 min, and I can hear the audio when I click PLAY. Is the first file too large? Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Just wondering if my subsequent posts have gone through … trying to get an answer so I can finish a transcript, and I am relying on this audio file. Thanks.
p.s. Is there a way to condense the file if it’s too large? I’ve read through FAQ and found info on FFmpeg, which I downloaded, but I cannot figure out how to use it.
After installing FFmpeg as described, use File > Import > Audio… and choose “FFmpeg-compatible files” in “Files of type”, then select and open the WAV file.
Good . One point is that there may be a little click at the start of the imported file when you import using Import Raw Data. This is caused by information at the start of the file about what type of file it is. If you need to, you can zoom in at the start of the file and delete the click.