Error Message Bad Audio Data Length

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Audacity 2.42
Windows 10

I downloaded a video file from YouTube, converted it to .mp3 and then attempted to use Audacity to edit it. When I imported the file the following error message appeared…mp3 decoding failed…bad audio data length. Is this a function of You Tube downloads?

Thanks in advance for your help
Bob H

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Audacity 2.42

I suppose the first item is the version. The current version is 2.4.2. Versions from other makers may change the numbers around a bit. Those are different programs.

converted it to .mp3

How? That step is the most likely to cause problems.

Koz

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Sorry it’s 2.4.2
Thanks for the help. I’m surprised because the mp3 will play on any of my audio players.

I guess we can close this out