Good evening, unfortunately I lost all the project aup files, but I have all the data_folders with the au files inside, is there a way to recover or recreate them? thanks
You need to find those .AUP files. They contain the instructions for how to reassemble the data fragments. Without the AUP file you just have a large collection of audio fragments.
unfortunately I can no longer find the .aup files, I only have the folders with the audio fragments in .au format
How can I do?
You can’t, not unless you want to listen to each 6 second fragment and figure out where each piece goes.
I just lost 8 projects and have nothing but the data files left. I know there isn’t, but shouldn’t there be a backup aup file located in the data folder?
It depends what has gone wrong. In many cases there is an “autosave” file which holds a backup of the project file. When Audacity is restarted it will automatically recognise the autosave file and offer to restore the project. When this happens, there is a very good chance that all, or most of the project can be recovered automatically.
One of the worst, but sadly most frequent problems, is if the computer is powered down while Audacity is running. If this occurs, then Audacity does not get chance to update it’s autosave file and the project may be utterly destroyed.
As above, the little AU files are six seconds long. They alternate Left and Right if you have a stereo show.
You can use the computer file time and date stamps to get close, but unfortunately, Windows settings don’t get you close enough to completely reconstruct a show.
So the best you can do is make baskets of files with the same Time/Date and line up the baskets. Then go into each basket, listen to, and unscramble them so they make sense. There’s no good way to determine Left and Right, so you’ll have to listen to the show on headphones and and pay attention to the times when your directional perception seems to do something weird.
Did you move the .AUP file into the _DATA folder? That’s a pretty common mistake. They have to be separate and in the same location or folder.
Double click the .AUP file and the show should open.
This isn’t it, but did you change the name of either the AUP file or the_DATA folder?
Koz
Did Windows Search fail to find them, or are you sifting through your files manually?
Koz
One more. What did you call the files? What is one exact filename?
Koz
Here’s what happened. I did not rename the files. I simply edited some projects and stored them all in one folder a few months ago. When I went to fetch the files from the folder, the data files were there but the aup files were missing. This is not a common problem, but it must happen sometimes that aup files are deleted, or possibly lost in data backups. I checked the same folder in my backup drive and it’s the same - missing aups.
Like I say, it’s a very uncommon problem, whatever happened does not usually happen, but when it does happen it is a huge problem. Is there a simple backup of the aup that is stored in the data file.
Part of the problem is that every project consists of two separate files. So that can get a little clumsy sometimes. Not often though.
What did you call one of the projects? The exact filename?
This has happened before?
How do files get to your backup drive and where is it? Cloud? G-Drive?
Losing a whole pile of .AUP files is most unusual. That’s where I start worrying you’re not the only user on your machine. Is your virus protection program still supported?
Do you have any Projects on your machine that survived? Are you sure?
Koz
Hi Jebbers,
You might be pleased to know that for a release of Audacity later this year we are planning on a total restructure of the Audacity project storage, moving to a Unitary Project file - i.e. a single file (a database really) that is self contained and contains all the project in one place within itself.
This will take a large amount of development work and a LOT of testing - but we are sure the end result will be worth it - a lot less, hopefully close to zero, damaged lost irrecoverable projects.
Peter.
That’s a good idea. I’m glad that I thought of it after you thought of it. 