How to search and delete duplicate tracks from streaming

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Is there a mechanism to find and delete duplicate sound tracks (i.e. commercials) from recording of internet streaming?

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There’s no automated way, though they are usually quite easy to see by looking at the waveform. Adjust the zoom level (http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/zooming.html) so that you can see about 10 minutes of audio, then scroll along the recording, adding labels (http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/label_tracks.html) to each bit that looks like an advert. Then you can quickly go to each labelled region, zoom in closer, select the advert audio and delete it.

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Thanks, that has been my work around. I was hoping for a more automated process, but can’t have everything.