MP3 files not loading correctly

[Gale_Andrews]

@Gale Andrews

I don’t know why the reset of preferences would still create the shortened name. I will try it some time with an account with a long user name.

I created a user account called “veryverylongusername”, deleted audacity.cfg then launched Audacity 2.1.2-alpha. That user’s temp dir appeared in Directories Preferences without tilde.

@john mayo

Chris

Who is that?

@john mayo

I changed the name of my computer to only have 8 characters, no spaces. That should stop the tilde problem in file names.

I understood the user name was the potential problem, unless I am missing something. How long was the computer name? I think it should not exceed 15 characters or it could cause NetBIOS resolution issues.

@john mayo

Then I created a new Audacity work folder where I store my recordings. After resetting the directory path in Audacity 2.1.1, things seem to be working OK for now.

OK so there is now no tilde in the path in Directories Preferences?

I would not recommend storing recordings actually in your Audacity temp folder, whatever its path is, if that’s what you mean. Audacity does clean up in there, and something “could” go wrong.


Gale