MP3: I can't delete the selected area [SOLVED]

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hello,

I work with Windows Vista Home Premium and downloaded audacity 2.1.1 and downloaded the exe version. The menu is in Dutch, so please excuse if the mentions of the menu are a bit on the creative side :mrgreen:

I wanted to delete the first and last part of an MP3 file. I imported a test version mp3 and used the manual. It worked perfectly.
Then I imported the real file as MP3. I put the cursor at the position I wanted, selected the area I wanted to delete, it became dark blue and then selected edit, special edit, delete and …nothing. I tried again with different ways of selecting the area but I just can’t delete the selected area.

I wonder if it’s the dll that seems to be missing in the log-file?

Please advise, Jacquelien

19:41:34: Audacity 2.1.1
19:41:34: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
19:41:34: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'.
19:41:34: Looking up PATH environment variable...
19:41:34: PATH = 'C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\;C:\Program Files\Norman\Npm\Bin'
19:41:34: Checking that '' is in PATH...
19:41:34: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
19:41:34: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
19:41:34: Fout: Laden van gedeelde bibliotheek 'avformat-55.dll' mislukt (fout 126: kan opgegeven module niet vinden.)
19:41:34: Loading avutil from ''.
19:41:34: Fout: Laden van gedeelde bibliotheek '.dll' mislukt (fout 126: kan opgegeven module niet vinden.)
19:41:34: Loading avcodec from ''.
19:41:34: Fout: Laden van gedeelde bibliotheek '.dll' mislukt (fout 126: kan opgegeven module niet vinden.)
19:41:34: Loading avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
19:41:34: Fout: Laden van gedeelde bibliotheek 'avformat-55.dll' mislukt (fout 126: kan opgegeven module niet vinden.)
19:41:34: Fout: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
19:41:34: Fout: Kon geen compatibele FFmpeg-bibliotheken vinden.
19:43:17: File name is C:\Users\Eigenaar\Documents\2015\Marketing one-on-one\Chantal\@Verwerken\CP 3 must-have accessoires.mp3
19:43:17: Mime type is *
19:43:17: Opening with libsndfile
19:43:17: Opening with libmad
19:43:17: Open(C:\Users\Eigenaar\Documents\2015\Marketing one-on-one\Chantal\@Verwerken\CP 3 must-have accessoires.mp3) succeeded
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Thank you for the log and good information. :slight_smile:

Probably you are still playing or paused and just need to press the yellow Stop button. See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_editing.html#grayed.

The missing DLL’s are not a problem, but if you install FFmpeg it will let you import and export more audio formats. See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#foreign.

However do be aware you are degrading the MP3 by using Audacity to trim it. There are other tools that can edit it directly without re-encoding it, thereby preserving whatever quality it has now: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/MP3#re-encode.


Gale

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Hi Gale,

Thank you for supporting this total newby… Ofcourse i didn’t know about the mp3 stuff-:slight_smile:

I will try tomorrow morning since it is night overhere. I will let you know.

Jacquelien

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And Yes!!! I succeeded. Thank you so much for your support :smiley:

Regards, Jacquelien

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I will mark this topic solved, then.

If you have more questions about Audacity feel free to start a new topic.

Gale