I am using Windows 7 – Audacity 2.0.5 – .exe installer.
Recently I had a rather large recording 13hrs.
When I saved the file everything seemed to save just fine, but when I went to re-open the file it says “Project Check Read Faulty Sequence Tags” (See attachment)
I have looked all over the forums but cant seem to find what I am looking for… I am also a LOW TECH individual.
The Display Log Reads as followed –
07:00:54: Audacity 2.0.5
7:00:59 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries…
7:00:59 AM: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is ‘avformat-52.dll’.
7:00:59 AM: Looking up PATH environment variable…
7:00:59 AM: PATH = ‘C:Program Files (x86)HP SimplePass 2012x64;C:Program Files (x86)HP SimplePass 2012;;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86_64;C:Program Files (x86)AMD APPbinx86;C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesRoxio SharedDLLShared;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesRoxio SharedDLLShared;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesRoxio Shared12.0DLLShared;C:Program Files (x86)Windows LiveShared;C:Program Files (x86)ATI TechnologiesATI.ACECore-Static;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesAcronisSnapAPI;C:Program FilesCommon FilesAutodesk Shared’
7:00:59 AM: Checking that ‘’ is in PATH…
7:00:59 AM: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
7:00:59 AM: Checking for monolithic avformat from ‘avformat-52.dll’.
7:00:59 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avformat-52.dll’ (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
7:00:59 AM: Loading avutil from ‘avutil-50.dll’.
7:00:59 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avutil-50.dll’ (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
7:00:59 AM: Loading avcodec from ‘avcodec-52.dll’.
7:00:59 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avcodec-52.dll’ (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
7:00:59 AM: Loading avformat from ‘avformat-52.dll’.
7:00:59 AM: Error: Failed to load shared library ‘avformat-52.dll’ (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
7:00:59 AM: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
7:00:59 AM: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.
7:00:59 AM: Warning: Track Audio Track had error reading clip values from project file.
7:00:59 AM: Warning: Track Audio Track had error reading clip values from project file.
Projects with 2^31 samples or more (just over 13.5 hours at 44100 Hz) will not re-open correctly. Higher sample rates mean proportionally shorter times - so just over 6 hours at 96,000 Hz. We know the cause, and do intend to address this bug. Workaround: Before saving or closing the project, export to audio files of appropriate size, or cut and paste sections of audio containing less than 2^31 samples to new Audacity projects and save those.
Was that the complete log? The log would be filled with warnings about “orphan block files” if you had gone over the 2^31 samples limit. What does the audio look like - is it the correct length but completely silenced?
If that is the reason for the problem, the project should open in 2.0.6-alpha which has a fix for that issue. Download the build from the top of this list: gaclrecords.org.uk .
OK, I assume because you have not clicked “Continue with repairs in log”, you have not yet seen the “orphan block file” messages.
Your audio is longer than the limit of 2^31 samples so your only chance of opening the project without a lot of extra effort is to use the 2.0.6-alpha. It is not an installer program.
“Close project immediately” in 2.0.5 then File > Exit 2.0.5.
Right-click over the 2.0.6-alpha zip file and choose “Extract All…”. Click “Extract”. You will now have a folder that contains the extracted files. Open that folder and double-click on “audacity.exe”. This does not install 2.0.6, but you can run 2.0.6 without it affecting the installation of 2.0.5.
The next 2.0.6 release of Audacity should be out fairly soon. It has the same fix for 2 ^31 samples so you can install 2.0.6 over 2.0.5 when the 2.0.6 release installer comes out.
