Project won't reopen after crash

[jademan]

I tried downloading the newest version of Audacity (3.0.5) but my project still won’t open. Any ideas would be much appreciated as I’ve spent hours editing this project. Many thanks in advance.

The code: “sqlite3.rc”: “11” indicates you are getting a corrupt database error. It is likely that you will not be able to recover your project.

Your best chances at recovery are to try Steve’s suggestions here:

“Sometimes” it is possible to salvage a corrupted AUP3 file using “DB Browser for SQLite”… I’m not an expert with this, though I have, on a couple of occasions, managed to salvage most of a project by renaming the “project” table as something else, and renaming the “autosave” table as “project” (then close the database, and open the file with Audacity). If you want to try that, best to work on a copy rather than the original.

If following Steve’s suggestion is not fruitful, sometimes it is possible to extract the raw audio data, ignoring all of the database structure information. This works best for a mono recording before any editing is done. However for a stereo recording or for heavily edited files, reconstruction can be a nightmare. I (and another elf) have a program that can sometimes do this extraction. If you get this far, zip up your .aup3 file and upload it to a file sharing service. Post (or PM me) a link to the file, and I’ll take a look at it.