My files keep getting corrupted on Audacity and I’ve used several different computers. I worked really hard on this file and can’t have the person I interviewed to come back so I really need help in retrieving it. I worked on it two days ago saved and shut down the computer now I can’t access it. I have done the quick fix of copying and opening in Notepad and that does not work. I need help.
I am using Windows 10 and Audicity 2.4.1.
Error 1
Couldn’t find the project data folder “Episode Ashley_data”
Error 2:.
Could not load file: “c:.users/rdesa/OneDrive/Dextop/Podcast/Audicity/Episode Ashley.aup”
Avoid directly using OneDrive, dropbox, Google Drive or any other cloud storage with Audacity.
Audacity projects are complex, and may have many thousands of small files. If even one file is damaged during synchronisation with the remote storage, it can break the project. An additional problem is that “web drives” may try to synchronise while Audacity is reading or writing, which is very likely to cause problems with the project.
If you need to use cloud storage, I would recommend the following procedure:
For a new project - save to a local (internal) drive.
After quitting Audacity, make a ZIP archive of the compete project (including the “.AUP” file and it’s “_data” folder).
Move or copy the ZIP archive to the web drive.
For an existing project on the web drive:
Copy the ZIP archive to your computer’s internal drive.
Extract the ZIP archive to restore the project.
Work on the project.
When you have finished, save the project and quit Audacity.
Make a new ZIP archive.
Move or copy the ZIP archive to the web drive.
Keep more than one backup of important work. For very important work, keep backups on more than one drive to protect against disk failure,
Without being certain about your file and folder details is it possible that there is a name discrepancy between some with the “8” and some without due to renaming at some point?
I would go even further than Steve and say as soon as you have finished an important recording session save it using export audio to a separate wav file using the 32bit-float encoding. If its too big for that use the “other uncompressed file” RF64 option. That way you can use the project save for convenience but always go back to the original if something goes wrong during editing. Storage space is quite cheap now so if your computer has USB 3.0 sockets an external drive is a good bet for a backup of your master recordings.
That’s pure evil. They make it appear as a regular, ol’ harmless folder on your normal drive. That may not be so harmless the first time you have to do production out of high-speed internet range. I’m not being Luddy. A couple of mornings ago, Level 3 Communications, an internet backbone went down for several hours. I watched a locally-stored movie and read a book.
as soon as you have finished an important recording session save it using export audio to a separate wav file using the 32bit-float encoding.
Or even a regular WAV file. However you do it, make a copy to a thumb drive or other separate storage.
