link mp3 files within an .aup file

[capitanoMoro]

Hello,

I wanted to know if it is possible to link mp3 files within an .aup file ?

For example, is it possible to have an aup file like:

...
<wavetrack name="Audio Track" channel="2" linked="0" offset="0.00000000" rate="44100" gain="1" pan="0">
<waveclip offset="0.00000000">
<explicit link to an mp3 file>
<envelope numpoints="0"/>
</waveclip>
</wavetrack>
...

I would like to do this because I want to send an audacity project over the web, and it would be very convenient to send audio data as compressed files. This way, the end user just need to open the .aup file on adaucity without the need to build the project again with all the settings.

Best regards,

cM

[steve]

The latest 1.3 version of Audacity has a feature "Save Compressed Copy of Project"
This compresses all tracks as Ogg files and puts them in a data folder, then creates a special project file that imports the whole lot into the correct places.

Here is an example of such an AUP file:

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no" ?>
<!DOCTYPE project PUBLIC "-//audacityproject-1.3.0//DTD//EN" "http://audacityteam.org/xml/audacityproject-1.3.0.dtd" >
<project xmlns="http://audacityteam.org/xml/" projname="example_data" version="1.3.0" audacityversion="1.3.8-alpha_Feb 27 2009" sel0="0.0000000000" sel1="1.0290702948" vpos="0" h="0.5759588934" zoom="13480.1286853819" rate="44100">
	<tags>
		<tag name="id3v2" value="1"/>
		<tag name="GENRE" value="Blues"/>
	</tags>
	<import filename="example.ogg" offset="0.00000000" mute="1" solo="0" height="150" minimized="0" gain="1" pan="0"/>
	<import filename="example-2.ogg" offset="0.00000000" mute="1" solo="0" height="150" minimized="0" gain="1" pan="0"/>
	<import filename="Audio Track.ogg" offset="0.00000000" mute="0" solo="1" height="150" minimized="0" gain="1" pan="0"/>
</project>

[capitanoMoro]

Thank you for your prompt answer. The <import> tag was exactly what I was looking for.