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Audacity is shutting down, giving an error message, and I am losing recordings with no chance to save.
I don't want to know how to the temp files really, I want to know why this happens, and if it can be repaired.
This is Audacity 1.2.6 for Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista and I am using vista.
This happens about 50 % of the time. This is a recent download. (today)
Thanks

I think I'm seeing the same issue.

I downloaded Audacity 1.2.6 stable recently. (Datestamp shows May 10, 10am Eastern time)

I'm using Audacity to record LPs entering the PC through the Line-In on my sound card, and the program crashes frequently.

The computer is a fresh install of Windows Server 2008, and is relatively quick and responsive.

I've just configured the audacity.exe to run in COmpatibility Mode, set to Win XP SP2. I'll give that a whirl, and post back whether or not that seems to have any affect on the problem.

<<<I am losing recordings >>>

What recordings? We know the other poster is recording the Line-In of his sound card. What are you doing?

Open up the hard drive and see how full it is. Error check and defragment. If it still crashes, we'll go from there.

Koz

I'm having the same problem. It can happen if I just record a few seconds, then stop the recording.
It seems to happen more often if I stop the recording soon after starting it (within say 10 seconds),
but it has happened with longer recordings as well. I dont' remember the exact message, but it pops
up a messagebox that has a generic error message.
I have 160GB free space. No fragmentation to speak of.
Seems like an intermittent bug to me. I'm a software developer, and if one of my apps were acting like
this, I would know I had a bug. Maybe some kind of thread sync issue?

Here's the event log entry FWIW. The OS is Vista. Running as non-admin.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 5/17/2009 9:45:52 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Soundbooth
Description:
Faulting application audacity.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x455814e4, faulting module audacity.exe, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x455814e4, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x00095f61, process id 0x138c, application start time 0x01c9d6f5baa20e20.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-05-17T13:45:52.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>3726</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Soundbooth</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>audacity.exe</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>455814e4</Data>
<Data>audacity.exe</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>455814e4</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>00095f61</Data>
<Data>138c</Data>
<Data>01c9d6f5baa20e20</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Here's another event log entry that follows the last one:

Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Date: 5/17/2009 9:45:23 AM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Soundbooth
Description:
Fault bucket 355174438, type 1
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: None
Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:
P1: audacity.exe
P2: 0.0.0.0
P3: 455814e4
P4: audacity.exe
P5: 0.0.0.0
P6: 455814e4
P7: c0000005
P8: 00095f61
P9:
P10:

Attached files:
C:UsersSoundBoothAppDataLocalTempWERCCD3.tmp.version.txt

These files may be available here:
C:UsersSoundBoothAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsWERReportArchiveReport96dedf3a
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-05-17T13:45:23.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>3725</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Soundbooth</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>355174438</Data>
<Data>1</Data>
<Data>APPCRASH</Data>
<Data>None</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>audacity.exe</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>455814e4</Data>
<Data>audacity.exe</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>455814e4</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>00095f61</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
C:UsersSoundBoothAppDataLocalTempWERCCD3.tmp.version.txt</Data>
<Data>C:UsersSoundBoothAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsWERReportArchiveReport96dedf3a</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

System information: (sorry about multiple posts)
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name SOUNDBOOTH
System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
System Model Inspiron 518
System Type X86-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. 1.0.3, 8/14/2008
SMBIOS Version 2.5
Windows Directory C:Windows
System Directory C:Windowssystem32
Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
User Name SoundboothSoundBooth
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 2.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Available Physical Memory 959 MB
Total Virtual Memory 4.23 GB
Available Virtual Memory 2.98 GB
Page File Space 2.29 GB
Page File C:pagefile.sys

The problem may be version nomenclature. We wish the developers would stop calling 1.3.7 "unstable." In many instances it's far more stable and useful than the very much older 1.2.

Audacity 1.2 belches smoke, only starts if the temperature is above 35 F, the passenger side door no longer closes all the way, and the radio only works on the polka dance station.

Upgrade.

Koz

Koz,
Thanks for the reply. Sounds reasonable. I'll try upgrading to 1.3.7.

Audacity plays games with its preference and configuration files. You know you got a clean install if the new Audacity asks you "English?" at first birthday. If it doesn't ask you that, then you are still standing on pieces of the old Audacity.

Koz