Audacity frozen after saving BIG file
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 4:36 pm
I recorded a 14 hour track yesterday (not a life-threateningly important track, but would be annoying to re-record). I never stopping to save because I didn't want to disrupt the recording (plus, I've done this sort of thing successfully before). When the recording was over and I hit Save-As, Audacity started to save my project file. However, I noticed that it only managed to save one 6-second chunk (and had weird sound quality). Also, for the main file, the program became completely inactive, essentially frozen (this happened before I played the 6-second sample). I clicked on the screen but would be greeted by one of those *ding* sounds Windows makes when you click on a program that has a dialog box open. It didn't say "Audacity (Not Responding)", but obviously it froze. Also, after playing that 6-second chunk, that Audacity window froze as well. In both cases, the cursor line blinks and the start/end numbers blink.
I figure Audacity got stuck saving the file, thus it acts like it's in the middle of an operation that will never end, and that's why I can't select anything. Most importantly, I would like to know what I can do to save my data or stop the save process. Just remember, my _data folder only has one 6-second chunk of music, so most conventional strategies of recovery seem inapplicable. Also, I never saved the project beforehand. I'm using Windows 7, but tell me if you need more details than that.
Thanks for any help
I figure Audacity got stuck saving the file, thus it acts like it's in the middle of an operation that will never end, and that's why I can't select anything. Most importantly, I would like to know what I can do to save my data or stop the save process. Just remember, my _data folder only has one 6-second chunk of music, so most conventional strategies of recovery seem inapplicable. Also, I never saved the project beforehand. I'm using Windows 7, but tell me if you need more details than that.
Thanks for any help