Audacity Forum

Hi,

I have a problem with audacity. When I load an audio file, the program loads only 1 or 2 seconds but it doesn't load the first 1 or 2 second of the audio file. I think that it transforms a 2 minute file into a 2 second file. I don't know if you understand what I am trying to say. Sorry, my English is not very good.

psarrianos wrote:I have a problem with audacity. When I load an audio file, the program loads only 1 or 2 seconds but it doesn't load the first 1 or 2 second of the audio file. I think that it transforms a 2 minute file into a 2 second file. I don't know if you understand what I am trying to say. Sorry, my English is not very good.

If you are importing a file format that isn't supported by Audacity 1.2, or the file is protected by the program that created it, that will happen.

Either

• use some other program to convert the file to WAV then import the WAV into Audacity
• record the file into Audacity (you will lose some quality)
• or use Audacity Beta and add FFmpeg to your computer - FFmpeg will allow Audacity to import more formats.

See this FAQ for more details.




Gale

jerrydixon wrote:Make sure the file you are opening has the extension ".aup"

psarrianos was (he said) opening an audio file. Audacity will only let you open an .aup project file from File > Open or File > Recent files at the moment. If you Project > Import Audio an .aup file, or drag it in, you'll get an error rather than a shorrt piece of noise.



Gale