Audacity Forum

Hi, all. Currently, I have an issue with Audacity in which it freezes on me when I open two files, and decide to copy and paste another file into one window. I've tried pasting "aup" files and it freezes, and I've tried pasting MP3 files, and that also causes Audacity to freeze, not to mention the amount of time it takes to open an MP3 in Audacity compared to an aup file.

I've never had this problem before; the last time I used Audacity was this January, and everything was working fine back then.

I have Windows XP, if that helps anything.

Thanks in advance to anyone who's willing to help.

"AUP" files are not audio files and you cannot just "paste" an AUP file.
For full MP3 support you need to have Lame installed.

See here about what AUP files are: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/File_Management_Tips
See here for information about Lame: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Lame_Installation

I'm not sure why you need to copy and paste from one project to another - the usual method to get a second audio file into a project is the "Import" the file. In Audacity 1.3.12 you can import audio files from the "File" menu.

I would recommend upgrading to Audacity 1.3.12 http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows