saving a file

siszard · Post by **siszard** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:27 pm

I recorded a lengthy audio file and when I stopped the recording and tried to save it all of the save options were hidden. I tried to play the file back and it won't playback either. This is a file I cannnot lose, any help would be great!

Post by **kozikowski** » Sun Jan 30, 2011 4:56 am

Did you actually press Stop in Audacity? If you only Pause the recording, Audacity will not let you Save.

What exactly are you recording and how? Microphone in front of a guitar?

Press Stop and see if Audacity will let you Export As WAV. That will give you a sound file you can open later.

I recorded a lengthy audio file

How lengthy? 6 hours?

Koz

siszard · Post by **siszard** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:17 am

the file was about 5 hours. the file was paused at different times and then stopped. The recording is voices in front of a microphone.
any help would be great. if i could play it back to listen that would be fine but it isn't allowing me to playback.

Post by **steve** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:02 pm

Do you have enough free space on your hard drive to Export the file?

siszard · Post by **siszard** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:59 pm

yes, I was able to save the file with our IT assistance. thank you.

Post by **kozikowski** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:37 pm

yes, I was able to save the file with our IT assistance. thank you.

And since this is a dialog, what did they do?

Koz

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