Multiple export produces one file zero bytes

[riverbankannie]

I have Audacity 1.2.4 supplied with a ION usb turntable. I have added labels to my track and then export using multiple export. It all looks as if it is working and says it has exported the correct number of files. However when I examine the files it has only created one file of zero bytes and it is not a wav file. Help please. If I record just one song from an LP and save as wav it works fine.

[steve]

Try upgrading to Audacity 1.2.6 or 1.3.5 - version 1.2.4 is ancient.

[riverbankannie]

Thanks for prompt reply. However, I have uninstalled 1.2.4 and downloaded 1.2.6 and still the multiple export produces an unknown file type of zero bytes. Any other suggestions??

[steve]

That's strange - it should work.
Try following (very carefully) the instructions here: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... t_Multiple
There may be some minor detail that you are doing wrong that is messing it all up.

[riverbankannie]

I have just read this again, I did read it before posting the query in the first place and could not see that I had done anything differently to that stated and I still cannot. Maybe I will try v1.3.

[riverbankannie]

Sucess!! I stuck with version 1.2.6 and re-recorded from the USB turntable. Now multiple export using labels works fine. I had previously tried using the recording made with 1.2.4 which looked OK on screen. However.... I now cannot insert or use the letter z in a label.

[steve]

However.... I now cannot insert or use the letter z in a label.

Yes, that's a known bug, and it's unlikely to get fixed as it is a relatively minor issue and 1.2.6 is no longer being developed (the next stable release will be v.1.4.0 which will be based on the current 1.3.x beta).
Upper case "Z" should be OK.