Audacity Forum

my recording plays great in windows media player, but i can't burn it to cd. i get an error message - "cannot detect length of file". The length shows in audacity but is not exported (wav) to media player. please, how do i fix it? playing the track first doesn't help, although it does show the length whilst it's playing. Am i able to add the length in audacity before exporting ?

Is your music WAV file in 44100, 16-bit Stereo? Audacity wakes up from First Birthday in 44100, 32-Floating, Stereo, and some programs have no idea what that is.

Koz

Thanks for replying Koz. Yes, the wav file is in that format. Have spent all day looking for a fix. The recording is from a vinyl record if that makes any difference.

Cheryl

<<<Yes, the wav file is in that format.>>>

Which format?

Koz

44100 16-bit stereo. (i probably used the wrong wording! as usual)

Make sure your Audacity Preferences are set for 44100, 16-bit, stereo. Open up the music file and export it again. WAV files don't get damaged when you do that and it might clear up your problem. Make sure all the information to the left of the timeline is what you expect.

Koz

done that - still no luck. soooooo frustrating.

One more trick. Pull down either of these short WAV files and see if they work.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/soundtests.html

Koz

yes, they sounded ok to me

wow! it's finally working. Thanks so much for all your time and help koz. very much appreciated,

cheryl