Export selected section

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Export selected section

Post by j238 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:06 am

I've been using Audacity on my Windows machine for a while. Finally got around to installing it on my Mac. Here's my problem.

When I try to export a selection as mp3, things get weird.

Once I input the file name, the selected are disappears. Then the output isn't exactly the area I selected.

Any tips on this ?

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Re: Export selected section

Post by billw58 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:09 am

Upgrade to 1.3.12 http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac

1.2.x has a weird thing where when you type certain characters into the file save dialog box they trigger actions in Audacity. That could be why the selection is changing.

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Re: Export selected section

Post by j238 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:15 am

it seems any input affects my selected area. once I overwrite the existing file name, things go bad.

Does version 1.3 have the same problem ?

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Re: Export selected section

Post by billw58 » Tue Nov 23, 2010 3:37 am

j238 wrote:it seems any input affects my selected area. once I overwrite the existing file name, things go bad.

Does version 1.3 have the same problem ?
No. That's why I suggested you try it.

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Re: Export selected section

Post by bgravato » Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:34 am

audacity 1.2.x doesn't work well on modern macs (10.5 or higher). Upgrading to 1.3.12 is strongly recommended!

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Re: Export selected section

Post by j238 » Wed Nov 24, 2010 4:57 am

Yup 1.3 seems much better.

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