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I get the message Error Opening Project : duplicate attribute on line 12. I tried opening this several times, but unfortunately, I have no idea what else to do. I'm good with computers, but new with Audacity so I need help. I am running this software on Mac OSX 10.5.6. PLEASE HELP.

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Koz

I don't know how to correct source code. The message I get is error line 8: duplicate attribute. In my opinion, Audacity developers need to work on this beta and continuously send out updates for bug fixes. Here is the source code. I would greatly appreciate if anyone could help.

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<tag name="Copyright" name="Copyright"/>
<tag name="Full Name" value="It&apos;s Far Better to Learn"/>
<tag name="Software" value="FL Studio 7"/>
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<sequence maxsamples="524288" sampleformat="131073" numsamples="235355">
<waveblock start="0">
<simpleblockfile filename="e0000975.au" len="235355" min="-0.997925" max="0.999969" rms="0.270946"/>
</waveblock>
</sequence>
<envelope numpoints="0"/>
</waveclip>
</wavetrack>
</project>

<<<I don't know how to correct source code. >>>

Good thing. I don't, either. However, this isn't source code. It's easily editable in any text editor (TextEdit set to Plain Text) XML listings.

Is that the exact XML code (AUP FIle) for the show that failed?

While I look for the problem, please know that both Mac developers are working on 1.3.7, 1.3.8, and the soon to be delivered 1.4.0. Also, this would have gone better had you posted in the 1.3 forum instead of the 1.2 forum since according to the XML listings, you were using 1.3.7.

I believe this has been corrected in 1.3.8, soon to be released.

I can tell you that comments and meta-data cause the most trouble. Greek characters, control codes, punctuation, etc. I understand Audacity should filter those out, but the current version doesn't. Did you use punctuation marks anywhere in there? (I'll find them).

Koz

<tag name="Full Name" value="It&apos;s Far Better to Learn"/>

I think I would start by editing that line so it doesn't have the apostrophe code in there.

"Its_Far_Better_to_Learn"/>

Don't change anything else. Just sub the above line for what you have, save the file and then try to open up the Project again. (That's either line 8 or 9 depending on how you count). I can't find anything wrong with line 12 -- ish.

I can't correct it and send it back to you because it's already damaged by the time I got it. You have to open TextEdit (Go > Applications > TextEdit) and change the preferences to Plain Text. Then open your AUP file.

When you're done, File > Save.

Koz

The easiest way to count the lines is to look at the "<" at the start of the lines and count them.

error line 8: duplicate attribute.

Here's the error on line 8 As indicated by the error message, the "name" attribute is duplicated.

That should be something like: Somewhere along the line invalid Meta-data has been entered (the duplicate attribute) and that's what Audacity is complaining about.

The point that koz has mentioned about the apostrophe is also worth noting - best to stick with "alphanumeric characters underscore and hyphen".

Line 12: "1999-11-02" is not a year. try changing it to: