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Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:28 pm
by jcdietz03
I am not sure how to reproduce this for you...

I can try giving you a download of a project file and giving you two timestamps to export as OGG to verify you get the same result.


Problem:
When exporting short clips (<1 second) using "Export Selection," intermittently (about 50% of the time) the end of the clip will be cut off by about 0.2 seconds. It's not a frequency thing. It depends on the timestamps. For given timestamps and a project file, the problem will either always or never appear.

The problem doesn't appear when exporting to MP3 (the same timestamps). Haven't tried other encoders in Audacity.

Re: Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:30 pm
by steve
Which exact version of Audacity are you using?
(look in Help menu > About Audacity)

Re: Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 3:29 am
by jcdietz03
1.3.13-beta (Unicode)

Which one should I be using?

Re: Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 4:16 pm
by steve
That's the correct version.

I've tested exporting 16 short (less than 1 second) samples, but I can't reproduce the problem. All exported Ogg files are exactly the correct length.

Is it just this one project that is causing the problem?
Are you able to reproduce the problem by generating tones, then exporting? If you are, please give precise steps and I'll see if I can reproduce it here.

Re: Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 12:35 am
by jcdietz03
It's not a problem with Audacity. It's a problem with my player. I know you can't help with that.

I played the file using Zoom Player and the end of the file is cut off. I played the file using Firefox and it played fine. I think that confirms the problem is not with Audacity. Thanks for your time.

Re: Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:02 am
by bgravato
Have a try with VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ or Winamp

They're both free and support ogg vorbis out-of-the-box.

Re: Ogg Encoder Clips Short Clips

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 4:12 pm
by steve
Foobar2000 is one of my favourite audio players for Windows. It's light, fast, supports lots of audio formats, can convert from one format to another, can rip CDs, supports tagging and has a library manager, and it is free.