Audacity Forum

Hello
I used to be able to record songs, save them in mp3 format, convert the file to wav format (under XP Pro OS), and then open the .wav file in another program. Now, under Windows 7, I can record, but can't open/play any new files I save in .wav format. However, I can still open/play the old .wav files I recorded/saved under XP Pro. I get an error message that the wav output device is having trouble ( ) playing invalid .wav format. I have tried saving an mp3 file in .wav format with Audacity and with Adobe Audition - same problem with both programs. Any ideas? Thank you.

bluesgal wrote:I used to be able to record songs, save them in mp3 format, convert the file to wav format (under XP Pro OS), and then open the .wav file in another program. Now, under Windows 7, I can record, but can't open/play any new files I save in .wav format. However, I can still open/play the old .wav files I recorded/saved under XP Pro. I get an error message that the wav output device is having trouble ( ) playing invalid .wav format. I have tried saving an mp3 file in .wav format with Audacity and with Adobe Audition - same problem with both programs.

To make sure you export the most compliant possible 44100 Hz 16-bit WAV from Audacity, follow these steps:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/How_t ... #Audio_CDs

If that does not help, you probably have some codec conflict. If you have installed some codec pack, consider uninstalling it. Codec packs can create conflicts with different codecs being available for the same file types. See:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... -questions

You can also download Media Info to see if you can spot some difference between the WAVs produced on XP and those produced on Win 7.



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