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When I open a project, audacity tell me that there are orphaned file...
how can i solve?


That is the file log (ITALIAN):
12:11:12: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'MainPanelFunc' in a dynamic library (error 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
12:11:13: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
12:11:13: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-52.dll'.
12:11:13: Looking up PATH environment variable...
12:11:13: PATH = 'C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Program Files (x86)Common FilesMicrosoft SharedWindows Live;C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:WindowsSystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0;C:Program Files (x86)Windows LiveShared'
12:11:13: Checking that '' is in PATH...
12:11:13: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
12:11:13: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-52.dll'.
12:11:13: Errore: Impossibile trovare il simbolo 'avutil_version' nella libreria dinamica (errore 127: impossibile trovare la procedura specificata.)
12:11:13: avformat not monolithic
12:11:13: Loading avutil from 'avutil-50.dll'.
12:11:13: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-52.dll'.
12:11:13: Loading avformat from 'avformat-52.dll'.
12:11:13: Actual avutil path C:Windowssystem32avutil-50.dll
12:11:13: Actual avcodec path C:Windowssystem32avcodec-52.dll
12:11:13: Actual avformat path C:Windowssystem32avformat-52.dll
12:11:13: Importing symbols...
12:11:13: All symbols loaded successfully. Initializing the library.
12:11:13: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
12:11:13: AVCodec version 0x345f00 - 52.95.0 (built against 0x344802 - 52.72.2)
12:11:13: AVFormat version 0x345400 - 52.84.0 (built against 0x344002 - 52.64.2)
12:11:13: AVUtil version 0x322006 - 50.32.6 (built against 0x320f01 - 50.15.1)
12:11:13: FFmpeg libraries loaded successfully.
12:11:13: Avviso:Blocco file orfano: 'C:UsersinClub ItaliaDesktop9 agostoroc kand rolla 17 9_datae00d00e0000006.au'
12:11:13: Avviso:Blocco file orfano: 'C:UsersinClub ItaliaDesktop9 agostoroc kand rolla 17 9_datae00d00e000003a.au'

arlo wrote:When I open a project, audacity tell me that there are orphaned file...

That is the file log (ITALIAN):
12:11:13: Avviso:Blocco file orfano: 'C:UsersinClub ItaliaDesktop9 agostoroc kand rolla 17 9_datae00d00e0000006.au'
12:11:13: Avviso:Blocco file orfano: 'C:UsersinClub ItaliaDesktop9 agostoroc kand rolla 17 9_datae00d00e000003a.au'

I deleted the FFmpeg part of the log which is not an error. Are there any more orphan files in the log than those two? Unless you are using the Nightly Build 1.3.14 alpha, Audacity will wrongly report orphans if you copy audio to the Audacity clipboard, then reopen the project in the same Audacity session. In that case you can get rid of the orphan error by restarting Audacity.

If the orphans are still there after restarting Audacity, see if you can play the project through without problems. If so, and if there are no other errors with missing blockfiles or missing aliased files in this or any other projects , you can choose the option to delete the orphans when you open the project - it is a known, occasional bug with Audacity. In all other cases, you should choose the option to "work around" or "ignore" the orphans. Do not choose the option to delete the orphans. Do not replace any missing files with silence.

If the orphans did not occur because of the clipboard, do you recall what you did in that project before closing it? How much total length of audio is in the project?

PS You posted incorrectly to the 1.2 Forum so I moved this to the 1.3 Forum.


Gale

When you see this dialog:
"Attenzione - Blocchi file orfani" choose the middle option:
"Continua senza eliminazione; ignora i file extra in questa sessione"

Orphans are probably part of some other project. You might open a different project and see:
"Attenzione - File Blocchi dati audio mancanti" In this case, before making a selection, click the "Mostra Log per dettaglil" button and look for lines like: then "Chiudi progetto senza modifiche".

The "orphans" from some other Project might need to be moved from one folder into another.

This is the only bug holding up a release of a stable 2.0 version of Audacity. The Developer/Programmers have not been able to recreate the problem to debug it. Can you tell us as much as possible about how the problem might have occurred? Any little detail might provide the final clue!

Sorry, Edgar is quite correct that the orphans could be part of another project, I should have mentioned that possibility, so I clarified that in my post. To our current understanding however, this is only likely if you had other projects open at the same time as the one that is giving the error.

Please let us know.


Gale