Export MP3 issues

[Tarsas]

Please help.

I have used Audacity for years. Recently (this week) I am unable to export SOME of the music I work on. When I go to export I get the following "warning":

You are about so save a MP3 file with the name "blah blah".

Normally these files end in ".mp3", and some programs will not open
files with nonstandard extensions.

Are you sure you want to save the file under this name?

Yes No

When I click "Yes" it appears to export the file. However, it when I go to use that file, it is unrecognizable by ANY player.

The strange thing is that I am able to export some things I edit. While other times I'm NOT able to export.

I would really appreciate any advice anyone could give me please. Thank you in advance.

[Gale Andrews]

Don't add a dot (period) in the file name you want to export.

If you need the dot in the file name, type the extension as well. For example if you want to export "dot.com.mp3" type:

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dot.com.mp3

in the file name box when you export.

We don't add the extension automatically if the file name contains a dot because otherwise you could never add a "non-standard" extension for a particular file type.


Gale

[kozikowski]

Do you have Windows set to show you file name extensions? typically, Windows tries to hide all that from you and you never see the .mp3 extension. If you do see it, then the filename is really MyMusic.mp3.mp3 which will confuse some players.

-- Hidden File Extensions
-- Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View > [ ] Hide Extensions for Known File Types (deselect)

-- Apply (to this folder) or Apply to All Folders
-- OK

Then, yes you should be able to see all the extensions: .mp3 .wav .avi, etc. all normally hidden.

Koz

[Tarsas]

Holy Cow!

I feel like such an idiot. Thank you so much for the response. I should have known better. . .

Thanks again!!!

[Gale Andrews]

Do you have Windows set to show you file name extensions? typically, Windows tries to hide all that from you and you never see the .mp3 extension. If you do see it, then the filename is really MyMusic.mp3.mp3 which will confuse some players.

I don't know what happens on Mac, but on Windows and Linux if you add the expected extension in the Audacity file name box, for example:

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song.mp3 

Audacity strips out the extra ".mp3" so still produces "song.mp3". To produce "song.mp3.mp3" you would have to type exactly that:

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song.mp3.mp3

Neither of those cases would produce the Audacity error about non-standard extensions.


Gale