Crash and no Joy

[rednekk_rokr]

Windows Vista / Audacity ver 1.3.14 Beta (Unicode)
First of all I have had nothing but a good experience with this software...I love it..now having said that I had a crash yesterday in a song I have put about 10 hours into.
This is the Log
09:56:12: Audacity 1.3.14-beta
09:56:12: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'MainPanelFunc' in a dynamic library (error 127: the specified procedure could not be found.)
09:56:15: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
09:56:15: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-52.dll'.
09:56:15: Looking up PATH environment variable...
09:56:15: PATH = 'C:Windowssystem32;C:Windows;C:WindowsSystem32Wbem;C:hpbinPython;c:Program FilesCommon FilesRoxio SharedDLLShared;c:Program FilesCommon FilesRoxio SharedDLLShared;c:Program FilesCommon FilesRoxio Shared9.0DLLShared;C:Program FilesQuickTimeQTSystem'
09:56:15: Checking that '' is in PATH...
09:56:15: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
09:56:15: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-52.dll'.
09:56:15: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
09:56:15: Loading avutil from 'avutil-50.dll'.
09:56:15: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avutil-50.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
09:56:15: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-52.dll'.
09:56:15: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avcodec-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
09:56:15: Loading avformat from 'avformat-52.dll'.
09:56:15: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-52.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
09:56:15: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
09:56:15: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.
09:56:27: Error: Could not parse file "C:UsersBrianAppDataRoamingAudacityAutoSaveshake up break up - 2012-02-13 18-18-37 N-85.autosave".
Error: Error: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 964
when I open the songs .AUP file in notepad++ I look at line 964 and absolutely nothing looks wrong...
Absolutely any help would be greeted with wild applause and maybe a little whiskey!!
Thanks

[steve]

when I open the songs .AUP file in notepad++ I look at line 964 and absolutely nothing looks wrong...

Well that's where Audacity is saying the problem lies.
If you attach the .AUP file to your reply I'll have a look and see if I can see anything there.

[rednekk_rokr]

Here is a copy of the aup
Man I hope you can find something...
Thanks

[rednekk_rokr]

in an updated devolopment....none of my previous files will open.
"couldnt find the project data" is the error it is giving me...

[billw58]

Please see this manual page: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects

It appears you have moved either the .aup file or the _data folder so they are no longer in the same directory.

-- Bill

[rednekk_rokr]

Did windows move some files when it crashed because I have not moved any files...
What is causing the error on 964 which is not allowing me to recover the project?
I appreciate the help, Thanks

[Gale Andrews]

So is what happened that you crashed, then when you saw "Automatic Crash Recovery" and tried to recover there was a message box about invalid token at line 964?

If so that line 964 error refers to "C:UsersBrianAppDataRoamingAudacityAutoSaveshake up break up - 2012-02-13 18-18-37 N-85.autosave" and that is the file you have to correct. If you show hidden files and folders according to these instructions:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutoria ... ows/#vista

then you could make a copy of that autosave file and attach it, assuming you still have the project open.

Could you ever open "shake up break up.aup" after the crash? When you open "shake up break up.aup" now, is there a line error as well as the "could not find" error?

The .aup file has a zero samples clip at the start of an audio track which could explain the crash. Do you recall what actions you took in the project before the crash?




Gale

[rednekk_rokr]

Ok is looks like I had the word "nul" about 50,000 times on that line...
I have deleted them all from that line and now get a mismatched tag error when trying to recover it....
I have attached a copy of the autosave file in hopes that someone may figure it out...
Thanks

[rednekk_rokr]

Well right or wrong I got it.....after fighting the tag error for awhile I just simply deleted the line that was troubling me and then moved some files around and wizzbang I got the song back that I had been working on..
I would like to thank everybody for their input and help, couldnt have done it without their input and guidance.
once again a big thanks.

[steve]

Glad you got it working.
For future reference, when I'm working on an important project, I use "Save As" to make a new copy of the project (appending a version number to the project name) every 30 minutes or so. This eats up loads of disk space, but guarantees that in the worst case scenario I'll only loose 30 minutes of work.