Canpt export to MP3

[johnythehess]

Good day. I Have installed the laim plug in by copying the laimlib file to the plugins folder in audacity. I am using the file recommended for intel macs and the 1.3.5 beta. Durring export I select mp3 files and set my options noticing that there is not one for mono any more. When I click okay I see the template selection and just click okay without picking anything. I then click okay and the file is exported to Aiff. How do I get this plugin working. Note: I am a blind user using Voiceover on the Mac and perhaps I am missing something that Voiceover isn't seeing. Looking forward to some thoughts.

[johnythehess]

Found my answer by reading the believe it or not jaws guide for audacity. So, please Oh great developers: make the preferences dialog accessible to voiceover. I am not able to get to the part where I can tell audacity where the laim plug in is. If anyone has a work around for this I'd certainly appreciate it. This is a really excellent version and I can do much with it since there are keyboard commands for most everything and my compliments to the developers who made the mac commands the same as the windows commands with command being the difference. So, again, yes, being a pest but I wouldn't if the product wasn't worth it. Please! do not let this release come out without making the preference dialog and those objects that say "unknown accessible. Thanks and thanks from all blind users who enjoy editing with audacity.

[Gale Andrews]

Oh great developers: make the preferences dialog accessible to voiceover. I am not able to get to the part where I can tell audacity where the laim plug in is.

The basic problem is that the wxWidgets GUI we use (in this case wxMac) does not support VoiceOver, and VoiceOver itself seems to be buggy. It may be simplest to export to AIFF and convert to MP3 in iTunes. That said, does VoiceOver announce when the Import/Export tab of Preferences is selected? If so we could give you the tab and enter sequences to navigate, providing VoiceOver could read the "Where is LAME dialogue". But there is probably an easier way still. Quit Audacity and find the file:
~/Library/Application Support/audacity.cfg

This file stores the Audacity settings. Open it in a text editor and scroll to the bottom and ENTER so you are on a new line. Then type:
[MP3]

followed by ENTER then:

MP3LibPath=

and after the "=", type the path to the LAME library. I think you use forward slash "/" as the path separator on Mac. If you need any more help, Koz is on a Mac and he will be able to help you type the path correctly.

Sorry that at the moment, we probably can't do much about VoiceOver.


Gale

[kozikowski]

<<<I think you use forward slash "/" as the path separator on Mac.>>>

That's correct. The Mac Terminal program /Applications/Utilities/Terminal is basically a linux shell.

Do you follow XKCD? "sudo make me a sandwich."

<<<Koz is on a Mac >>>

Several, as well as PCs and over 750 linux machines (not all at once).The Intel Mac is at home, so I'm a little out of touch at work. You would think there would be an Intel Mac in the building somewhere...

Koz