Invisible Metadata Editor

[Gale Andrews]

We've had this report on OS X version 10.5.5 on a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo / 4 GB / MacBook Pro
15" , Audacity version 1.3.6 (unicode) Oct 25, 2008 Release Build

If this was common I'm sure it would have been reported before now, but can anyone reproduce this problem in 1.3.6? If so can you please give OS X details as above?

Thanks

Gale


> COMPLETELY REPRODUCIBLE on my installation:
> 1) Import a .wav
> 2) Export as .mp3
> 3) save as dialog works normally
> 4) metadata tag editor dialog is invisible. When I click on the main
> Audacity window, I get a "doink" indicating that I need to finish a
> modal dialog. I know the metadata dialog is there because if I F8 to
> go into spaces, I see it for a moment before it disappears. If I click
> on the "Window" menu, "Edit Metadata" is checked off as the active
> window, and trying to change that results in a "doink."
> 5) The only way out of this state is to hit "Enter" -- which results
> in exporting the mp3 with whatever data happened to be in the metadata
> already. (Of course, this isn't the data I wanted.)
>
> ATTEMPTED WORK-AROUNDS
> 1) I tried minimizing the main window before choosing export from the
> menu; identical behavior (though the main window is minimized, so I
> know that the metadata editor dialog isn't being blocked by it).
> 2) Choosing "Open metadata editor..." from the File menu results in
> the same behavior.

[kozikowski]

Mac Mini, 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, Tiger 10.4.11, Experimental Mac Audacity 1.3.7.

I followed these steps and the "Edit Metadata" dialog box appears. The music is exported successfully and plays in QuickTime Player.

I don't have my 10.5 license on line yet, and I've never used 1.3.6.

Koz