Play does not play

[g2c]

Hello,

I installed Audacity 1.3.7 on a my Compaq Armada 1750 320MB ram with Debian Squeeze. When I import an audio (mp3) it displays the waveform as it should but if I press "play" the "Audio position displays -7h-mm s for a second then displays again 00h00m00s. Also the vertical audio position cursor appears at the leftmost position and immediately vanishes and the program stays waiting for a new action.

A a comparison I installed Audacity 1.3.8 on an Compaq Presario with xp I can import and play w/o any problem

Any idea?

Guy

[steve]

I've not seen or heard of this problem before, but the first thing that I would try is updating to Audacity 1.3.8

[g2c]

Synaptic says installed version 1.3.7-3 Latest version 1.3.7-3. Guess no 1.3.8 in the repos (?)

[g2c]

I installed xfmedia and tried to play the know good mp3 file submitted to audacity: xfmedia does play but a pure "rhythmic garbage"

Can it be that I am missing a component that audacity is looking for and stops for not finding it and that xfmedia "think" it has but plays garbage for not really having it?

[steve]

Synaptic says installed version 1.3.7-3 Latest version 1.3.7-3. Guess no 1.3.8 in the repos (?)

1.3.7 is probably the most current version in the repo. (the repositories always lag a little way behind, especially for software that is being rapidly developed like Audacity).

Did you previously use "Lenny"? Did Audacity work on that?

Can it be that I am missing a component that audacity is looking for and stops for not finding it and that xfmedia "think" it has but plays garbage for not really having it?

That's possible, or that Squeeze contains an incompatible version of a library that is required for MP3 playback.

Am I right in thinking that the standard Debian repositories do not include support for MP3 and that you need to add a "restricted" repository for MP3 support?

[g2c]

Hello Stevethefiddle,

I don't think that there is an issue with mp3 as when I import an mp3 it will display a waveform in the time domain. BTW, if I export this I can play this .wav on an XP box.

Chances that xfmedia problem is different: It will play crap even if I submit a wave.

Please refer to the issue with the recording. For me it's far more important to be able to record in a deterministic way: I want to record lectures of a broadcast university on the radio so I can listen later in the car

[steve]

Please refer to the issue with the recording.

I presume that you mean this post http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 18&t=11834