save project is for an audacity project not an audio file

[steve willis]

When I click on"save project as" I get the message above. I have never seen this message before. This has started today. Has there been an auto upgrade? Have I altered some parameter without realising? I run 2.1.1.

The full warning message reads:

"Save Project" is for an Audacity project, not an audio file.
For an audio file that will open in other apps, use "Export"

I have tried this but I seem to go round in circles by being told I cannot do this because it is a "wav" file.

Can anyone shed some light on this please?

Thank you.

[steve]

The current version of Audacity is 2.3.0. Audacity does not auto-upgrade, so you have to manually download the new version and install it over the top of your previous version. You can get the current version via the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/

Can anyone shed some light on this please?

An "Audacity Project" is a format that is unique to Audacity. It supports multiple tracks, envelopes, labels and other Audacity features, but it is NOT an "audio file". There are two parts to an Audacity project; the "project file" that has a file extension ".aup", and a folder that has "_data" at the end of the name. Both parts are essential. The _data folder contains the audio data, and the .aup file tells Audacity what to do with that data. The "Save" command saves an "Audacity Project".

If you want to create a normal audio file (such as a WAV or MP3 file) you need to use one of the "File menu > Export" commands.

More information for the current version of Audacity can be found in the manual: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/file_menu.html

[Mickey]

You did not shed light on this problem. I've had it too. The audacity project itself won't save as a new project. It calls the full project a wave file and refuses to save. Installing the latest version doesn't fix it.

"If you want to create a normal audio file"

That isn't what we are trying to do. We are trying to save a audacity project under a new file name and the program is glitched.

[DVDdoug]

The full warning message reads:

"Save Project" is for an Audacity project, not an audio file.
For an audio file that will open in other apps, use "Export"

If you click OK you should be able to save the project. And in the current version, there is a check-box that says, "Don't show this warning again".

[steve]

"Save Project" is for an Audacity project, not an audio file.
For an audio file that will open in other apps, use "Export"

This is not an error message. It is just informing you that "Save Project" is for Audacity project, not for an audio file.

[kozikowski]

I think geographic splitting should work. Audacity has had troubles with Save As in the recent past.

You can copy the current project, AUP file and _DATA folder, to another isolated drive (thumb drive?), eject the drive, put it in your pocket, and then Save normally. That should give you two identically named projects with different shows. Old and New. You can keep track of who's who by the date and time stamps. Keep good records.

You are warned, if you didn't know already, that you may not change the file and folder names of projects outside of Audacity.

It sounds like you may have a damaged Audacity. Once you have everything saved and isolated, blow the program away and update to 2.4.2.

There is a new Audacity under development that doesn't have these split component problems.

Koz