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Why does my timer record start at the end of my note track instead at 3:00am where I click just before setting the timer record? This has been working very well for me until about two weeks ago.

Did I somehow tell it to append at the end somehow?
(I am not sure if I am attaching these correcly.)

Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in "Help menu > About Audacity")

How did you do that?

v2.3.0 but that should not matter. Something changed about three weeks ago to make the recording start at the end of the label (Memo? Note?) track.

Up until then, it has always started where I clicked just before setting the timer record.

How did I do what?

Testing shows that this is a minor bug that somehow got introduced in version 2.3.0 - it is a regression on 2.2.2 where it works as Emerogork expects.

I will try to find some time to log this - but it's unlikely to be fixed for the impending next release, version 2.4.0

Peter

Emerogork wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:03 am

How did I do what?

I'm guessing that you created a project containing two label tracks, in which you added labels according to the BBC radio guide for the weekend, then saved the project. You then selected the 3:00 label and scheduled a timer record to start at 3:00. The first image is a project that you made 3 or 4 weekends ago, and the second image is the project that you made this weekend just gone. You don't recall what you updated between the two projects.

How much of my guess is correct and what did I get wrong?

For the most part, you are correct. I just tried this on another system and it is strange that the timer recording insists on starting at 0:00 every time. Unfortunately I cannot run the recording on that system. I would prefer it start at 0:00 if I had to give up on starting where I clicked. It would make for a shorter recording.

Emerogork wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:38 pm

I would prefer it start at 0:00 if I had to give up on starting where I clicked. It would make for a shorter recording.

A possible solution would be:
1) Export your labels.
2) Start a new, empty Audacity project
3) Do your Timer Record in the new, empty project.
4) Import the labels.

waxcylinder wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 3:59 pm

Testing shows that this is a minor bug that somehow got introduced in version 2.3.0 - it is a regression on 2.2.2 where it works as Emerogork expects.

I will try to find some time to log this - but it's unlikely to be fixed for the impending next release, version 2.4.0

OK this is now logged as P2 Bug #2382
https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2382
Timer record: if a labels are present recording starts at last label position - not cursor position

Thanks for the bug report Emerogork

Peter

A few points to keep in mind:

.> This started about 3 weeks ago. Was there an update sometime back then?
.> On another computer the recording starts at 0 and not at the end of the existing track. I will check it on a few more systems.

Emerogork wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:39 pm

This started about 3 weeks ago. Was there an update sometime back then?

My testing shows that this is a regression on Audacity 2.2.2 - it got broken during 2.3.0 development, a lot longer ago than three weeks

Peter