Set Audacity as default player

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cceducator
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Set Audacity as default player

Post by cceducator » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:34 pm

How do you set Audacity as the default player in Windows 10? Thanks.
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Re: Set Audacity as default player

Post by steve » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:00 pm

My advice would be, "don't".
Audacity is designed for recording and editing - there are much better audio players (such as foobar2000)

If you prefer to ignore this advice, see here for how to do it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... 0a32e1894d
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Re: Set Audacity as default player

Post by DVDdoug » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:30 pm

Yeah... There are advantages to audio/media player software. You can play/sort/search by artist, album, song, genre, year, etc. You can make playlists. You can display the album artwork. Some support ReplayGain (for matching the loudness of different songs). And, you won't accidently hit "Record" or any of that stuff you probably don't want to do. And... probably more that I forgot...

You should already have Windows Media Player. With Windows 10 you also get Groove Music. I use Winamp but it's getting old and not really supported/developed anymore.
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Re: Set Audacity as default player

Post by jademan » Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:41 pm

steve wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:00 pm
 My advice would be, "don't".
Audacity is designed for recording and editing
For me, when I click on a music file, I usually am wanting to study it or edit it. I wonder if cceducator is in a similar situation. :lol:
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Re: Set Audacity as default player

Post by steve » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:26 pm

DVDdoug wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:30 pm
 With Windows 10 you also get Groove Music.
I've only looked briefly at that, but I thought it looked horrible. Of course that's only my opinion ;)
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Re: Set Audacity as default player

Post by dfsjio » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:59 pm

Right click audio file > Open with > Choose another app and check the box
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