CAN'T OPEN ANY PROJECTS

Hi All,

Has anyone got an answer to this as it’s driving me mad!

I’ve used Audacity for many years and never had any problems, but since downloading 3.0.0 I can’t open any of my projects.

I click on FILE, OPEN, and then the project, but Audacity asks if I want to IMPORT the files.

No, I just want to Open them and Play them as I’ve done without problem until now!!

I’ve tried uninstalling and re-installing it but makes no difference.



PS I have posted a more worrying issue separately as well.

Thankyou all,

strumpicker.

When installing an update, it is a good idea to take at least a quick look at the list of major changes. This is especially true when there is a jump in the major version number, such as a jump from version 2.x.x to 3.x.x.
There’s a brief summary of the major changes in Audacity 3.0.0 here: https://www.audacityteam.org/audacity-3-0-0-released/

What happens if you click “Yes”?

Hi,

If I click Yes it imports the file. However, I can’t then save it as it says Saving is for aup files, not for imported audio.

So I’m caught in a loop!

strumpicker

Hi

Thankyou Steve, the files have been upgraded to aup3. However, once you’ve imported the file and try to save it it’s still confusing when the warning pops up saying “Save As” is for aup files, not Imported audio files", or words to that effect.

However if you click OK, meaning, (to me anyway), “Yes I understand that”, the Save As facility opens up and you can save it as an aup3 project.


Cheers,
strumpicker

That message is just for information. It was added to Audacity because so many new users (incorrectly) expected that a saved Audacity project should play in a normal audio player. The reality is that Audacity projects are for Audacity only - for a normal audio file you have to “Export”.

In short, it’s not an error and not a warning, it’s just information. Just click through to continue saving the project (or use one of the “Export” commands if you want a normal audio file).

Thanks Steve.