I am not sure of the cause, I did run out of space whilst recording, but I was able to save it and then clear up space. When I attempted to reopen the project I was presented with the information in the image below.
I use windows 10 and Audacity 3.0.2 if that’s relevant information for helping with this problem.
Unfortunately that is likely to be fatal for the project.
How big is the project “AUP3” file?
How long is the recording supposed to be?
Was the recording mono or stereo?
Do you recall what the sample rate was?
The project had multiple previous saves, and I was able to save it before I closed it out to clean out the storage. Also the computer wasn’t completely out of space but it was very low, enough to warrant a low space computer warning. Do you think this will make a difference, especially because there is information saved in the file (Amount shown below).
How big is the project “AUP3” file?
508,032 kb
How long is the recording supposed to be?
2 mins and 51 secs, with multiple tracks.
Was the recording mono or stereo?
stereo
Do you recall what the sample rate was?
I believe 48000 Hz
In the future, I would prefer that you start this kind of request on the forum, so that everyone can benefit from the experience.
OK, so we were very lucky last time, and as it turns out, we are lucky again. While I don’t know exactly what causes this situation, I do know how to fix it, at least in your particular case. It is entirely possible that this solution may not work for others. The solution has previously been reported here: Unable To Parse Project Information may not have to be fatal. #1479, so the developers have been aware of the situation and the solution.
Rather than send you the repaired file, (I may not always be able to fix this for you), I wanted go give you (and others) the tools to be able to fix this yourself should the need arise. Steve is the one that first proposed this solution.
All we need to do is swap the “autosave” and “project” records within the .aup3 file.
Here are the detailed steps to do this:
1) Backup (make a copy of) your .aup3 file
2) Download and install "DB Browser for SQLite(3)"
3) File > Open Database
4) In the lower right-hand corner click the drop-down and select "All files (*)"
5) Navigate to your .aup3 file, then click Open.
6) Right-click on "autosave", then select Modify Table
7) At the top of the new windows, change the name of "autosave" to "autosavex", and click OK.
8) Right-click on "project", then select Modify Table.
9) Rename "project" to "autosave"; OK.
10) Right-click on "autosavex", Modify, rename "autosavex" to "project".
11) File > Close Database
12) File > exit.
Before you do anything, make a copy of your .aup3 project file, and try to work on a local copy (don’t use files on the cloud or files that are being replicated to the cloud).