Error messages with “Audacity failed to write to a file. Perhaps C: is not writable or the disk is full.” keep popping up while I’m trying to apply pitch changes to audio. I have over 150GB of free space on my C: drive. I have tried giving Audacity administrator privileges, and have given full control access on the SessionData folder to Everyone in case it failed to write to it. Nothing has worked.
{
"timestamp": 1656569669,
"event_id": "bc1125d3440aa74586549593c1910288",
"platform": "native",
"release": "audacity@3.1.3",
"contexts": {
"os": {
"type": "os",
"name": "Windows",
"version": "10.0.19043"
}
},
"exception": {
"values": [
{
"type": "File_Error",
"value": "Audacity failed to write to a file.\nPerhaps <path> is not writable or the disk is full.\nFor tips on freeing up space, click the help button.",
"mechanism": {
"type": "runtime_error",
"handled": false,
"data": {
"sqlite3.rc": "14",
"sqlite3.context": "SqliteSampleBlock::Commit::step"
}
}
}
]
}
}
Yes, the project is saved on my C: drive. However, I’ve also tried saving to a USB drive and gotten the same results
{
"timestamp": 1656638449,
"event_id": "df715385280ef144b921534dc8787e3e",
"platform": "native",
"release": "audacity@3.1.3",
"contexts": {
"os": {
"type": "os",
"name": "Windows",
"version": "10.0.19043"
}
},
"exception": {
"values": [
{
"type": "File_Error",
"value": "Audacity failed to write to a file.\nPerhaps <path> is not writable or the disk is full.\nFor tips on freeing up space, click the help button.",
"mechanism": {
"type": "runtime_error",
"handled": false,
"data": {
"sqlite3.rc": "14",
"sqlite3.context": "SqliteSampleBlock::Commit::step"
}
}
}
]
}
}
I’ve tried with 5 minute portions of audio and 500ms portions of audio and everything in between. They all give me the same error. It also happens when exporting as .wav and importing into a new file, then trying to apply pitch/tempo/speed changes. I guess I should also make clear that this only happens when I check the box to use “high quality stretching”
I can save projects and export audio just fine, for some reason.
On Windows 10, Audacity 3.1.3, I just did a pitch effect, -2 semitones, HQ. It ran with no errors. Perhaps you want to post a short .WAV or .MP3 file, along with the HQ parameters that break it.
So after a few weeks I wanted to post an update, all issues are fixed with a fresh reinstall of Windows. I have no idea what happened with the OS to make some of audacity’s effects unusable, but it’s all working fine now.