mp3 files exported show a lock sign

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yyydm
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mp3 files exported show a lock sign

Post by yyydm » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:46 am

when i export a file to mp3
and then go to the file exported,
it shows a small lock on it- so i cannot open it.

also, when i record or play back a file coppied from a cassette, it sounds like a growing noise

please help...

my windows is windows7 and the installation cd says: Ver 47.0A

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Re: mp3 files exported show a lock sign

Post by kozikowski » Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:16 pm

Will it let you right-click the file > Properties?

Distortion that slowly changes over time could be Windows Enhanced Services, their conferencing suite. You can turn that off.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... hancements

How do you have the cassette machine connected to the computer? Most people get this wrong because the computer suggests strongly that you just run a wire between the tape player and the computer. It's usually not so simple.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... to_cd.html

Koz

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