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Do any error message boxes appear when you cannot export the WAV file? Are there any error messages in Help > Show Log... ?

Are you deleting the track and the original WAV file then exporting to the same file name and location as the WAV you deleted? See http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555 . If that is the problem, change the Import / Export Preferences to "Make a copy..." (the first radio button at the top).


Gale

steve wrote:I'm not sure exactly what you are doing, but I suspect that the problem may be to do with the amount of disk space that is being used.

I don't think that's the case. I never get a low disk space warning from Windows and the .wav files I'm working with are small. Most are under 500 Kb. After I edit one file I save it and remove the track from Audacity. If I ran out of disk space I shouldn't be able to save files anywhere on that drive. But I can. Just not the location I'd been using for the previous dozens of files.

Gale Andrews wrote:Do any error message boxes appear when you cannot export the WAV file? Are there any error messages in Help > Show Log... ?

Are you deleting the track and the original WAV file then exporting to the same file name and location as the WAV you deleted? See http://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555 . If that is the problem, change the Import / Export Preferences to "Make a copy..." (the first radio button at the top). Gale

No I don't get any error messages. I never looked in Show Log.

I think this bug is what I'm experiencing. I was able to reproduce the bug a minute ago. I do export with the same filename as the previous file I worked on sometimes. That must be it. I'll try the fix and see if this doesn't happen again.


Thanks for the help guys.

I do export with the same filename as the previous file I worked on sometimes.

While it is intended that you can do that (which makes the failure a bug), it's not recommended. Traditional file systems lock a file while it's open and being used and for good reason. If the file remains open for writing and you save new work on top of old work, pray nothing happens in the transition because any damage will take out your new work and your old work permanently destroying the show.

This is also the reason we recommend backups of any original material.

Glad you found the problem.

Koz

kozikowski wrote:

I do export with the same filename as the previous file I worked on sometimes.

While it is intended that you can do that (which makes the failure a bug), it's not recommended. Traditional file systems lock a file while it's open and being used and for good reason.

This particular bug doesn't occur if the file still exists, only if the file has already been deleted.


Gale