Theophilus20 wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:In your third image, where were you saving the compressed copy of project to? Was it the same folder you were trying to save the standard project to?
Yes, It appeared to save it to the original folder destination, in compressed form, without any trouble, with the exception of missing audio. But, i think the audio goes missing at the first attempt to save that fails
If this was the very occasional bug where Audacity won't save a standard project but will export to exactly the same folder, I've never known any data loss because of it.
Are you saying that when save as a standard project fails, the audio becomes silenced as you look at it on the screen? Or if not, does it become silenced if you select all of it and perform an edit like Amplify?
Or is the audio only silenced after closing and reopening the project?
Theophilus20 wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:Do you have Explorer Windows open? If so please close them while you have Audacity open.
No, as stated before, this machine is not on line.
I know - but I meant Windows Explorer windows (for example, choose "Computer" in the Windows Control Panel), not Internet Explorer windows.
There is a vanishingly rare bug that Audacity can misbehave by doing unwanted moves or deletions of some of the AU files in the project _data folder if Explorer is open at the drive in question.
Theophilus20 wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:This is the third time we've asked you where your temporary directory is. Is it still "C:UsersCALVAR~1AppDataLocalTempaudacity_temp" as shown in the log? The easy way to check is to hold CTRL and press P on your keyboard, go down to "Directories" on the left, click in the Location box, right-click > Select All, then CTRL + C and paste it into your message.
Ok. Is this something you want me to do when there is an error, or, any time?
I think you should do the suggested reinstall of Audacity with "Reset Preferences" checked (ticked) to rule out any possible bug where Audacity gets confused by the short form user name.
Theophilus20 wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:If C:UsersCALVAR~1AppDataLocalTempaudacity_temp is your temporary directory, the shortened form of the user name (CALVAR~1) could be the problem - I assume there is no user actually called "CALVAR~1". I suggest you reinstall Audacity with reset preferences as suggested previously. [...]
Sure. Ok ill re-install and reset. Do you think the solution you have mentioned is the answer to why it saves most everything, but not all?
As you suggest, it seems unlikely that Audacity would be partially confused by the temp directory path so that it reads the directory at some times and not others. But we know that in some cases the short form path can cause Audacity to not read the temp directory at all, so it is much better that you fix the path by reinstalling Audacity with reset preferences checked, then verify the path has the full user name by looking in the Audacity Directories preferences (as above).
Theophilus20 wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:The audio IS there before saving.
Thanks for confirming. If you can still reproduce the problem after reinstalling Audacity with reset preferences, it might be interesting to know (as above) if the audio is actually silenced after saving the project or only when you reopen the project.
But a failing drive (I'm afraid) is a much more likely cause.
Even if the Windows drive check finds no problems, I suggest you use a
SMART utility to check the drive as well. The drive should pass the SMART test or it will very likely partially or completely fail in the not too distant future.
Do you have a known good USB 2.0 or 3.0 drive you can connect to the computer? You can set your Audacity temporary directory to that drive in the Audacity Directories Preferences.
Gale