mp3 issues
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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GullibleCraug
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mp3 issues
I am having an issue saving a project as an mp3 file. I go through the process of saving it as an mp3 file and selecting the right format etc. When i view it in a folder it's not a .mp3 file, it's just a file. I have the latest version of lame encoder installed and in the plugins folder in the app data for audacity. Yet it still will not save as an .mp3 file. What have I done wrong?
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Re: mp3 issues
Please provide the information requested in the pink box near the top of the page.
Note that to create an MP3 file you must "export" from Audacity. The "save" command only produces Audacity projects, not audio files.
Note that to create an MP3 file you must "export" from Audacity. The "save" command only produces Audacity projects, not audio files.
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Gale Andrews
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Re: mp3 issues
If you used the File > Export or similar command to export MP3 and Explorer shows just "File" then you probably added a dot (period) into the file name, and ignored the warning Audacity gave that you may not be able to play the file.GullibleCraug wrote:I am having an issue saving a project as an mp3 file. I go through the process of saving it as an mp3 file and selecting the right format etc. When i view it in a folder it's not a .mp3 file, it's just a file. I have the latest version of lame encoder installed and in the plugins folder in the app data for audacity. Yet it still will not save as an .mp3 file. What have I done wrong?
If you want to put a dot in the file name, add
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.mp3after the end of the name before exporting.
See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... extensions.
Gale
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