Exporting to MP3 with Lame taking 14+ hours

[kozikowski]

Please note Chrome is the biggest memory user. Restart the computer and close Chrome or don't let it start. Disconnect the network.

That help any?

I don't see any virus protection software in there.

Koz

[themickster]

Google 'wav to mp3' and choose one. Better still, Google 'right click mp3'. Less than 500Kb and all you do is right click on the wav and press a key to start it. It's the only one I use. It says in BrotherSoft that it's Windows 98 and NT but my XP handles it.

[steve]

In what way does your computer suck? 2GB of RAM and 500GB of hard drive does not sound too bad (my machine has 3GB RAM and 500GB hard drive, but my old machine was much lower spec than that).

What happens if you try to export the project as a WAV file?

[Gale Andrews]

Google 'wav to mp3' and choose one. Better still, Google 'right click mp3'. Less than 500Kb and all you do is right click on the wav and press a key to start it. It's the only one I use. It says in BrotherSoft that it's Windows 98 and NT but my XP handles it.

As far as I can tell, "RightClickMP3" is only for Mac OS X. "RightClick-MP3" which was once available for Windows is no longer published.

I would steer clear of BrotherSoft - it has a poor reputation.

Doug often recommends https://sourceforge.net/projects/taudioconverter/.


Gale

[Gale Andrews]

If RAM is the problem, which I am not convinced is the issue, then as Koz said, exiting Chrome will help a lot.

So you have a USB keyboard with a built-in hard drive? Are you sure you are exporting to that drive? Can you export somewhere else?

You can export as MP3 using FFmpeg, but I doubt it will help. Choose "Custom FFmpeg export" when you export then choose "MP3" from the "Formats" list and "libmp3lame" (the only choice) from the "Codecs" list. You can specify bit rate on the right of that dialogue.

Are you sure the project rate is still 44100 Hz? What sample rate is the track? Resampling from one rate to another will add greatly to the export time.

Have you tried reinstalling Audacity with "Reset Preferences" enabled? http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... html#reset .


Gale

[cyrano]

I attached a screenshot of my task manager - looks like 20-30% of my CPU is being used with Chrome, Audacity, and the MP3 player open...I don't know if that's a lot, but it doesn't seem like it.

The only thing that consumes an abnormal amount of memory is Task manager itself. Audacity is at zero percent, Chrome uses 1,4%. That sounds about right.

Your computer should be able to cope, as you noticed in the past.

What I don't understand is that 500 GB harddisk in the keyboard. Do you mean it's an external USB harddisk, connected to the USB on the keyboard? If that's the case, most of the USB ports on keyboards are USB 1.1 only. Far too slow for a harddisk. Try connecting to another port.

I've never seen a keyboard with a harddisk. But I'm always willing to learn. Bet you it'll be Chinese...

[Gale Andrews]

I attached a screenshot of my task manager - looks like 20-30% of my CPU is being used with Chrome, Audacity, and the MP3 player open...I don't know if that's a lot, but it doesn't seem like it.

The only thing that consumes an abnormal amount of memory is Task manager itself. Audacity is at zero percent, Chrome uses 1,4%. That sounds about right.

The zero and 1.4% were CPU use, just to make that clear.


Gale

[cyrano]

The zero and 1.4% were CPU use, just to make that clear.

Yes Gale, quite right. Sorry for the confusion. It's what I always look at when judging memory use, to see if a program hangs, or is still doing something.