Audacity tracks stop playing in iTunes after 3 minutes

John Brune · Post by **John Brune** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 12:17 pm

I have had this problem for some time--with current and previous versions of Audacity. I export tracks I've created or edited in Audacity and drag them into iTunes to play and any track over 3 minutes automatically stops and cues to the next track. Is there a setting for exporting files in Audacity that I missed?

Thanks!

John Brune · Post by **John Brune** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:41 pm

I'm using Mac OS 10.7.5 (NOT upgrading anytime soon) and Audacity 2.0.1

Gale Andrews · Post by **Gale Andrews** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:24 pm

2.0.1 is old now. I suggest you obtain the latest 2.1.0 version from http://audacityteam.org/download/mac.

John Brune wrote:I have had this problem for some time--with current and previous versions of Audacity. I export tracks I've created or edited in Audacity and drag them into iTunes to play and any track over 3 minutes automatically stops and cues to the next track. Is there a setting for exporting files in Audacity that I missed?

Drag the exported files back into Audacity. If they are the correct length then it is an iTunes problem, perhaps you have set the songs to only play the first three minutes. In iTunes, right-click or control-click the file > Get Info to check.

Gale

John Brune · Post by **John Brune** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:06 am

No. Already checked that. It still craps out at 3:02 and then goes to next track. Can't tell if it's iTUnes or Audacity doing it. I'm a videographer so I've imported and re-exported the offending tracks into and out of my AVID and that seems to fix it. Either audacity is exporting a format iTunes doesn't like or iTunes sucks. This has been the case for multiple versions of Audacity. I will update my software though. Thanks!

Gale Andrews · Post by **Gale Andrews** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:40 am

John Brune wrote:No. Already checked that. It still craps out at 3:02 and then goes to next track. Can't tell if it's iTUnes or Audacity doing it.

I'm a videographer so I've imported and re-exported the offending tracks into and out of my AVID and that seems to fix it. Either audacity is exporting a format iTunes doesn't like or iTunes sucks. This has been the case for multiple versions of Audacity. I will update my software though. Thanks!

So if you reimport the exported file into Audacity, do I assume it shows as the correct length?

What format are the files and are you adding metadata to the exported files? In 2.0.4 we had to change a perfectly correct routine for writing metadata containing uneven numbers of characters in AIFF files because a bug in early iPods caused the files to be ignored or to skip playback. This could be some similar Apple bug - so the change we made which will be in 2.1.0 may fix it for you if these are AIFF files.

If the problem still exists when you export files from 2.1.0, please upload an example file of about four minutes length to Dropbox or somewhere we can access the file.

Gale

John Brune · Post by **John Brune** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 2:24 pm

Gale--yes it re-imports at the correct length after I've given it the AVID treatment. Will upgrade Audacity and let you know if the problem repeats itself. Thanks so much!!

John Brune · Post by **John Brune** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:35 pm

I upgraded to Audacity 2.0.1 and it still does it. Of the 10 tracks I was trying to convert 4 of them only play 3 minutes 3 seconds in iTunes. I have them in a Dropbox folder. What is your email address so I can send you an invite to retrieve the four offending files?

Gale Andrews · Post by **Gale Andrews** » Mon Apr 20, 2015 9:26 pm

John Brune wrote:yes it re-imports at the correct length after I've given it the AVID treatment.

But if you export from Audacity then immediately re-import the file into Audacity, the file is of the correct length, isn't it?

John Brune wrote:I upgraded to Audacity 2.0.1 and it still does it. Of the 10 tracks I was trying to convert 4 of them only play 3 minutes 3 seconds in iTunes.

Do you mean you upgraded to 2.1.0 and it still does it?

John Brune wrote:I have them in a Dropbox folder. What is your email address so I can send you an invite to retrieve the four offending files?

What format are the files? If you right-click over the files online in Dropbox and choose Share, that will enable you to post the URL to the files. Could you also please include one of the files that does not play short in iTunes for comparison?

If the content of the files is private, then please send me a private message (click the "PM" icon on the right of this post).

Gale

Gale Andrews · Post by **Gale Andrews** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 12:48 am

Cyrano kindly tested in Mavericks in 2.0.1 and did not find your problem in iTunes with an exported MP3 http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 47&t=84906.

Gale

John Brune · Post by **John Brune** » Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:22 pm

Yes 2.1.0--sorry but typing those numbers is maddening. It still does it. In Itunes they stop at 3:03:00 and go to next track. I ran them thru Audacity a second time and now it works. The first time I had used Export Multiple files--10 tracks of a David Gilmour album. I am not understanding you whatsoever on the Dropbox stuff. I only know to share with email addresses. I'm not sharing David Gilmour with the forum.

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