Importing labels

[Giles]

Automatic labelling would be handy and it looks like it should be there somewhere. Under the Project menu, there is a command to import labels from a text file. I did this, but where did they go? I have not discovered how to get them to be visible, or to export with the tracks they name.

I am using Audacity v 1.2.6 wiht Mac OSX 1.3.9 on a Power PC G4, if any of these are relevant.

Any suggestions?

[steve]

The text file with labels needs to be in this format:

number (tab) number (tab) label name

the first number is the start point for the label (in seconds
the second number is the end point for the label
the "label name" is.... you've guessed it, it's the name of the label
Each item in the list is separated from the previous one by a tab (press the "Tab key")
Each label should be on its own line

Example 1
To set a label called "start" at the begining and another label called "middle" at the 10 second point your text file would look like this:

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0	0	start
10	10	middle

Example 2
To label a section that starts at time=0 and ends at time=32.4032 seconds as "track 1"
and label a second section that starts at 2 minutes 40.006812 seconds and ends at 3 minutes as "track 2"
the text file would look like this:

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0	32.4032	track 1
160.006812	180	track 2

Try Exporting some labels and have a look at the text file that is produced.