Flac files cause Audacity to crash

[billw58]

Doesn't work. Keeps crashing over and over. I tried chains, importing and opening, all to the same result. I guess I'll try re-installing. This is one of the main things I use Audacity for, so I hope I can fix it!

Don't bother re-installing, that doesn't accomplish anything. If you have initialized the audacity.cfg file that's equivalent to a re-install.

-- Bill

[steve]

I've renamed the topic to better match the actual problem.

If that does not help, are the files small enough that you can upload an example somewhere from where we could download it?

Yes please - that will allow us to see if there is anything unusual with the Flac files.

This is one of the main things I use Audacity for, so I hope I can fix it!

So I presume that previously you did not have this problem?
What changed?
You upgraded from an earlier version of Audacity?
Are you using Flac files that worked ok in an earlier Audacity version or are these new Flac files?
What was the earlier version of Audacity?
Where do these Flac files come from? Do you encode them yourself? Are you using the same encoder that you have always used?
Is this on the same computer as you used previously?
Has anything else changed or been updated?

[billw58]

If all you are doing is converting the FLACs to WAVs, try Max http://sbooth.org/Max/

In fact, see if Max can open and convert even one of your FLAC files.

-- Vill

[bleakley]

No, they don't. And its not just a specific set of FLAC files. Audacity keeps crashing if I try to open any FLAC file.

Do the names of these files have other than A - Z characters and numbers? If not, can you try renaming them like that?

If that does not help, are the files small enough that you can upload an example somewhere from where we could download it? Here are some sites you could upload to:
http://www.yousendit.com
http://www.sendspace.com
http://minus.com/
https://castle.so/



Gale

[bleakley]

I'm not sure what changed. Yes, some of these are files that I have used in Audacity before with no problem. I still have the folder labeled "cleaned" from applying the chains with some of files.
I dont' know what the previous version was. 1.3.9???

I've renamed the topic to better match the actual problem.

If that does not help, are the files small enough that you can upload an example somewhere from where we could download it?

Yes please - that will allow us to see if there is anything unusual with the Flac files.

This is one of the main things I use Audacity for, so I hope I can fix it!

So I presume that previously you did not have this problem?
What changed?
You upgraded from an earlier version of Audacity?
Are you using Flac files that worked ok in an earlier Audacity version or are these new Flac files?
What was the earlier version of Audacity?
Where do these Flac files come from? Do you encode them yourself? Are you using the same encoder that you have always used?
Is this on the same computer as you used previously?
Has anything else changed or been updated?

[Gale Andrews]

Audacity keeps crashing if I try to open any FLAC file.

It does for you, but not for most other people, which is why we asked for an example file.

Please download the two short 24-bit FLAC files from http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-downloa ... files.aspx . Do those crash Audacity 2.0.0 for you? They don't for me (OS X 10.7.3).



Gale

[Gale Andrews]

I don't know how much this applies to current OS X versions, but on my old Mac (until OS X 10.3.9), there was a Mac system configuration file under:

• [user]/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.audacity.plist

Whenever I had "mysterious" problems with Audacity, I deleted this file, and my problems disappeared. This file was not deleted by a new installation of Audacity, but it was automatically re-created (without the misfunctional behaviour) at the next start of Audacity. In case of doubt search for "audacity.plist" in the Mac Finder, but I dont' know if and where this file still exists under current OS X versions.

Yes it still exists in 10.7 along with:

• [user]/Library/Preferences/net.sourceforge.audacity.plist.lockfile
• [user]/Library/Caches/net.sourceforge.audacity
• [user]/Library/Saved Application State/net.sourceforge.audacity.savedState

Saved Application State is apparently part of a new feature to resume an application's windows and data after relaunching the application (or reboot).

Unlike I presume was the case with 1.2, it still appears sufficient to initialise audacity.cfg (or delete it if you have never had a 1.2 version of Audacity) in order to reset Audacity Preferences.

I came across those extra files trying out AppCleaner to delete audacity.cfg on Mac. Possibly this would be easier for some users than typing out ~/Library/Application Support/audacity in Finder's Go > Go to Folder.


Gale

[bleakley]

Audacity keeps crashing if I try to open any FLAC file.

It does for you, but not for most other people, which is why we asked for an example file.

Please download the two short 24-bit FLAC files from http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-downloa ... files.aspx . Do those crash Audacity 2.0.0 for you? They don't for me (OS X 10.7.3).



Gale

Hi Gale,

Both of the files (recit24bit.flac and tone24bit.flac) crashed Audacity when I tried to open them with it.

Thanks,
Bleakley

[billw58]

And the don't crash for me, Audacity 2.0.0. OS X 10.7.2.

-- Bill

[Gale Andrews]

Audacity keeps crashing if I try to open any FLAC file.

It does for you, but not for most other people, which is why we asked for an example file.

Please download the two short 24-bit FLAC files from http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-downloa ... files.aspx . Do those crash Audacity 2.0.0 for you? They don't for me (OS X 10.7.3).

Both of the files (recit24bit.flac and tone24bit.flac) crashed Audacity when I tried to open them with it.

Thanks. Have you followed the steps to quit Audacity and initialise Preferences? These were the instructions: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 41#p177480 . Re-installing Audacity is not sufficient.

Have you completely shut down the Mac and restarted?

Please do both those things.

Then drag recit24bit.flac or tone24bit.flac into Audacity. If it still crashes, please attach the log then we can see if the error is the same as before.


Gale