Can't export as WAV or AIFF file.

[Fgmaniac]

I'm using Audacity 2.0.0 on Windows 7 x64 SP1 (Home Premium) . I haven't had this problem before, but all of a sudden I cannot export as a WAV file. I tried using AIFF instead, but it didn't work eaither. The error for the WAV file is;

"Error while writing WAV (Microsoft) file (disk full?). Libsndfile says..." Then it says a bunch weird accents, symbols and that box used when you don't have the text (I'm assuming gibberish)

I can use FLAC, and just convert, but I'd really like to get to the root of the problem. I've tried re downloading, changing names and I do have HD space. Please, can anyone help me?

[kozikowski]

You may have run into the filename problem. Don't put dates or other punctuation marks into your filenames. It can drive the computer nuts. Today is not 6/20/12, it's 20120620. No slashes, no periods, no commas, etc.

Koz

[steve]

"Error while writing WAV (Microsoft) file (disk full?). Libsndfile says..." Then it says a bunch weird accents, symbols and that box used when you don't have the text (I'm assuming gibberish)

That usually indicates that there is invalid metadata.
Go to "File menu > Open Metadata Editor"
Then click on the "Clear" button, then on the "OK" button.
Then try exporting.

[Fgmaniac]

Thank you Steve, it worked! Strange though, because the Metadata was empty to begin with. Nonetheless, kudos for fixing my problem!

[steve]

Strange though, because the Metadata was empty to begin with.

Probably not quite "empty". There was probably a bit of "invisible garbage" in there causing the problem.
Glad it's working now