'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

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Re: 'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

Post by steve » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:04 pm

sysmastr wrote:it much rather looked like a problem with the Audacity software itself...
I'm using the unmodified source code and built Audacity myself, so I am 100% certain that the version on my Debian machine is the original unmodified program, as written by the Audacity developers. I do not see the problem that you describe. If the problem were with the software, then surely I would see the problem too?

The problem may not be anything to do with the Ubuntu Vivid build of Audacity, but it is a problem with the Ubuntu Vivid build of Audacity on your Ubuntu Vivid computer. This problem has not been reported by any other users, so I would suspect that it is something specific to your computer setup. Does this problem occur on a fresh installation of Ubuntu Vivid?
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Re: 'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

Post by dewmax » Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:12 pm

Hi,

New here but wanted to confirm this bug after dist-upgrading from wheezy to jessie. Everything was fine on wheezy. Now on jessie (audacity 2.0.6) every audio export defaults to .aiff despite the file format being set to "MP3 Files".

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Re: 'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

Post by Gale Andrews » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:45 am

dewmax wrote:If you need more details, just ask.
If you compile Audacity from our source code against the supported wxWidgets 2.8.12 the problem won't occur, as far as I know.

If that is the case then please report the issue to Debian as a problem with the way they have built the Audacity 2.0.6 package: Debian bug tracking system.

Note specifically that Debian have built Audacity with a version of wxWidgets (3.0) that Audacity Team does not support, so you can expect numerous wx3 issues.

If you do find the AIFF issue is a direct result of using wx3, please let us know.


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Re: 'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

Post by dewmax » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:05 am

Thanks for your answer. I see now that this bug has already been reported: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... bug=774181. I confirmed it and will let you know if the cause is identified.

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Re: 'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

Post by ricardisimo » Wed Jun 10, 2015 1:57 am

Same thing happening to me. I was able to work around it by copying and pasting the tracks into a new project, then export to wav just fine. Just in case anyone else can't wait for Ubuntu to fix this...

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Re: 'Export Audio' will always default to .aiff extension

Post by Gale Andrews » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:39 pm

ricardisimo wrote:Same thing happening to me. I was able to work around it by copying and pasting the tracks into a new project, then export to wav just fine. Just in case anyone else can't wait for Ubuntu to fix this...
Thanks, someone else has confirmed that to be the case.

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