change of file name?

[damayanti88]

Hi, I'm new to using Audacity. I have several files that I was inconsistent with naming. Today I went through and renamed the files for consistency (all the .aup files), and also renamed the accompanying folders (the _data folders) so that they matched exactly. Clearly that was a mistake because now I can't play any of my files - every time I try I get an error message. Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? I don't remember the original names.

[kozikowski]

Sure. You open up the AUP file in TextEdit and read the file names. The AUP file is a Project Manager and it's job is to know where everything is. Here's a simple AUP file...

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/aup1.jpg

Line one (projname=) tells me the original project name and about line six (aliasfile=), it tells me all about piano2.wav, the original capture WAV file.

One of the downsides of Audacity Projects is they freeze your computer. You can't change, delete, move or modify anything without destroying the show.

Koz

[damayanti88]

That's amazing, thank you so much! I just went in and changed the title in the text file (in line 1) to the new title, and it worked perfectly. Thank you!!