Re: Audacity 3.0.1 RC01 (for testing only)

Jack, can you describe a precise sequence of reproducible steps?  When you
say “open” a file, tell us exactly what that means — dragging it onto an
Audacity window or using a file dialog or something else,

Leland, are you thinking as I am that this involves a short lived Audacity
process that results only when you click an icon or use its context menu?

I have got anecdotal word that the import problem can be on Mac too.

PRL

On Thursday, April 8, 2021, Jack L. <[email protected]> wrote:

> right click filename, open with audacity, then combo of ctrl+o inside
> audacity and import audio. When the error message came up, it was a ctrl+o
> operation.
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 12:23 AM Leland <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jack.  It’s pretty perplexing though.  I don’t understand why the
>> log entries are out of order.  Could be that these two messages were
>> buffered until the logger was initialized:
>>
>>
>>
>> 13:28:05: sqlite3 message: (261) database is locked in "PRAGMA
>> main.synchronous = NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA
>> main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;"
>>
>> 13:28:05: Failed to set mode on C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Local\Audacity\SessionData\New
>> Project 2021-04-07 13-28-05 N-1.aup3unsaved
>>
>>
>>
>> How did you start Audacity?  From the start menu or by double clicking an
>> project file?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jack L. <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 8, 2021 1:55 AM
>> *To:* Audacity-Devel list <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity 3.0.1 RC01 (for testing only)
>>
>>
>>
>> The install, here's the lastlog
>>
>>
>>
>> 13:28:06: Audacity 3.0.1
>> 13:28:06: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
>> 13:28:06: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from default path, 'C:\Program
>> Files (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-55.dll'.
>> 13:28:06: Looking up PATH environment variable...
>> 13:28:06: PATH = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common
>> Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:
>> \windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\
>> ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R)
>> Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management
>> Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Users\jlow\
>> AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin'
>> 13:28:06: Temporarily prepending ';C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for
>> Audacity' to PATH...
>> 13:28:06: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\FFmpeg for Audacity\avformat-55.dll'.
>> 13:28:06: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avutil_version' in a dynamic
>> library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
>> 13:28:06: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'avcodec_version' in a dynamic
>> library (error 127: The specified procedure could not be found.)
>> 13:28:06: avformat not monolithic
>> 13:28:06: Loading avutil from 'avutil-52.dll'.
>> 13:28:06: Loading avcodec from 'avcodec-55.dll'.
>> 13:28:06: Loading avformat from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for
>> Audacity\avformat-55.dll'.
>> 13:28:06: Actual avutil path C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for
>> Audacity\avutil-52.dll
>> 13:28:06: Actual avcodec path C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for
>> Audacity\avcodec-55.dll
>> 13:28:06: Actual avformat path C:\Program Files (x86)\FFmpeg for
>> Audacity\avformat-55.dll
>> 13:28:06: Importing symbols...
>> 13:28:06: All symbols loaded successfully. Initializing the library.
>> 13:28:06: Retrieving FFmpeg library version numbers:
>> 13:28:06:    AVCodec version 0x373466 - 55.52.102 (built against 0x373466
>> - 55.52.102)
>> 13:28:06:    AVFormat version 0x372164 - 55.33.100 (built against
>> 0x372164 - 55.33.100)
>> 13:28:06:    AVUtil version 0x344264 - 52.66.100 (built against 0x344264
>> - 52.66.100)
>> 13:28:06: Returning PATH to previous setting: C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:
>> \windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\
>> ProgramData\chocolatey\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R)
>> Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management
>> Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\Users\jlow\
>> AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Program Files\smartmontools\bin
>> 13:28:06: FFmpeg libraries loaded successfully.
>> 13:28:06: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\Bodoni - Lipstick.mp3
>> 13:28:06: Mime type is *
>> 13:28:06: Opening with libmad
>> 13:28:06: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\Bodoni - Lipstick.mp3) succeeded
>> 13:28:07: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\Bodoni - Influencer
>> Influenza.mp3
>> 13:28:07: Mime type is *
>> 13:28:07: Opening with libmad
>> 13:28:07: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\Bodoni - Influencer Influenza.mp3)
>> succeeded
>> 13:28:05: sqlite3 message: (261) database is locked in "PRAGMA
>> main.synchronous = NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA
>> main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;"
>> 13:28:05: Failed to set mode on C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Local\Audacity\SessionData\New
>> Project 2021-04-07 13-28-05 N-1.aup3unsaved
>> Error: query aborted
>> SQL: PRAGMA main.locking_mode = SHARED;PRAGMA main.synchronous =
>> NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;
>> 13:28:18: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1endcredits.mp4
>> 13:28:18: Mime type is *
>> 13:28:18: Opening with libav
>> 13:28:18: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1endcredits.mp4) succeeded
>> 13:28:17: sqlite3 message: (261) database is locked in "PRAGMA
>> main.synchronous = NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA
>> main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;"
>> 13:28:17: Failed to set mode on C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Local\Audacity\SessionData\New
>> Project 2021-04-07 13-28-17 N-2.aup3unsaved
>> Error: query aborted
>> SQL: PRAGMA main.locking_mode = SHARED;PRAGMA main.synchronous =
>> NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;
>> 13:28:29: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\
>> 0ca2af87641e21c6ff89ffadcf4725402078e43e.mp4
>> 13:28:29: Mime type is *
>> 13:28:29: Opening with libav
>> 13:28:29: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\0ca2af87641e21c6ff89ffadcf4725402078e43e.mp4)
>> succeeded
>> 13:28:29: sqlite3 message: (261) database is locked in "PRAGMA
>> main.synchronous = NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA
>> main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;"
>> 13:28:29: Failed to set mode on C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Local\Audacity\SessionData\New
>> Project 2021-04-07 13-28-29 N-3.aup3unsaved
>> Error: query aborted
>> SQL: PRAGMA main.locking_mode = SHARED;PRAGMA main.synchronous =
>> NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;
>> 13:28:39: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1endcredits.mp4
>> 13:28:39: Mime type is *
>> 13:28:39: Opening with libav
>> 13:28:39: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1endcredits.mp4) succeeded
>> 13:28:44: DBConnection SetDBError
>> ErrorCode: 5
>> LastError: Failed to execute a project file command:
>>
>> SELECT Count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';
>> LibraryError: database is locked
>> 13:29:56: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk2credits.mp4
>> 13:29:56: Mime type is *
>> 13:29:56: Opening with libav
>> 13:29:56: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk2credits.mp4) succeeded
>> 13:30:30: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1traileraws.avi
>> 13:30:30: Mime type is *
>> 13:30:30: Opening with libav
>> 13:30:30: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1traileraws.avi) succeeded
>> 13:30:30: sqlite3 message: (261) database is locked in "PRAGMA
>> main.synchronous = NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA
>> main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;"
>> 13:30:30: Failed to set mode on C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Local\Audacity\SessionData\New
>> Project 2021-04-07 13-30-30 N-5.aup3unsaved
>> Error: query aborted
>> SQL: PRAGMA main.locking_mode = SHARED;PRAGMA main.synchronous =
>> NORMAL;PRAGMA main.journal_mode = WAL;PRAGMA main.wal_autocheckpoint = 0;
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 6:04 PM Leland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Are you using a “portable” version of Audacity or do you install?  If
>> portable, then you’ll find the lastlog.txt file inside your portable
>> directory.  If you install Audacity, then you should find it here:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Roaming\Audacity
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jack L. <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 7, 2021 7:31 PM
>> *To:* Audacity-Devel list <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity 3.0.1 RC01 (for testing only)
>>
>>
>>
>> I might be looking in the wrong place
>>
>>
>>
>> C:\Users\jlow\AppData\Local\Audacity\SessionData\New Project 2021-04-07
>> 13-28-44 N-4.aup3unsaved
>>
>>
>>
>> is the only thing i found in AppData
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 5:19 PM Leland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Not finding the lastlog file is rather interesting by itself.  It should
>> be there.  One of the last things that Audacity does when it exits is dump
>> the log to that file.  The only reason I can think of that it might not be
>> doing that is that Audacity is not ending cleanly.
>>
>>
>>
>> James has come up with an idea on how to resolve the open error, but I’m
>> still going to look into why it’s happening.  It really shouldn’t be.  But,
>> whether I find the real cause or not, we’ll put in James’s solution.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Jack L. <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 7, 2021 5:34 PM
>> *To:* Audacity-Devel list <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity 3.0.1 RC01 (for testing only)
>>
>>
>>
>> Not able to find the lastlog but I seem to run into the issue pretty
>> frequently just by opening/importing files in multiple windows. Maybe that
>> is the key.
>>
>>
>>
>> Seems to be fairly easy to reproduce on FreeBSD and Windows but it
>> doesn't seem to happen in any particular sequence but it always happens
>> during an open file via ctrl+o type open from what I can tell.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 3:10 PM Leland <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I was able to reproduce your error through some trickery:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> But, what’s interesting about this is that it’s not as simple as I first
>> thought.  If it had been a simple file locking issue, then we could have
>> just increased the number of retries that sqlite performs until the
>> operation succeeds.
>>
>>
>>
>> However, this is not a “plain” file locking issue.  It’s a “database”
>> locking issue where two processes/threads are trying to use the database
>> concurrently.  Almost as if two Audacity’s were running and fiddling with
>> the same aup3.  (I know that’s not the case.)
>>
>>
>>
>> I was able to reproduce the same message by holding an active “write”
>> transaction using the “sqlite3” command line utility.  If I use the same
>> utility to hold a “read” transaction open, then the problem doesn’t
>> happen.  That suggests that something is writing to the database and, since
>> we can probably assume it’s not some other application, it must be
>> Audacity, maybe something in a different thread.
>>
>>
>>
>> Are you able to reproduce it Jack?  Do you remember the exact steps?  No
>> biggie if you can’t since this is already a great help, but if you can,
>> then I’d be interesting to see your “%APPDATA\audacity\lastlog.txt” file
>> after you get the error and close Audacity. (the full log is saved at
>> Audacity exit.)
>>
>>
>>
>> Again, thanks for letting us know.
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>>
>> > From: Jack L. <[email protected]>
>>
>> > Sent: Wednesday, April 7, 2021 3:31 PM
>>
>> > To: Audacity-Devel list <[email protected]>
>>
>> > Subject: Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity 3.0.1 RC01 (for testing only)
>>
>> >
>>
>> > On windows 10, I just opened a mp3, then imported an mp3, then opened an
>>
>> > mp4 and "Error opening a new empty project". Show Log shows:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > 13:28:39: File name is C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1endcredits.mp4
>>
>> > 13:28:39: Mime type is *
>>
>> > 13:28:39: Opening with libav
>>
>> > 13:28:39: Open(C:\Users\jlow\Desktop\21stpunk1endcredits.mp4) succeeded
>>
>> > 13:28:44: DBConnection SetDBError
>>
>> >     ErrorCode: 5
>>
>> >     LastError: Failed to execute a project file command:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > SELECT Count(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';
>>
>> >     LibraryError: database is locked
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Clicked ok and now it says "Connection to project file is null".
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > Seems to work again after closing audacity and reopening.
>>
>> >
>>
>> >
>>
>> > On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 11:00 AM James Crook <[email protected]>
>>
>> > wrote:
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > I've just completed making Audacity 3.0.1 Release Candidate 01.
>>
>> > > It's available for testing from
>>
>> > > https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-devel.html
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > This page says what's new; it's mostly fixes to 3.0.0.
>>
>> > > https://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/New_features_in_this_release
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > The other important change is better error reporting, especially the
>> 'Show
>>
>> > Log' button.
>>
>> > > Please give this build a good test, and if you do get the new
>> extended error
>>
>> > messages we want to know the details of the "Show Log..."
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > --James
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > Checksums:
>>
>> > > ----------------
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > When you've downloaded an RC you can check the checksums before
>>
>> > running here:
>>
>> > > https://md5file.com/calculator
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > audacity-win-3.0.1rc01.exe (application/x-msdownload) - 29491024 bytes
>>
>> > > SHA-256
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > b41b945c919479ad57321da835b31cb63b172b3d4318962eb926ab69a21896c
>>
>> > 5
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > audacity-macos-3.0.1rc01.dmg (n/a) - 41505451 bytes
>>
>> > > SHA-256
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > ce01b48d7c846503da22b01b01a93eb1ec8d6811c16023b196a555fae514669f
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > audacity-minsrc-3.0.1rc01.tar.xz (n/a) - 13329344 bytes
>>
>> > > SHA-256
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > ea541d874abad6e78a0d721cb5bdc87cc6677bdaa59fbb99b9a2317a90e76e2c
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > audacity-3.0.1rc01.zip (application/x-zip-compressed) - 12587511 bytes
>>
>> > > SHA-256
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > 1955c3e6b029192e7a2c7feec8845777dd783c86da7d018f581034eeaec562a9
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > audacity-manual-3.0.1rc01.zip (application/x-zip-compressed) -
>>
>> > > 23198502 bytes
>>
>> > > SHA-256
>>
>> > > 126b1edf0730f722ad4e58a402ee6d4af741dea38426def289d94af45aaf70ec
>>
>> > >
>>
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