Re: Huge AUP3 project issue

On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 04:59, Leland <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Steve, have him open the project, duplicate a track, reverse the new track,
> save the project, delete the new track, save again.  Does the project reduce
> in size then?
> (Basically, trying to force compaction.)

Weird. He tried that, and here's what happened:

"The file size did not change.
Also, when I duplicated the tracks, reversed them, and saved them, the
file size also didn't change.
To check my sanity, I looked at the property and the modification time
is changing."

I've asked him if he could make a ZIP archive of the AUP3 and see what
size that is. That may give an indication of whether the extra size is
due to data in the database, or empty space. It may also reduce the
project to a manageable size to send to us.

Steve


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Fiddle <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 7:34 PM
> To: Audacity-Devel list <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Audacity-devel] Huge AUP3 project issue
>
> We have a report on the forum of a 200MB project (expected size) having a
> saved file size of 1350MB.
>
> On opening the 1.35GB project and saving a backup copy of the project, the
> backup project file is under 200 MB, which is about right for the amount of
> audio in the project.
>
> The forum thread is here:
> https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=118141
>
>
> Steve
>
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