Re: Huge AUP3 project issue
Steve Fiddle <[email protected]> Thu, 20 May 2021 10:40:34 +0100
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--===============1870964508714869620== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004ea3b005c2bfbe7f" --0000000000004ea3b005c2bfbe7f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" It looks like we may not be escaping single quotes somewhere. Logged on bugzilla: https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2793 Steve On Tue, 18 May 2021 at 14:31, Steve Fiddle <[email protected]> wrote: > He has sent me the huge file (445 MB as 7z) and I can make it > available to any developer that wants to take a look, but he has asked > me not to make the project public, so I'll send a link to the file on > request. > > On my (Linux) computer with Audacity 3.0.2, I can open the file, > reverse the first track, Undo, Save, Exit, and the file shrinks to 186 > MiB. So it seems that "something" is stopping compaction from working > on his (Windows 10) machine. > > Conjecture: Perhaps this is also related to the extreme slowness that > some users are experiencing. > > Steve > > On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 16:27, Steve Fiddle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > audacity-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > audacity-devel mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel > --0000000000004ea3b005c2bfbe7f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>It looks like we may not be escaping single quotes so= mewhere.</div><div>Logged on bugzilla: <a href=3D"https://bugzilla.audacity= team.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3D2793">https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/show_bug= .cgi?id=3D2793</a></div><div><br></div><div>Steve<br></div></div><br><div c= lass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 18 May 2= 021 at 14:31, Steve Fiddle <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">= [email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail= _quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204= ,204);padding-left:1ex">He has sent me the huge file (445 MB as 7z) and I c= an make it<br> available to any developer that wants to take a look, but he has asked<br> me not to make the project public, so I'll send a link to the file on<b= r> request.<br> <br> On my (Linux) computer with Audacity 3.0.2, I can open the file,<br> reverse the first track, Undo, Save, Exit, and the file shrinks to 186<br> MiB. So it seems that "something" is stopping compaction from wor= king<br> on his (Windows 10) machine.<br> <br> Conjecture: Perhaps this is also related to the extreme slowness that<br> some=C2=A0 users are experiencing.<br> <br> Steve<br> <br> On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 16:27, Steve Fiddle <<a href=3D"mailto:stevethefi= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<b= r> ><br> > On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 04:59, Leland <<a href=3D"mailto:llucius@hom= erow.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br> > ><br> > > Steve, have him open the project, duplicate a track, reverse the = new track,<br> > > save the project, delete the new track, save again.=C2=A0 Does th= e project reduce<br> > > in size then?<br> > > (Basically, trying to force compaction.)<br> ><br> > Weird. He tried that, and here's what happened:<br> ><br> > "The file size did not change.<br> > Also, when I duplicated the tracks, reversed them, and saved them, the= <br> > file size also didn't change.<br> > To check my sanity, I looked at the property and the modification time= <br> > is changing."<br> ><br> > I've asked him if he could make a ZIP archive of the AUP3 and see = what<br> > size that is. That may give an indication of whether the extra size is= <br> > due to data in the database, or empty space. It may also reduce the<br= > > project to a manageable size to send to us.<br> ><br> > Steve<br> ><br> ><br> > ><br> > > -----Original Message-----<br> > > From: Steve Fiddle <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= " target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><br> > > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2021 7:34 PM<br> > > To: Audacity-Devel list <<a href=3D"mailto:audacity-devel@list= s.sourceforge.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</= a>><br> > > Subject: [Audacity-devel] Huge AUP3 project issue<br> > ><br> > > We have a report on the forum of a 200MB project (expected size) = having a<br> > > saved file size of 1350MB.<br> > ><br> > > On opening the 1.35GB project and saving a backup copy of the pro= ject, the<br> > > backup project file is under 200 MB, which is about right for the= amount of<br> > > audio in the project.<br> > ><br> > > The forum thread is here:<br> > > <a href=3D"https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=3D46&am= p;t=3D118141" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://forum.audacityte= am.org/viewtopic.php?f=3D46&t=3D118141</a><br> > ><br> > ><br> > > Steve<br> > ><br> > ><br> > > _______________________________________________<br> > > audacity-devel mailing list<br> > > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a><br> > > <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-= devel" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/l= ists/listinfo/audacity-devel</a><br> > ><br> > ><br> > ><br> > > _______________________________________________<br> > > audacity-devel mailing list<br> > > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D= "_blank">[email protected]</a><br> > > <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-= devel" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/l= ists/listinfo/audacity-devel</a><br> </blockquote></div> --0000000000004ea3b005c2bfbe7f-- --===============1870964508714869620== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============1870964508714869620== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ audacity-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel --===============1870964508714869620==--