Re: strange behavior
Cliff <[email protected]> Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:58:49 -0500
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--===============4117678709586940504== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_8BFD1526-81A3-47DC-9B38-2C362913C217" --Apple-Mail=_8BFD1526-81A3-47DC-9B38-2C362913C217 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Federico, If you want a new project then open a new/2nd Audacity window. The way = you did it was to keep all the undo info etc like you surmised. It was = doing the expected things so no problem with the program. Opening a = second window would have given you a fresh start on the new project. Regards, Cliff > On Aug 24, 2022, at 20:27, Federico Miyara <[email protected]> = wrote: >=20 >=20 > Dear all, >=20 > May be I'm doing something wrong.=20 >=20 > I have a two-track 2 min project. I saved it and not only it took = several minutes but it createed a 6 Gb file. >=20 > Previously, I had loaded a 1.5 Gb wav file (2.5 hours long) and had = been working for a while with it. The process I performed was to = resample from 44.1 kHz to 22.05 Hz, convert from stereo to mono and = export the audio to flac. Then I deleted the track and started with a = completely new, single empty track, without closing the earlier project.=20= >=20 > While working, the original file name kept showing at the top bar. = When I was done with the second project, I "saved as" it to a new name = and directory, and I got the 6 Gb file. >=20 > The expected behavior would have been to save into the new project the = current status of the audio, i.e., a two-track, two-minute signal... = unless all the garbage and undo history is also saved to the project... >=20 > But what is more perplexing is that then I tried to save it again = without changing the original name (which by the way never changed, as = it happens with other programs when one saves a file with a different = name) and then bingo! I got a much more reasonable 22 Mb file. > =20 > Then I exited Audacity and the 6 Gb shrinked down to 22 Mb! Pity that = I didn't copy it prior to exiting! >=20 > Regards, >=20 > Federico >=20 >=20 > <https://www.avast.com/antivirus>=09 > El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electr=C3=B3nico= en busca de virus.=20 > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > = <x-msg://103/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>_______________________= ________________________ > audacity-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel --Apple-Mail=_8BFD1526-81A3-47DC-9B38-2C362913C217 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">Federico,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">If you want a new project then open a new/2nd Audacity = window. The way you did it was to keep all the undo info etc like you = surmised. It was doing the expected things so no problem with the = program. Opening a second window would have given you a fresh start on = the new project.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Regards,</div><div class=3D"">Cliff<br class=3D""> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Aug 24, 2022, at 20:27, Federico Miyara <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""> =20 <meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3DUTF-8" class=3D""> =20 <div text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" class=3D""> <br class=3D""> <font face=3D"Courier New" class=3D"">Dear all,<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> May be I'm doing something wrong. <br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> I have a two-track 2 min project. I saved it and not only it took several minutes but it createed a 6 Gb file.<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> Previously, I had loaded a 1.5 Gb wav file (2.5 hours long) = </font><font face=3D"Courier New" class=3D"">and had been working for a = while with it. The process I performed was </font><font face=3D"Courier New" = class=3D"">to resample from 44.1 kHz to 22.05 Hz, convert from stereo to mono and export the audio to flac. Then I deleted the track and started with a completely new, single empty track, without closing the earlier project. <br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> While working, the original file name kept showing at the top bar. When I was done with the second project, I "saved as" it to a new name and directory, and I got the 6 Gb file.<br class=3D""> </font><font face=3D"Courier New" class=3D""><br class=3D""> The expected behavior would have been to save into the new project the current status of the audio, i.e., a two-track, two-minute signal... unless all the garbage and undo history is also saved to the project...<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> But what is more perplexing is that then I tried to save it again without changing the original name (which by the way never changed, as it happens with other programs when one saves a file with a different name) and then bingo! I got a much more reasonable 22 Mb file.<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> Then I exited Audacity and the 6 Gb shrinked down to 22 Mb! Pity that I didn't copy it prior to exiting!<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> Regards,<br class=3D""> <br class=3D""> Federico<br class=3D""> </font> <div id=3D"DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" class=3D""> <br class=3D""><br class=3D""> <hr style=3D"border:none; color:#909090; background-color:#B0B0B0; = height: 1px; width: 99%;" class=3D""> <table style=3D"border-collapse:collapse;border:none;" class=3D""> <tbody class=3D""><tr class=3D""> <td style=3D"border:none;padding:0px 15px 0px 8px" = class=3D""> <a href=3D"https://www.avast.com/antivirus" = class=3D""> <img border=3D"0" = src=3D"http://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt=3D"Avast = logo" class=3D""> </a> </td> <td class=3D""><p style=3D"color:#3d4d5a; = font-family:"Calibri","Verdana","Arial",&quo= t;Helvetica"; font-size:12pt;" class=3D""> El software de antivirus Avast ha = analizado este correo electr=C3=B3nico en busca de virus. <br class=3D""><a = href=3D"https://www.avast.com/antivirus" class=3D"">www.avast.com</a> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br class=3D""> <a href=3D"x-msg://103/#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width=3D"1" = height=3D"1" class=3D""> </a></div></div> _______________________________________________<br = class=3D"">audacity-devel mailing list<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br = class=3D"">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel<br = class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_8BFD1526-81A3-47DC-9B38-2C362913C217-- --===============4117678709586940504== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============4117678709586940504== 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 --===============4117678709586940504==--