Then the problem may be some sort of difference in the file format that causes
problems. Since they are MP3 files, you can try MP3 direct Cut. You may not
have the problem and you won't lose sound quality when you edit and save the
file. MP3 Direct Cut doesn't reencode the file. You edit it and the file is
saved as an edited file, it isn't reencoded and saved as a completely new file.
You may find that you get artifacts at the edit points,, depending on how the
programs you used to record the MP3 file did so if you edit them directly as
MP3 files. Ei
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: don wardlow
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:54 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: odd problem
True enough, when I record directly through Audacity this never happens.
However, the recordings I need to import into Audacity either come from Replay
AV or from other sources where I can download a recording.
Thank you for getting back.
Don
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 2:49 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: odd problem
I don't know what program you are using to record the audio with. Are you
recording with Audacity? If so, you might avoid the error, I would think, and
you would not lose sound quality if you save the file as a wave file or as an
Audacity project when finished recording. If you save an MP3 file, import it
into Audacity, edit it, then save it again, you are reencoding an already
existing MP3 file when you save it after editing. You are losing sound quality
by reencoding it. Also, the time you take importing the MP3 file before
editing it, is wasted time. A wavbe or Audacity project file doesn't take any,
or hardly any time to import when you are ready to edit it. then you only
spend time exporting it once as an MP3 file.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: don wardlow
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 1:09 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] odd problem
Hi all.
This will take a while, so get comfortable.
My computer has Windows 7, the latest JAWS and the latest Audacity (though I
don't know its number.)
The odd thing it does doesn't happen every day, thank heaven but when it does
it's a pain in the neck.
I record radio broadcasts and later, when time permits I cut out the
commercials to only hear the parts I want.
I import the MP3 file into Audacity. I start to fast forward through to locate
the first commercial. When I find it, I hit P for pause and then try to hit the
left bracket key.
At this point I get an error message that says
"To use this feature you must enable the (Something) tool bar."
Sorry, I didn't copy down the message last time I heard it.
Anyhow I don't know how to enable any_ tool bar including whatever one I am
being prompted to enable. So far, my only recourse is to get rid of the AUP
file, restart the computer, then import the original MP3 into Audacity.
This takes time.
If anybody else has a problem like this one and knows an easier answer, please
let me know.
Thanks as always.
Don
