Bug fixes* Imports and Exports:
* AAC files could not be exported at 48000 Hz
* FFmpeg custom export window too large on 800 x 600 resolution
monitors
* (Linux) WAV/AIFF exports were corrupted if overwriting an aliased
file which had been imported using the command line
* Labels:
* Cutting or deleting a region in the waveform and label track did
not move the labels in advance of the cut
* Incorrect behavior snapping to labels and boundaries when Snep To
was enabled
* Labels can now be reversed if included with the audio selection
* Other bug fixes:
* Projects froze if files imported via On-Demand were no longer
available
* Mice with high-precision scroll-wheels could cause a crash
* (Windows 7) Clicking in a file open or save dialog caused files or
folders to disappear from the list, and file filtering was broken
Changes and improvements:* More intuitive behavior when moving and resizing labels by dragging
* Export Multiple: new option to use a numerical prefix before existing
label or track names; "Success" dialog now resizable
* New Equalization preset "Inverse RIAA", with new button to invert
other curves
* Timer Record now remembers last scheduled duration
* Meter Toolbar can now be made much narrower, and so more suitable for
vertical orientation
* New Preferences choice for "System" language which is used on first
run instead of asking user to choose language
* Warning now provided if WAV/AIFF exports are not successfully
completed
* (Linux) Improved icon set in compliance with freedesktop.org
Icon Theme Specification 0.6
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Known Issues at ReleasePlease also check:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Known_Issuesfor details of any issues that have been identified after release of
this version.
* Imports:
* On-Demand WAV/AIFF import not available if using the optional
FFmpeg importer (that is, if "FFmpeg-compatible files" set in
the import dialog)
* If a WAV/AIFF file is imported into a project using On-Demand
import, then the file is deleted whilst the project is still
open, the track plays silently with no warning about not
being able to read the file
* (Windows) The Audacity executable cannot be added to the
Explorer "Open With" menu if you have another version
of Audacity also called "audacity.exe". You can set the
file association to always use the Audacity Beta executable
to open the required file type, but it will not appear in
the list accessed by the "Open With" context menu item
whilst there is another "audacity.exe" on the computer.
* Exports:
* Album art and lyrics in imported metadata lost when exporting
* WAVEX (Microsoft) headers: GSM 6.10 files cannot be exported, and
U-Law/A-Law files may not be playable
* M4A: exports at 38000 Hz may not play properly (FFmpeg bug); M4A
renamed to MOV will not play on Windows in iTunes or QuickTime
* WMA: no metadata is exported; this has been disabled because
Windows cannot play the files if metadata is included (due to
a current limitation in FFmpeg)
* Custom FFmpeg Export: many combinations of formats and codecs
are incompatible, as are some combinations of general options
and codecs. Some files may be exported as zero kb files.
* Muting specific time-shifted mono tracks produces audio at wrong
point on timeline in exported file if muted tracks are to left
of unmuted
* (Windows) Exported "Comments" ID3 tag not recognised by Windows
Media Player or Explorer
* Genre WAV info tag (IGNR) not supported due to limitation in
libsndfile
* It is currently possible to attempt simultaneous imports or exports
by using shortcuts (or File > New on Mac): Audacity is not yet
capable of running these simultaneous operations safely, and
attempting this may crash your project
* Effects and Analysis:
* Built-in Generate effects may create additional unwanted split lines
if generated inside an existing clip
* Truncate Silence does not adjust clip boundaries inside the selection
being truncated.
* Truncate Silence may not give intuitive results on multiple tracks.
* Nyquist effects join separate clips together
* LADSPA Multiband EQ (optional download) may not be visible in
the Effect menu, or may crash in use
* Label tracks:
* Typing "j" or "k" in a label may activate the "move cursor"
shortcut instead
* After adding a label at the playback position and confirming with
ENTER, using an unmodified shortcut to stop or pause will not do
so, but will write a label at the cursor position. Workaround:
use up arrow instead of ENTER to confirm the label.
* Mixer Board:
* The meter range does not reflect a change in the dB range meter
preferences until restart
* Accessibility:
* The following may not read correctly in screen readers:
Labels, cells in Label Editor, time values in Generate effects,
accelerators in Preferences, Metadata Editor(JAWS 11)
* Toolbar buttons cannot be clicked on by using ENTER on the keyboard:
ENTER navigates to the next button instead
* Entering a backslash "\" in a file name when using File > Save Project
gives a "not writable or disk full" error, after which the menu item
cannot access the save dialog. Workaround: Use File > Save Project As
to enter another legal character.
* Dependencies dialog shows no warning if listed files no longer exist,
and may give a false "self-contained" indication if a longer waveform
has been edited down to a short selection
* It is no longer possible to use Save Project or Save Project As to
overwrite another pre-existing project, even if that project is not
in use. Functionality to overwrite a project not in use will be
restored in a future version of Audacity when we are sure it will
always be safe.
* Play-at-Speed slider: Change of playback speed is no longer automatic
after you move the play-at-speed slider. To change speed, move the
slider, then click the green button to left of the slider to play at
the new speed.
* If playback scrolls, cursor jumps to start of scroll on stop, hiding
previously visible audio preceding the playback position
* Not all menu items correctly enabled when the preference:
"Select all audio in project, if none selected" is checked
* A few interface elements do not change correctly after a language
change until restart
* If you add an external audio device while Audacity is open, you
must restart Audacity to enable it to recognise that device
* Calculation of "disk space remains for recording (time)" incorrect
when recording in 24-bit quality. You may record for 50% longer
than the indicated time.
* Automatic Crash Recovery disregards track zoom level and position
* Projects created by Audacity 1.1.x or earlier are no longer
supported. Workaround: Export each project track as WAV using the
appropriate legacy version of Audacity, then import the WAV files
into current Audacity.
* Audacity can import, display and cut/copy/paste MIDI files, then
export them, but they cannot be played; undoing an edit with a MIDI
track open causes the MIDI data to be lost in Windows builds
* Intermittently occurring bugs: Please write to feedback@audacityteam.org
if you experience any of these known but not fully understood
issues, giving us steps to reproduce them so they can be fixed.
For items marked ^, some work has already been done which may
have eliminated the issue - your help with testing these issues
is especially welcome.
* Projects do not reopen properly with "orphaned" or "missing"
blockfiles or "duplicate attribute" errors
* Projects do not re-open properly from the Automatic
Crash Recovery dialog
* Projects crash when applying repeated effects towards
the end of audio tracks^
* WAV or AIFF files freeze or crash Audacity on import
* (Windows XP, reported on) Clicks during recording
* (Windows) Timer Record unreliable with recordings starting
before and ending after midnight
* (Windows) On Vista and 7, and on XP with some USB microphones, the
Audacity input/output level sliders act independently of/incorrectly
with system level sliders:^
* The achieved recorded level only matches the level indicated on
the Recording VU meter if the Audacity input slider is at 100%
* On Vista, adjusting the system level sliders then starting to
record may reset the system level sliders unless monitoring is on
* (Windows) Effects processing/waveform rendering after completion
may be much slower than Audacity Beta 1.3.8
* (Mac OS X 10.5.8 PPC) Hang when scanning for VST effects on first
install of Audacity Beta. Workaround: rename the system VST folders
/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST or ~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST
* (Linux) After opening a sufficiently long audio file, opening a
second file of any size leads to locked GUI/console messages
until first file completes play
* (Windows XP) The input slider and selector for inbuilt devices are
unavailable if a USB device is also connected
* (Windows 7) On launching Audacity, "Runtime Error Program:(location)
R6034" occurs. Workaround: Right-click over audacity.exe > Properties
and change compatibility mode to Vista SP2 or XP SP3.
* (Windows) Visible scanning dialog appears on every launch of Audacity
when no VST plug-ins are present
* (Windows) On Vista and 7, input sources such as microphone and line-in
must be selected in the Audacity Audio I/O Preferences, not the
Mixer Toolbar input selector
* (Windows) Timer Record cannot maintain scheduled duration if system
clock changes
* (Windows) Audacity is incompatible with some professional sound
cards and may crash if one of these cards is the default when you
open Audacity: as a workaround, make a different sound card your
default when using Audacity, but please let us know if this affects
you so we can track down and solve the problem
* (Mac OS X) Very occasionally, users may find that recording causes
"error opening sound device", or that after running Audacity, other
media players don't produce any sound, or crash:to resolve this,
set up your sound device in Apple Audio MIDI Setup to work in stereo,
16-bit, with a sample rate of 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz, and set the
sample format and rate identically in Audacity. More help at:
http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5064* (Mac OS X) If using Audacity when the "Hear" audio plug-in is
running (or has been since boot), there will be excessive memory
usage which could cause a crash: appears to be due to buggy
memory allocation in "Hear"
* (Linux) If Audacity is left open but without focus, its CPU use
will rise slowly until all available the system CPU is consumed.
This is a bug in wxGTK 2.8.10 (not previous versions) which will
be fixed in wxGTK 2.8.11. See:
http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/11315* (Linux) The OK button has focus on opening effects and other dialogs,
instead of fields for changing values. This is a bug in wxGTK. To
navigate the dialog, tab into it or click in it.
* (Linux) Audacity now supports interfacing with JACK, but this has
not been tested, and has a number of known reliability and usability
issues: patches to improve both will be welcomed
* (Linux) Custom FFmpeg Export dialog does not respond to ENTER after
clicking in the Formats or Codecs selector
Also note the Windows installer will not replace 1.2.x installations,
but will install alongside them. DownloadWebsite :
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
