audacity 1.3.3 importing errors
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John Kelleher
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audacity 1.3.3
linux slackware 12.0 gcc 4.1.2 kernel 2.6.21.5 This version of audacity does NOT import multiple files into one project from the command line. Instead it opens them in separate windows. Also, I liked how audacity 1.2.x, when importing from the GUI (and from the command line) would insert the files top to bottom depending on the order I specified. E.g., if I wanted to see: goo.wav foo.wav doo.wav I said 'audacity goo.wav foo.wav doo.wav', or choose those files from the GUI (with CTRL-mouse click) in that order. But 1.3.3 alphabetizes the files before inserting, resulting in: doo.wav foo.wav goo.wav which forces me to manually rearrange their order after importing. John Kelleher ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ -- Audacity-help mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-help |
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| From John Kelleher | Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:57:23 -0700 (PDT) | Subject: [Audacity-help] audacity 1.3.3 importing errors | audacity 1.3.3 | linux | slackware 12.0 | gcc 4.1.2 | kernel 2.6.21.5 | | This version of audacity does NOT import multiple files into one | project from the command line. Instead it opens them in separate | windows. | | Also, I liked how audacity 1.2.x, when importing from the GUI (and from | the command line) would insert the files top to bottom depending on the | order I specified. E.g., if I wanted to see: | | goo.wav | foo.wav | doo.wav | | I said 'audacity goo.wav foo.wav doo.wav', or choose those files from | the GUI (with CTRL-mouse click) in that order. | | But 1.3.3 alphabetizes the files before inserting, resulting in: | | doo.wav | foo.wav | goo.wav | | which forces me to manually rearrange their order after importing. I am on Windows but I will comment as follows. I cannot replicate your issue with 1.3.3 alphabetising when inserting as it does not do this. For me the behaviour when CTRL + clicking on a batch of files is the same with either 1.2.6 or 1.3.3 - you get the files in the order they are in in the file manager. So if I clicked on goo.wav before foo.wav but the file view was sorted in alphabetical order, I will always get foo.wav at the top of the list. If I sort the list in reverse alphabetical order, and click on foo.wav then goo.wav, I get goo.wav at the top of the list. Is this the explanation for your issue, and if not, have you built Audacity from source code or did you install an Audacity package provided by your distribution? Importing multiple files into multiple windows arose from a change we made so that you could right-click a file from a file manager and "Open with Audacity" when Audacity was already running. Previously in 1.2.6 if you did this you would only receive a warning that Audacity was already running, because the right-click command was interpreted as a command to open another instance of Audacity, whereas only one instance of Audacity is allowed at a time. It is not necessary that the change should be implemented in this way so that multiple files import into multiple windows, though some users might prefer this. I personally think it would be more useful if by default Audacity always imported subsequent files into the same window (so that as you say multiple drag retains the 1.2.6 behaviour) but that it should also be a user preference. I will add your suggestion to our user-editable Feature Requests page: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Feature_Requests Please feel free to visit the page and add your vote to any of the other suggestions made there. Gale Andrews Outbound message virus free. Tested on: 9/10/2007 8:25:16 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ -- Audacity-help mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-help |
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John Kelleher
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Hello Gale Andrews,
Thank you for your prompt reply. I must admit that I find some of your Windows-centric references obscure. I have always compiled audacity from source. The partition I had previously been using for my work uses kernel 2.4.x and gcc 3.4.6, and I use audacity 1.2.4b there with success. Both 1.2.6 and 1.2.4b fail to compile with various (non-wxwidgets) errors in this upgraded (different) partition, though 1.3.3 compiles without errors. The behavior of 1.3.3 I have noted represents a significant performance degradation for me. I call your attention to the following: a) output of 'man audacity' (the one installed with v. 1.3.3): ... If you specify multiple files on the command-line, Audacity will import all of them into the same project, which is convenient if you want to mix them. ... b) Yes, it would be extremely convenient if audacity did what it claims to do! c) I say again, audacity *should* import all files specified on the command line "into the same project", just as the man page claims it will, AND it should preserve the ORDER of the files as listed, just as it used to. d) Again, formerly, when importing from the GUI, as I clicked on each file, its name appeared in a nice little 'open' line right within the dialog box. I could both see and specify the ORDER of files I wanted imported, which would be translated into the top-bottom ORDER in which audacity would import them. e) It looks to me like I am requesting that a performance characteristic that is significantly degraded in the current version be restored. You are welcome to call that a 'feature request' if you wish, as long as it gets fixed. John Kelleher --- Audacity Help <[hidden email]> wrote: > > | From John Kelleher > | Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:57:23 -0700 (PDT) > | Subject: [Audacity-help] audacity 1.3.3 importing errors > | audacity 1.3.3 > | linux > | slackware 12.0 > | gcc 4.1.2 > | kernel 2.6.21.5 > | > | This version of audacity does NOT import multiple files into > one > | project from the command line. Instead it opens them in > separate > | windows. > | > | Also, I liked how audacity 1.2.x, when importing from the GUI > (and from > | the command line) would insert the files top to bottom > depending on the > | order I specified. E.g., if I wanted to see: > | > | goo.wav > | foo.wav > | doo.wav > | > | I said 'audacity goo.wav foo.wav doo.wav', or choose those > files from > | the GUI (with CTRL-mouse click) in that order. > | > | But 1.3.3 alphabetizes the files before inserting, resulting > in: > | > | doo.wav > | foo.wav > | goo.wav > | > | which forces me to manually rearrange their order after > importing. > > I am on Windows but I will comment as follows. I cannot replicate > your > issue with 1.3.3 alphabetising when inserting as it does not do this. > For > me the behaviour when CTRL + clicking on a batch of files is the same > > with either 1.2.6 or 1.3.3 - you get the files in the order they are > in > in the file manager. So if I clicked on goo.wav before foo.wav but > the > file view was sorted in alphabetical order, I will always get foo.wav > > at the top of the list. If I sort the list in reverse alphabetical > order, and > click on foo.wav then goo.wav, I get goo.wav at the top of the list. > Is this the explanation for your issue, and if not, have you built > Audacity > from source code or did you install an Audacity package provided by > your > distribution? > > Importing multiple files into multiple windows arose from a change we > made > so that you could right-click a file from a file manager and "Open > with > Audacity" when Audacity was already running. Previously in 1.2.6 if > you did > this you would only receive a warning that Audacity was already > running, > because the right-click command was interpreted as a command to open > another instance of Audacity, whereas only one instance of Audacity > is > allowed at a time. It is not necessary that the change should be > implemented > in this way so that multiple files import into multiple windows, > though some > users might prefer this. I personally think it would be more useful > if by > default Audacity always imported subsequent files into the same > window (so > that as you say multiple drag retains the 1.2.6 behaviour) but that > it should > also be a user preference. I will add your suggestion to our > user-editable > Feature Requests page: > http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Feature_Requests > > Please feel free to visit the page and add your vote to any of the > other > suggestions made there. > > > Gale Andrews > > > > Outbound message virus free. > Tested on: 9/10/2007 8:25:16 PM > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. 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