Another, more restrictive, option would be to prevent Audacity from opening
anything but projects from the Open command. That is how some other DAWs do
it. I confess that I do use the Open command to open wav and mp3 files in
Audacity. But if that option was blocked off, one would soon get used to using
Import. Hmmm, what then happens about setting Audacity as the default program
for various file types?
Andrew
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Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Request for importing audio into Audacity
Steve, I think an command line switch would be enough.
For an installed Audacity, there's of course the possibility of registering a
context menu entry.
Or that should be a separate program as well since it must determine which file
types can be opened (i.e. if e.g. ffmpeg for Audacity is installed).
Robert
On 30/04/2019, Steve the Fiddle <stevethefiddle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The problem is that the "Open" command does not mean "open a file", it
means "open a project". Audacity has no concept of opening audio
files, it just doen't work that way. This confusion between "open" and
"import" has been a very long running point of contention (at least 10
years!). When you try to "open" two audio files, you are actually
telling Audacity twice to open a new project.
One way that I think your wish could be accomplished, would be for
Audacity to ship an additional small app or script which can be
associated with audio files. When launched, the script would handle
launching Audacity (if not already running), opening a new project
window, and telling Audacity to import a list of files into that new
project window.
Steve
On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 19:16, Robert Hänggi <aarjay.robert@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
+1 for this proposal.
I have the problem within reaper and want to open multiple items into
Audacity.
As you say, it will open each file in a separate Window.
Did you post that suggestion anywhere, e.g. the forum?
Best
Robert
On 28/04/2019, Thomas Byskov Dalgaard <tbd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi!
I searched the manual and the preferences for find something but
failed to do so.
In some cases I want to open two files and edit them in the same
audacity project.
If I import them via the "Import audio" dialog box the tracks are
working great, but if I find them via the Finder on my Mac (or I
guess in Windows
Explorer) and open them inside Audacity from here it will make two
projects with one file on one track in each project.
would it be possible to make a preference so the user can choose
how Audacity would behave if a a file is selected so the choices could be:
Open in separate projects (that's the way it does it now as default).
Open in one project: Would import the files into one project.
Best regards Thomas
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