I’m confused about how labels would make a difference in the size of an mp3
exported from an Audacity project.
An mp3 only has one track associated with its file size, right? I mean: I can
select multiple tracks in an Audacity project and export it to an mp3 that
renders the selected tracks to one mp3 file. The labels don’t export to the mp3
file do they? It doesn’t matter how many tracks you select before you select to
export to mp3; it will always render as a smaller file than exporting it to a
lossless format like WAV.
If you export to WAV the file will always be much bigger than the similarly
exported mp3 file. Where does the difference in labelling make a 4Mb to 100Mb
difference in a single exported file from the selected tracks in the Audacity
project?
What am I missing here? Note that I don’t use labels normally so I haven’t much
experience with exporting tracks with labels on them.
I appreciate your expertise! I always like to learn.
David
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In my previous post I said:
“I cannot imagine how using point labels would give a different result to what
you are getting.”
I was wrong. Point labels allow exporting multiple perfectly well. The catch,
as Stan found out, is to inadvertently have the remainder of the track selected.
Andrew
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Ah, never thought of that. I always use labels that cover the length of the
song/item, which is why the issue has not arisen for me. I cannot imagine how
using point labels would give a different result to what you are getting.
Andrew
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Strange, I’ll paste it below:
Hello Robert,
They are indeed point labels. And yes, you are right! Thank you very much!
I checked and Audacity is exporting from the label to the end of the project.
However, I don't think it's a bug because I've recorded and exported several
albums successfully since updating to 2.4.1.
This seems to have started after I saved a copy of a project as Lossless. I
can't recall anything else that I changed or did differently.
StanB
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No message here.
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