ocenaudio creating a 22 min recording while im leaving it on for 2 hours...

[cooperation]

Then I say again..... RECORD IT IN AUDACITY. If you don't have the patience to wait the 30 seconds that it takes to save the wave file to your hard drive, then go grab a couple of cookies and a coke while the computer does it's work. Come back after it's finished.

THEN LOAD THE FILE INTO OCENAUDIO and do your scrolling and stuff.

Stop making excuses on why you have to use a program that doesn't work because you don't want to lose a minute of your life! We've colletively spent several hours trying to help you. You've spent far more time trying to figure out why the program is broken that it would take to save 50 2 hour files.

One last thing. I just tested Ocen vs Audacity 2.1 on a 2011 I3 machine using a 2 hour 38 minute file. OA took 37 seconds to load. Audacity too 17 seconds to load. Exporting the wave, OA took 58 seconds to save vs Audacity taking 1:42 to save. I really don't see an issue.

It's time to move on.

Hi it was more than couple minutes with audacity .WIth you chrono you show there is not a big difference I agree but it was far from that in audacity.
I ll try audacity again and reevaluate maybe opening with ocean for scolling viewing
Is ogg vorbis the lighter way to save space in audacity ?

 

[cooperation]

"voice/noiselevel" activation situation requiring a threshold adjustment to initiate the "recording" process on his laptop?

Hi if i can consistently do long recording on audacity would that eliminate this possibility?

 

[TalismanRich]

Make sure you aren't converting to MP3. That will up your time by 5x or more. That's the overhead from the LAME converter. Any compression algorithm is going to take time to process. I'm assuming you're not cataloging these like you would with songs being recorded. If there's nothing important, just nuke the file. Storage is cheap!

 

[60's guy]

Please - don't ask for advice and then just ignore it.
Audacity may well not be to your liking but it will prove where the fault is. If audacity records for 2 hours, and is crazily slow, it still means your computer and ocenaudio are not happy.

^^^^This^^^^^

 

[ecc83]

Is it possible, now that we know that he's using the built--in mic on his laptop, that it's perhaps a "voice/noiselevel" activation situation requiring a threshold adjustment to initiate the "recording" process on his laptop?
A dog not whimpering loudly enough to activate the recorder, but a barking dog crosses the threshold and the laptop records?
I'd like to hear what sounds he has been capable of recording recently.

Somewhere, out there, there's a simple solution.

This ^ is certainly a possibility . Audacity definitely has a level sensitive record function. Ocenaudio not so it seems but it does show the option attached.
I don't usually suggest them but in this instance a USB mic would probably give better results than the built in unit. If nothing else it would allow the laptop to be positioned in perhaps a more 'secure' place with the mic closer to pooch?

Dave.

 

[cooperation]

HI with audacity i made 13 hours recording long .
How can i make sure Make sure you aren't converting to MP3 in audacity?

 

[TalismanRich]

When you export the recording, it gives you choices. Choose WAV, not MP3, FLAC, OOG Vorbis or any compressed format. It takes a much longer time to compress the data than to just save the data.

I think it confirms that Ocen has an issue.

 

[ecc83]

When you export the recording, it gives you choices. Choose WAV, not MP3, FLAC, OOG Vorbis or any compressed format. It takes a much longer time to compress the data than to just save the data.

I think it confirms that Ocen has an issue.

Slight issue there I think Rich? Audacity ALWAYS converts on export because it does not natively save as .wav but to its own special format.
Simply saving to that format will therefore be quicker AFAIK and OP can still review the material in that format, edit it and simply export the bits he wants.

I still think he should give Reaper a bash.

It also occurs that "save/convert" time will depend greatly on processor speed and ram capacity? My old i3 HP takes considerably longer to turn a 24 bit .wav into an MP3 compared to my AMD Black, 3.5G six core desktop!

Dave.

 

[TalismanRich]

Audacity will stay with the last format that was chosen for export. I generally use WAV, unless I need MP3.
It's in the Export window:

 

[60's guy]

Hi if i can consistently do long recording on audacity would that eliminate this possibility?

Have you investigated to see if there's a mic activation issue on your laptop?

Edit: Never mind. I see you've managed to record a full 13 hours length of...something... using Audacity.