RAV8.87 Won't stop recording

[jschlayb]

I am running AV 8.87 and using it to record my cassettes into mp3 files to place on a CD. I am using the option that breaks the audio into separate mp3 files when it 'hears' a 2 sec or more blank audio stream.

This function works nicely, however if the tape completes while I am not around, AV begins creating little empty files over and over again. And even when I right mouse and click "Stop recording" the recording continues. I can only stop the recording by going into Windows XP task manager and killing the process. If I click anywhere on AV after telling it to stop it just beeps.

AV should have an additional setting that after X amount of time, it stops recording altogether. That way recording would stop after say 30 seconds of blank audio and the user would not have all these empty files and have AV lock up.

Thanks for an otherwise nice product - the past I used your earlier product Freecorder, but had to import the files into Audacity to break them into separate mp3 files. This is much more convenient!

[jschlayb]

Sorry had rthe wrong version in title before.


Here's a portion of the log file:
Sat Apr 3 11:12:42 AM Doing ACM split
Sat Apr 3 11:12:42 AM Moved file from H:\My Recordings\arad1.wav
Sat Apr 3 11:12:42 AM Moved file to H:\My Recordings\Harvest\Harvest Apr 03_121.mp3
Sat Apr 3 11:12:42 AM Starting new track Harvest_122
Sat Apr 3 11:12:52 AM Doing ACM split
Sat Apr 3 11:12:52 AM Moved file from H:\My Recordings\arad1.wav
Sat Apr 3 11:12:52 AM Moved file to H:\My Recordings\Harvest\Harvest Apr 03_122.mp3
Sat Apr 3 11:12:52 AM Starting new track Harvest_123
Sat Apr 3 11:13:03 AM Doing ACM split
Sat Apr 3 11:13:03 AM Moved file from H:\My Recordings\arad1.wav
Sat Apr 3 11:13:03 AM Moved file to H:\My Recordings\Harvest\Harvest Apr 03_123.mp3
Sat Apr 3 11:13:03 AM Starting new track Harvest_124
Sat Apr 3 11:13:13 AM Doing ACM split
Sat Apr 3 11:13:13 AM Moved file from H:\My Recordings\arad1.wav
Sat Apr 3 11:13:13 AM Moved file to H:\My Recordings\Harvest\Harvest Apr 03_124.mp3
Sat Apr 3 11:13:13 AM Starting new track Harvest_125
Sat Apr 3 11:13:23 AM Doing ACM split
Sat Apr 3 11:13:23 AM Moved file from H:\My Recordings\arad1.wav
Sat Apr 3 11:13:23 AM Moved file to H:\My Recordings\Harvest\Harvest Apr 03_125.mp3
Sat Apr 3 11:13:23 AM Starting new track Harvest_126
Sat Apr 3 11:13:33 AM Doing ACM split
Sat Apr 3 11:13:33 AM Moved file from H:\My Recordings\arad1.wav
Sat Apr 3 11:13:33 AM Moved file to H:\My Recordings\Harvest\Harvest Apr 03_126.mp3
Sat Apr 3 11:13:33 AM Starting new track Harvest_127
Sat Apr 3 11:13:42 AM End Recording
Sat Apr 3 11:13:42 AM Total time in track less than 10 seconds -- track will not be saved.
Sat Apr 3 2:59:21 PM
Audio Record Summary:
Version 8.78
URL =
Days=
Next = Sat Mar 20 8:02 AM - 9:59 PM (1x)
Source = General Streaming Audio
Record-to Format = MP3
Convert-to Format = Nothing - Leave As Is
Audio Record Method = Line In
Eliminate Dead Air: 3 Seconds
Create new track after 1500 milliseconds of silence
No Split Tracks after time
Automatic retuning disabled
Mute while recording disabled
Tuning Format: Other

[Cheryl Wester]

Thanks for the suggestions. You never know.

[jschlayb]

Regardless - AV should not lock up the way it does when you ask it to stop recording. Please fix that in an upcoming release.

[Cheryl Wester]

Please uninstall and reboot and then download and install our latest version from our site.

[jschlayb]

I will try it out. Thanks!

[jschlayb]

Tried the latest version 8.79 and don't see any difference. AV8 continues to record small empty files and after right clicking and telling the program to stop recording, it continues to record. I can only stop it via the Windows Task Mngr.

I uninstalled, rebooted, installed, activiated and used it. 'About' tells me I am running 8.79 as well.

[04/05/2010 09:12:47] Success Setup started: H:\Executables\RAVSetup.exe
[04/05/2010 09:12:47] Notice Setup engine version: 7.0.6.1
[04/05/2010 09:12:47] Notice Product: Replay AV, version 8.79
[04/05/2010 09:12:47] Success Using all users profile