Warning - Orphan Block Files

Block files: Audacity stores the audio data in multiple short sections or block files (normally six seconds long) for details please see Structure of an Audacity project.

This warning message will be shown when you attempt to open an Audacity project which has audio data missing for some reason.

The warning dialog in project context

The Log file

If you want to see further details of the orphan block files click on the Show log for details button.

The buttons

Clicking on the command buttons in the log file dialog give the following results:

• Save gives you the option to Save the current Log file to a named location.
• Clear clears the current Log file
• Close closes this log file dialog and leaves the Log file as is.