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0005957ardourbugspublic2015-04-04 19:30
Reportermbc Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityunable to reproduce
Status feedbackResolutionopen 
Summary0005957: MIDI files lost at unknown time
DescriptionVersion was:
Ardour 3.5.380 (built from revision 3.5-380-g2f6065b)

After several (many) crashes, and attempts to clean up a project using "Remove unused" and "Clean up", one of my MIDI tracks had lost its content. It was also gone from sessions that I saved previously with other names (which I did to be safe!).

I realise that this is not enough information to meaningfully debug the problem, but at least you are now aware that this version still has data loss issues and you are able to warn users that they should back up very frequently (I would say at least once per hour, depending on how fast you produce data that you are afraid to lose).

I have been working intensively with MIDI in Ardour for a few days now, and I must have experienced 30+ crashes (see my other reports). Now I have lost some of my data that I can't get back, even though I tried to save several copies.

I tried to remember how the track went and record it again, but while doing that, Ardour crashed again. And again. There must be something special about my installation or my circumstances, because I have the impression that other people out there use Ardour with some success. I honestly don't see how I could ever accomplish anything with it in its current state.
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mbc

2014-08-18 20:22

reporter   ~0015866

This should have been "Severity: Major", but now I can't change it.

user2409

2014-08-19 20:38

  ~0015868

Last edited: 2014-08-19 20:39

Got the same problem, audio files removed too.

I started it from a terminal, so I have a partial output: http://pastebin.com/gn1qm5rc

I also have used "Remove unused regions" (and renamed the project using "save as")

x42

2015-04-04 19:30

administrator   ~0016539

the issue has been addressed. please verify Ardour 4.0-rc2 http://nightly.ardour.org/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-08-18 20:20 mbc New Issue
2014-08-18 20:22 mbc Note Added: 0015866
2014-08-19 20:38 user2409 Note Added: 0015868
2014-08-19 20:39 user2409 Note Edited: 0015868
2015-04-04 19:30 x42 Note Added: 0016539
2015-04-04 19:30 x42 Status new => feedback