Bug 1817 – Nonsense error message if drag and drop plug-in installation fails

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Audacity 3.0.3 development began 19th April 2021

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Bug 1817 - Nonsense error message if drag and drop plug-in installation fails


Summary:	Nonsense error message if drag and drop plug-in installation fails

Status:	RESOLVED FEATURE DISABLED

Product:	Audacity
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	User Interface
Version:	2.2.1
Hardware:	Per OS All

Importance:	P4 RepeatableAll
Assigned To:	Default Assignee for New Bugs

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Reported:	2018-01-01 15:45 UTC by Steve Daulton
Modified:	2018-08-20 11:51 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Steps To Reproduce:	A simple way to demonstrate the error is to try to drag and drop the "set of over 90 LADSPA plug-ins" (Windows or Mac) from the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/plug-ins/
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Closed:	2018-08-20 00:00:00

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Description Steve Daulton 2018-01-01 15:45:39 UTC

If installing a plug-in via drag and drop into a project window fails, the error message says:

"Audacity recognized the type of file '<filename>'.
Try installing FFmpeg. For uncompressed files, also try File > Import > Raw Data."

A simple way to demonstrate the error is to try to drag and drop the "set of over 90 LADSPA plug-ins" (Windows or Mac) from the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/plug-ins/