Play - Audacity Manual

# Play

### From Audacity Manual

## Opening audio files:

Either drag the files into the current project window, or click File > Import > Audio

Files can be opened into a new project window with File > Open.

The main formats Audacity plays are AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A (only on a Mac), MP2/MP3, OGG Vorbis and WAV. Click here if your file is in some other format.

### To import a CD:

extract it to WAV or AIFF using iTunes, Windows Media Player 11 or similar. See our online guide: importing CDs.

### Playing audio:

- Press the Play button to start playback.
- Press the Pause button once to pause playback, and again to resume.
- To stop, press the Stop button .
- Spacebar can be used to either play or stop.
- After stopping, playback resumes from its last starting point.
- To change the starting point, click in the track at your desired starting point.

The Skip to Start and Skip to End buttons can be used to skip to the start or end of the track respectively.

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