Troubleshooting ELAN

Tips and tricks for troubleshooting ELAN

Problem: ELAN is slow and crashes a lot Cause: Buggy newer ELAN versions cause the delays Solution: Uninstall current version of ELAN and install version 6.2 or 6.3 from this page

Problem: Add controlled vocabularies page in ELAN is blank Cause: ELAN doesn't play well with low display resolutions Solution: Change your display resolution to the maximum possible (1920 x 1080) by going into Display Settings -> Display resolution

Blank Add controlled vocabularies window

Problem: Annotation window de-synched from the soundwave Cause: No idea Solution: Right-click on the annotation window and check that Connected to Other Viewers with a Time Scale checkbox is ticked

Problem: Waveform appears delayed compared to the video sound track, if you set up the video and the audio track following this Gitbook page. Cause: If the .wav file is extracted from the video using Audacity + ffmpeg, ffmpeg introduces a small delay to the audio file. Solution: Consider extracting the sound track using iMovie (for Mac users). Add the video to library --> Drag video to timeline --> Click on the Share icon (top right corner for iMovie 10) --> Set "Audio Only" for the Format, and "WAV" for File Format.