Audacity Forum

Some new facts: I've another computerwith Windows 7 Home Premium and Service Pack 1 and Audacity 1.3.14. I tried to record cassettes: no problem! I recorded the two sides ofa cassette without any problem! I installed Audacity 1.3.14 on the computer with Windows 8: same problem, stops after a few min...

Hi! Your expectation was right: pressing the 'R' starts a second timeline underneath the first. I don't like living in Magic Munchkin Land :( Is there any setting in the preferences | recording which can cause this behaviour? Do you have contact with the developers of the program? The person who wro...

No, there's nobody using this computer or touching mouse or keyboard. I click the record button, sit with folded arms, and after a few minutes (this varies) the recording stops. When it stops after, say, 3 minutes, I rewind, press record again and the second time it's possible 5 minutes are recorded...

Hi Steve!

It stops recording, the record button is released, just as if I clicked the stop button.
And the computer is not in sleep of hibernation. Audacity is the only program running.

Hi Steve,

There's no selection. Indeed, it's a stand alone computer.
And I'm recording the line in, not from u USB cassette player. Is this necessary?

Hi Koz, Thanks a lot for your advice. I've complete uninstalled Audacity 2.0.4, manually removed the folder. After that, I installed Audacity 2.0.6. However, the problem still exists. I've tried four times to record a tape. But all times, it stops after 1 to 3 minutes. Do you or someone else have an...

Hi, This is my first post on this forum. I've Windows 8.1 and Audacity 2.0.4. I'm busy with recording old cassettes and I'm using Audacity to do this. It's very simple: connect the cassette decek with the line-in, press the record button in Audacity and the work starts. However, it seems impossible ...