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I found the stereo mix icon in my sound control panel and I tried enabling it and increasing the volume level on it and muting all the other devices on my computer but it still didn't work. It didn't work in what way? You are still getting the error message "Error while opening sound device" or you...

I am one of the unfortunate people who have Realtek HD audio. I found the stereo mix icon in my sound control panel and I tried enabling it and increasing the volume level on it and muting all the other devices on my computer but it still didn't work. I'm kinda lost here. Are there any additional re...

I just downloaded and installed the beta version of Audacity on my 64bit Windows 7 computer. However, every time I hit the record button, with my headset microphone hooked up to the front microphone and headphone ports, I get an error message which states "Error while opening sound device. I also tr...