Audacity Forum

I'm running Xubuntu 18.04 on most of my machines. On two of my laptops, Audacity 2.2.1 no longer seems to be able to record line playback. I've checked that I'm using Pulse: line (0 or 1, doesn't matter), I have software playthrough disabled and pavucontrol shows sound on the monitor built-in audio ...

The headset has twin mike and headphones jacks for direct input, no USB involved. The only A/V programs running at the time were all MPlayer. The audio control shows both Parole and VLC media players as "not currently playing" and there are no processes running either of those. I went back in just n...

I'm running Audacity 2.2.1 on Xubuntu 18.04.1 as it comes with the distro. When I try to record anything on the mike, it simply shows a flat line. I know the headset with that mike works because I can use it in zoom and skype with no trouble at all. With Audacity, whether I use pulse or default for ...