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I use Audacity to do my podcast. Works great every time. Then, I go to record last night, I hit record, and it pops up, "Error opening recording device, error code 9996, invalid device. What the heck? I've done every tutorial on freaking youtube. Nothing.....what is wrong??????????????????????...

chrisisbd wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:15 pm

However it would be nice to work out what the real issue is.

There are some clues:
viewtopic.php?p=407278#p407278
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=517671
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1090885 ... e-programs

max76 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 7:05 pm

Is this something to do with geolocation?

I wouldn't have thought so as I'm also in England.
Hang on in there while I see if I can find anything out.

pgith wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 6:15 pm

I've got the equipment

What equipment do you have?
Have you managed to set it up and make a simple recording?

You could "draw" some clicks in the track. See https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/draw_tool.html

Since I only want to be able to easily turn on/off the line-in playback, I don't really need Audacity for this. It just is much easier than going through all the windows menus to turn on/off the "listen to this device" option. Seems like this is something that should exist but I haven't b...

greektink wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 2:38 pm

Can I change my first chapter in audible?

No idea. Why don't you ask them?

I've just seen your reply here: viewtopic.php?p=407260#p407260
Is the issue now solved for you?

Fingahz wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:30 am

How do I post up a sample?

Details here: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=64936

Ooooh yes I do!!: Panto season already? :D but this is probably the problem: I'm not so sure. This is what I get (Xubuntu) and Pulse is working perfectly here: ~$ pulseaudio -v I: [pulseaudio] main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted I: [pulseaudio] core-util.c: Succ...