Audacity Forum

Quite possibly a data bottleneck somewhere - what sort of stream are you trying to record? If it's Real Audio you could use "Realaudio-to-Wav Recorder" to capture the audio, then open the downloaded audio in Audacity for editing.
http://www.geocities.com/rawavrecorder/

It probably is an easy fix, but you've not given enough information to pin it down (laptop or full size pc? on-board audio, soundcard or usb device? etc.) Probably the first place to look is in the Windows Mixer. Have a look at this page for more info about the mysteries of the Windows Mixer: http:/...

I did try it and the audio came out as I predicted. A tempo and pitch correction is needed. I think that you are probably trying to change the project rate (step 4) in the wrong place - it's the number in the "Selection Toolbar" that you need to change. ... just a sec, I'll make a screen ...

when they (MFI) suggested setting Audacity preferences to 'Microsoft Sound Mapper', the first time I did this it worked I got a normal 'wave-form' recording but thereafter it did not work and all I get is a straight line (no sound). This is looking positive - if it worked once it will work again. W...

Check in the Windows Mixer and see if there is a balance/pan control there that is affecting it.
Failing that it could be a driver issue, so it would be worth checking to see if there is an updated driver available.

Why would I want to follow your instructions Because it answers your question? 1)The output is not what I want. 11khz I said: "3) Set the project rate in the "Selection Toolbar" to the desired sample rate (16000 Hz)" The "(16000 Hz)" was an example from one of the pres...

It's probably your hard drive that isn't fast enough. Make sure that you have plenty of free space on your hard drive and try defragging. Also shut down all non essential programs and processes, particularly any anti-virus or spyware products (safest to also disconnect from the internet). Also avoid...

With "Import Audio", Audacity will detect the format and interpret the audio according to the detected format. This is the method that should normally be used for importing audio. "Import Raw" does not detect the format of the data that is being imported and must be specified man...

1) Open the audio file
2) Convert to mono if necessary
3) Set the project rate in the "Selection Toolbar" to the desired sample rate (16000 Hz)
4) "File->Export"
5) Check that the selected export file type and options are as you require them to be.
6) Click "Save"

Are you sure that it is freezing rather than just taking a long time?

Try doing an "Export Multiple" with a short test file and just a couple of labels.