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(as I understand it) Audacity queries all the devices and all the API's on launch. Audacity won't start until it's completed those polls. OK, I wasn't sure if Audacity queries all devices if there is already a device specified in Preferences. Devices and hosts are not the same thing of course, but ...

Thanks for the report. Are there any accented characters or symbols in the names of the MP3 files that you import (or in the names of the folders those MP3 files are in)? Before export, can you try File > Edit Metadata then press the "Clear" button. Export the file as you were doing. If it...

Running 2.0.3 or some other 2.0.x version after the 2.0.4 crash can appear to resolve the crash problem, but it doesn't. 2.0.3 would eventually crash, then running 2.0.4 would not crash (for a time). Please see this release note (first item) for more explanation: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Re...

I have been running 2.0.3, which has proved very stable and reliable. I just upgraded to 2.0.4 and at start-up it does a complete BOD crash. My computer is XP SP3. I tried a fresh install, I tried unselecting all plugin at install, but I still ended with a BOD crash. Reverting to 2.0.3 works fine a...

Audacity defaults to MME host, so the above would be identical to NewPrefsInitialized=1 I know that Audacity should default to MME host, but clearly in a few cases on XP Audacity is not doing the expected thing (that is, it does not complete launching), so I wanted to eliminate the possibility of i...

Also, could you try: 1) Reboot the computer. 2) Open audacity.cfg in a text editor and replace the contents with this: NewPrefsInitialized=1 [AudioIO] Host=MME Then try an launch Audacity. Audacity defaults to MME host, so the above would be identical to NewPrefsInitialized=1 or identical to a rese...

Gale, it worked! Thank you so much. I followed your instructions: File > Import > Raw Data and then matching the settings in the box you show. Good :D . One point is that there may be a little click at the start of the imported file when you import using Import Raw Data. This is caused by informati...

If I select WASAPI, the microphone option, instead of showing the microphone in the drop-down, shows "Earphones (loopback)" and doesn't record. Directsound allows me to record as before in version 2.0.3. The WASAPI implementation is currently only for recording computer playback, as descr...

Can you try installing the appropriate Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package from http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... html#14001 ?

I don't particularly expect it to help, but even so we can find out what doesn't help...


Gale

KeyserS wrote:if it's supposed to run on Windows 2000 then it must run on XP SP1

Perhaps, but that wasn't my main point, which was about the considerable safety and security enhancements in SP3.


Gale