Audacity Forum

Check out the thread that is titled "Error Opening Sound Device". Is this an accurate description of what you have experienced? I wonder, because I installed SP1 around that same time also and I wonder if there is some sort of conflict.

Since installing SP1 (Service Pack 1) for Windows Vista I have been unable to use Audacity to record via “What U Hear” and get an error message urging me to check my input device , etc. “What U Hear (SB Audigy)” ...

Must be a Vista thing, I see in the preferences where the left/right arrow keys should fast forward .....
but they don't work....

... That's not unusual. That feature only works if it is supported by the sound card driver, and some sound card drivers do not support it (especially Vista) - This does not prevent Audacity working, it just means that you have to select the recording input using the Windows Mixer rather than selecting ...

Well guys I've done a lot of research on this problem. It seems that most newer Dell Laptops and other brands that have Vista already installed on them are going with the Sigmatel Soundcards and codecs to thwart people from downloading streaming music off the internet. Most software ...

... Audacity 1.2.x projects will work in Audacity 1.3.5 Audacity 1.3.x projects will NOT work in Audacity 1.2.x Information specific to Vista is available in the Audacity wiki (link at top of page). Just go to the wiki and type "Vista" into the search box.

I don't use Vista - but from what I remember reading other postings under Vista control isover the sound is passed from Audacity to the Sound services under Vista and your soundcard & driver s/w - so that's probably why it doesn't show the mixer toolbar.

WC

Try this page from the Audacity Wiki: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer The Vista article may also help you: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_Vista_OS If you still can't make it work then it's likely that it will be ...

I'm sure this has been covered, but save me the looking and sorting through stuff trip... I'm running Vista, and Audacity works fine for other things. I'm trying to record what I'm listening to while streaming. I looked in the Realtek setup and apparently the driver isn't ...

... can cause an echo. Windows Control Panel http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel If you're in Vista, that's a whole different problem. Koz