Audacity not recording audio coming out of speakers

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hello

Right now I am having this problem with audacity. I am in Windows 7, and when I am trying to record a sound that I can hear out of my speakers, it doesn’t record it. It just records silence. Why is it doing this? In Windows xp, it works fine.

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There is a tutorial here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html

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Hi
I have followed the tutorial there, but it does not work.

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Which bit doesn’t work? What happens?

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I have a sound playing from youtube. But audacity doesnt recognize the sound, only records silence.

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Do you have Audacity set to record from “Stereo Mix” in the Device Toolbar?

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Hi again,

My audacity does not have that option. only windows direct sound, and MME microphone. neither of these work.

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Have a look here to see if it is possible to enable “Stereo Mix” on your computer: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#vistacp
If it is not possible, look a bit higher up the page (here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#cp) for possible workarounds.