Hello!
I’ve used Audacity for several years now, and I upgraded today to the newest version.
In the past, I’ve been able to record anything playing through my computer’s speakers easily.
Now, I can’t get it to do so, no matter what I do.
I’ve tried to find the answer to my problem here and in the FAQ page, but if it’s there, it’s hiding from me.
Can someone help?
It should be a matter of pulling down the audio input selector (microphone symbol) and picking the same thing you used to pick before – typically Stereo-Mix, or WAV-Out. Something like that.
Older versions of Audacity would occasionally configure this tool wrong and it wouldn’t work, but the later versions work very well.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_how_to_s.html#streaming
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/device_toolbar.html
You may need to go into the Windows Control Panels to make sure Stereo-Mix is still available – and select it there to make sure. If it doesn’t appear there, then there’s something wrong and Audacity will never find it. Windows has to be configured first.
Koz
Thanks!
I tried all the different configurations in Audacity, and it didn’t find it.
Windows recently “automatically” updated, so that could be the problem - where do I look in Windows for that?
What options are there in the Recording Input section of the Device Toolbar? http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Device_Toolbar
On mine it’s Start > Control Panels > Sounds and Audio Devices > Audio > Sound Recording > Realtek AC97 Audio > Volume > [X] Stereo Mix.
Koz
That fixed it!
The “Mute” button was checked on the Line Level…
Duh…
THANKS!