I have windows xp and just downloaded the new 2.0.2 audacity. I tried recording a you tube audio as I had so easily done with audacity 1.2.7 (I think this was it). But it came up that I didn’t have a couple of files I didn’t understand and then I heard nothing on youtube…it just froze up…and nothing was playing in audacity. I had to get out of youtube and delete audacity. Now I have no program to download audio from youtube. How can i rectify this??
Can you hear YouTube sound now?
Koz
I can hear youtube without audacity open while trying to capture audio. Otherwise, when open, youtube quits and freezes and then audacity isn’t recording anything and also freezes. After trying many things within XP and audacity, I deleted the whole program and no longer have any audacity programs. I looked for the older version again but can’t find it. Ended up downloading Sound Leech and it seems to be recording very well. Still miss audacity for it’s simplicity when editing. I’m not sure what was going on with the new audacity program!
Does Audacity 2.0.2 work OK if YouTube is not playing?
I tried it with my laptop…which for some reason also had Audacity 2.0.2. I had been recording with a microphone onto my laptop and audacity…the old one…worked great. Tried it again just now with my microphone and all I get is a garbled sound that isn’t very loud. I have windows 7 on my laptop so it’s different form my PC with windows XP. Now neither is working! I’m not good at technology but have tried all kinds of input and outputs to see if that would make a difference. Nothing seems to work.
It’s no good trying any input and output other than the ones you are connected to. Try working through these steps: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#flatline . On Windows 7 you must go into “Sound” in the Windows Control Panel to show and enable all the inputs:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#vistacp .
What was the message in 2.0.2 about two files missing?
It is quite possible you may have old or incorrect drivers for the computer sound device - this could make it more difficult with 2.0.2 because it is newer than 1.2. You could check about your sound device drivers here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Updating_Sound_Device_Drivers .
Gale