Version 2.4.2
I am digitizing a bunch of vinyl and playback discontinues working after every track that I record. I have to actually restart my computer in order to get playback to start working again, which is not going to work since I am digitizing around 500 records. When I press play, my ins / outs go gray but the playback head stays static.
As you can see my volume is up and I am not changing any settings. The playback just works and then it doesn’t.
Thanks in advance for the help.
A flakey USB connection?
Do you have the same problem with WASAPI ?
Definitely not that.
Have not tried that. Will give it a shot.
I have to actually restart my computer
I think that’s the phrase that pays right there. I would start basic computer health.
Are you doing everything on the internal hard drive? No external drives, no network drives, and no cloud drives?
How much room do you have on the internal drive? If it’s spinning metal and not Solid State, do a Windows drive optimization. Be prepared for the machine to be busy for a while.
What else do you have running? Do a clean shutdown. Regular shutdown and restart doesn’t close everything. Shift+Shutdown and don’t let anything start when it comes back up.
Did you install any plugins to Audacity? One or two? A bunch?
How much RAM or memory do you have? You’ll have to Google this one for your machine. It seems to be different depending on the machine and age.
If you change any of the above things, pay attention to any changes, even if the problem doesn’t go away. I’m going with drive problems. It’s hard to kill Windows 10 that bad. Something basic is broken.
Koz
Same problem…
I have to actually restart my computer
I think that’s the phrase that pays right there. I would start basic computer health.
Are you doing everything on the internal hard drive? No external drives, no network drives, and no cloud drives?
Internal only, SS stick on the motherboard.
How much room do you have on the internal drive? If it’s spinning metal and not Solid State, do a Windows drive optimization. Be prepared for the machine to be busy for a while.
Plenty. See above.
What else do you have running? Do a clean shutdown. Regular shutdown and restart doesn’t close everything. Shift+Shutdown and don’t let anything start when it comes back up.
Nothing related to audio. Chrome no audio. Teams no audio.
Did you install any plugins to Audacity? One or two? A bunch?
Zero
How much RAM or memory do you have? You’ll have to Google this one for your machine. It seems to be different depending on the machine and age.
32 GB
If you change any of the above things, pay attention to any changes, even if the problem doesn’t go away. I’m going with drive problems. It’s hard to kill Windows 10 that bad. Something basic is broken.
It’s persistent. None of my other audio applications even blink.
Koz
I reformatted your message to make it easier to read. Drag-select highlight your words and select the ["] option from the tool bar.
Shift+Shutdown
You never said the English words you did that. Did you?
Chrome has sound and Teams is a meeting app. Skype, Zoom, Teams, etc are famous for taking over the sound system and not telling you. They do not get along with Audacity.
Koz