Problem recording from the internet

[dpara01]

Hi,
I am new to Audacity and would appreciate any hep anyone could give.
I am having problems recording from the internet, which, in the past I did not have.
This is the setting which I am trying to use, but with no luck:

These are the recording options I have:

Even if i use the Microphone (Blue Snowball), it does record, but it has a ‘tinny’ sound.
Many thanks for any advice.

[DVDdoug]

You have to “capture” where the sound is coming-out. Recording and playback have to match.

So change your playback device to “speakers” or change your recording/loopback device to SPDIF

[morsecode]

Recording audio from the internet in Audacity 3 on Windows 11 requires a very specific digital “handshake” between your sound card and the software. If you’ve been using a microphone to record your speakers, that explains the “tinny” or hollow sound—you’re essentially recording the room’s acoustics rather than the clean digital signal.

[dpara01]

Thanks DVDDoug for replying.

This is my setup now:

It does now record. However, when I press the (Audacity) ‘Play’ button, it comes up with an error message
(in the following reply section):

[dpara01]

I have tested all (4) playback options:1. SPDIF Out (Creative SB X-Fi)2. DELL U2415 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)3. Speakers (Creative SB X-Fi)4. Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)All come back with the above error.