Sometimes when I click the Record button, the progress indicator just sits at the beginning and blinks. Nothing gets recorded. Other times it seems to work just fine. I am attempting to record all of my ancient cassettes via a tape player that plugs in to the computer via USB. Yesterday it worked for a while. I saved the project and exited the program. Later when starting up again, Audacity would not work. I tried rebooting the computer, but it did not change anything. This has been happening sporadically since I installed 2.0.4, which was installed through the .exe installer.
Make sure you are connecting to an empty USB port on the computer. If you are connecting to a USB hub that has other USB devices connected to it, it may cause the recording to stall.
Make sure Transport > Sound Activated Recording is off (not checked or ticked).
Gale
I did as you suggested. It did not resolve the problem.
In an attempt to see if the problem was hardware-related, I downloaded and installed SoundTap Streaming Audio Recorder from NCH Software. I was able to record using that software. So, just for fun, I booted up Audacity. Now it works! I can’t figure it out. I prefer Audacity, so I’ll continue to use it as long as it keeps working.
Many times, just restarting Audacity or rebooting the computer can solve this stalled recording cursor issue.
Gale