Conflict with Other Programs

[wrpjr]

I have been using Audacity 1.2.6 in Windows XP Home, Service Pack 3. The program works OK but while it is on the computer, both iTunes and Windows Media Player don't produce any sound. They appear to be playing but nothing comes out through the speakers. Once I remove Audacity from the computer, both of the other programs play properly. It would be nice not to have to install and then remove Audacity every time I want to use it. Any suggestions? Thanks.

[waxcylinder]

I'm guessing that you are using a USB turntable or USB soundcard, right?

USB devices have a habit of hijacking the entire sound – output as well as input – and they don’t tend to have loudspeakers (hence “no sound”).

What you need to do is to direct the Windows sound output to your PC's soundcard Control Panel>Sounds and Audio Devices>Audio>Sound Playback - and make this setting to the PC soundcard.

You may also need to ensure that Audacity sends it output to the PC soundcard Edit>Preferences>Audio>Playback - and set this also to your PC soundcard. You may need to stop and restart Audacity for this setting to take effect.

WC

[wrpjr]

Thanks. I'll give that a try and report back.

[kneher]

FYI, I had this same problem , and this is exactly what was wrong (USB Turntable was setting sound playback codec) and what fixed it (resetting in the Sound Control). Thanks!