Lost audio output with media player and Itunes

[bmckeen]

Hi, since I have installed Audacity on my Windows Vista machine I have not been able to get any audio output from any of my applications such as Media Player and Itunes. When I go into the sound option in the control panel i can see that the speakers are active and the meter is registering when I play something but I get no output thru my speakers. I do get output thru my speakers when I used Audacity. Does the install override something that I need to reset. Can anyone help or have any suggestions? Thanks...

[Gale Andrews]

Go back to the control panel and on the "Playback" tab, select the sound device your speakers are plugged into. If you were using a USB device to record from, it may have set your playback device to itself, then you will hear no sound.

[bmckeen]

i actually just found a post in another thread that said to unplug any USB device from the input. I had a USB turntable which I unplugged and that cleared the problem. Thanks..

[waxcylinder]

bmckeen

the basic problem is that USB devices tend to take over the whole sound - both input and output - and obviously your USB TT doesn't have speakers for playback.

Galeandrews post relates to this - you need to tell Audacity to direct it's output to your PC's soundcard. Go to Edit>Preferences>Audio I/O and set the Playback Device to your soundcard. You may need to stop and restart Audacity for the change to take effect.

WC