Can't select recording device

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cbess
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Can't select recording device

Post by cbess » Fri May 16, 2008 5:24 pm

Hi,
I'm trying to record from a tape deck to audacity. The cable is plugged into the headphone jack on my tape recorder, and the microphone jack on my laptop (I am using Vista).
When i go to 'Edit - Preferences - Audio I/O', I am able to select a playback device (Speaker/HP: Realtek high definition), but when I click on the box in the 'Recording Device' section, the box is empty...
I'm a little desperate now - if I press play on the tape recorder, my laptop speakers don't seem to play the tape either...
The message I get when I click on 'Record' is, 'Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device setting and the project sample rate '

I'd be really grateful if someone could help me out with this.....!

Maybe you could email me on [email protected]

Thanks ever so much,

Claire

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Re: Can't select recording device

Post by steve » Fri May 16, 2008 7:29 pm

cbess wrote:When i go to 'Edit - Preferences - Audio I/O', I am able to select a playback device (Speaker/HP: Realtek high definition), but when I click on the box in the 'Recording Device' section, the box is empty...
It looks like Vista is hiding the recording inputs. Have a look at this page:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... bar_Issues
and also this thread:
http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3598

Hopefully something in one of those may help.
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