audacity error

jpasseri · Post by **jpasseri** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:11 am

Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate.
How do I fix this?

Post by **kozikowski** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:25 am

You can start by telling us what your sound device is and what kind of computer you have.

Koz

jpasseri · Post by **jpasseri** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:32 am

I have a HP Pavilion Elite m9500y PC. How do I know what my sound device is?

jpasseri · Post by **jpasseri** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:34 pm

Any suggestions?

Post by **steve** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:17 pm

Do you know which version of Windows?

If you look in the Windows Control Panel in the "Sounds" section there should be some indication of what sort of sound card you have.
The important thing is that there is both a recording and a playback device available for Audacity.

See here for some guidance with the Windows Control Panel: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

jpasseri · Post by **jpasseri** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:38 am

It says no audio devices are installed.

Post by **steve** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:01 pm

Well that explains the Audacity error message.
Assuming that the computer actually does have either a sound card or on-board sound, you will need to install the drivers for the audio device. As this an "off-the-shelf" computer, the drivers should be included on your computer installation disks.

jpasseri · Post by **jpasseri** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:38 pm

But I've been using Audacity for awhile now, and didn't have a problem.

Post by **steve** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:28 am

Do you have any sound on your computer?

jpasseri · Post by **jpasseri** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:06 am

Yes, the sound works.

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