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audacity error
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:11 am
by jpasseri
Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate.
How do I fix this?
Re: audacity error
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:25 am
by kozikowski
You can start by telling us what your sound device is and what kind of computer you have.
Koz
Re: audacity error
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 5:32 am
by jpasseri
I have a HP Pavilion Elite m9500y PC. How do I know what my sound device is?
Re: audacity error
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:34 pm
by jpasseri
Any suggestions?
Re: audacity error
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:17 pm
by steve
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
Re: audacity error
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:38 am
by jpasseri
It says no audio devices are installed.
Re: audacity error
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:01 pm
by steve
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.
Re: audacity error
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:38 pm
by jpasseri
But I've been using Audacity for awhile now, and didn't have a problem.
Re: audacity error
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:28 am
by steve
Do you have any sound on your computer?
Re: audacity error
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:06 am
by jpasseri
Yes, the sound works.