Can't properly record sound from internet. Driver?
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 5:23 am
My computer is a Dell Dimension 5150 running XP-professional. It has a Sigmatel audio card. Sometimes when I reboot the system, I'm informed that the "IDT Audio System tray" is in some kind of error and it needs to close.
When I try to record from YouTube or internet radio, Audacity gives the input options of Line In, Rear microphone or microphone. Only "Line in" works at all, and then only if I raise the volume on the speaker and the level of the microphone to maximum. Even then, it doesn't record with sufficient amplitude, and to get anything loud enough to use I have to use the amplify function, and of course that involves noticable distortion.
Another zinger is that sometimes it doesn't work at all. BTW, when I try to listen to sound producing files on my own machine or the internet, there is no problem.
I've read some other posts like mine, and it ususally is some kind of driver problem. Can anyone help here?
Gary
When I try to record from YouTube or internet radio, Audacity gives the input options of Line In, Rear microphone or microphone. Only "Line in" works at all, and then only if I raise the volume on the speaker and the level of the microphone to maximum. Even then, it doesn't record with sufficient amplitude, and to get anything loud enough to use I have to use the amplify function, and of course that involves noticable distortion.
Another zinger is that sometimes it doesn't work at all. BTW, when I try to listen to sound producing files on my own machine or the internet, there is no problem.
I've read some other posts like mine, and it ususally is some kind of driver problem. Can anyone help here?
Gary