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No sound any more after installation
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:12 pm
by Silfhout
I have installed Audicity on a Vista machine. Since then, sound from any other source (e.g. the ping when you are prompted by Windows to save a file, playing mp3 in Media Player and streaming audio from Accuradio.com) doens't come through any more. How could I solve this problem?
Re: No sound any more after installation
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:30 pm
by waxcylinder
Are you by any chance using a USB device, external soundcard or turntable?
WC
Re: No sound any more after installation
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:13 am
by Silfhout
Thanks for your quick reply. Yes, I have installed Audacity in order to be able to record my vinyls and convert them to MP3.
Re: No sound any more after installation
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:22 pm
by steve
When Windows detects a USB audio device, it hands over all of the sound system to it (recording and playback - even though your turntable is not a playback device
)
To fix the problem, go into the Windows Control Panel and reset the playback device to your sound card.
See here for details:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... trol_Panel
Alternatively, disconnect your turntable from the computer and reboot.
Re: No sound any more after installation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:41 am
by Silfhout
Thanks for your help.
It appears that disconnecting the turntable helps in any case. So, if things still go wrong this is the escape.