Ok I am new here. I started using audacity about a year ago. I love it! Well...about 8 months ago i switched to Ubuntu and just recently upgraded to 9.04. Since that day. Audacity does not work! It opens fine and i can load any file i need to into it but when i go to play the file it plays for a second then stops or does not play at all. AND...now there is this little gray arrow loop region thingy up un the time stamp bar area that no matter where i move it. the cursor follows and will either allow the track to play for a few sec or not at all. I thought I was getting to know this program well but this has me baffled. I even took it to my friends studio and had him look at it and he had no idea.
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling and it did not work.
Please someone help me.
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Audacity wont play! Help!
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Audacity 1.2.x is now obsolete. Please use the current Audacity 2.x.x package for your distribution or compile Audacity from the source code.
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Tosashisan
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Re: Audacity wont play! Help!
Yep, Ubuntu has gone and changed the sound system again. It took me several hours to figure out how to get Audacity running properly, but now it is running sweeter than ever.
You need to use the official Ubuntu repository version of Audacity (which has been patched to make it compatible with Ubuntu Jaunty), or build it from cvs.
Once installed, you have several options. The best option will depend on what you are wanting to do with Audacity.
If you are recording from microphone or some other external source, the Jaunty version works with Jack audio. For this option you need to install "Jack Control" (If you use Synaptic, it should automatically install everything else that you need). In Jack Control you will need to switch off the "Realtime" option unless you have configured your system to work with it. You will not be able to record from your web browser with this method - in fact you will not be able to record "Stereo Mix".
Another option is to set the recording and playback devices to use "Pulse" (Audacity Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O)
This works well for recording from other applications, but you may need "Pulse Audio Device Chooser" to set the correct audio streams. This can be a pain, and if it is not set up correctly you will find that Record or Playback will start for a fraction of a second and then freeze.
The simplest option on my machine was to set the Record and Playback devices to "ALSA (hw:0,0)". Again, unless Audacity works out of the box, you may need to use Pulse Audio Device Chooser to set the audio streams.
The Linux sound system is rather a mess, which is such a shame because when it is set up and working, it is superb, but setting it up is such a pain. Sorry I can't offer a step by step method to get it working, (I've only set it up in Jaunty on one computer and there's no guarantee that it will be the same on different hardware), but hopefully this will serve as a pointer to get you going. Good luck.
You need to use the official Ubuntu repository version of Audacity (which has been patched to make it compatible with Ubuntu Jaunty), or build it from cvs.
Once installed, you have several options. The best option will depend on what you are wanting to do with Audacity.
If you are recording from microphone or some other external source, the Jaunty version works with Jack audio. For this option you need to install "Jack Control" (If you use Synaptic, it should automatically install everything else that you need). In Jack Control you will need to switch off the "Realtime" option unless you have configured your system to work with it. You will not be able to record from your web browser with this method - in fact you will not be able to record "Stereo Mix".
Another option is to set the recording and playback devices to use "Pulse" (Audacity Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O)
This works well for recording from other applications, but you may need "Pulse Audio Device Chooser" to set the correct audio streams. This can be a pain, and if it is not set up correctly you will find that Record or Playback will start for a fraction of a second and then freeze.
The simplest option on my machine was to set the Record and Playback devices to "ALSA (hw:0,0)". Again, unless Audacity works out of the box, you may need to use Pulse Audio Device Chooser to set the audio streams.
The Linux sound system is rather a mess, which is such a shame because when it is set up and working, it is superb, but setting it up is such a pain. Sorry I can't offer a step by step method to get it working, (I've only set it up in Jaunty on one computer and there's no guarantee that it will be the same on different hardware), but hopefully this will serve as a pointer to get you going. Good luck.
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Tosashisan
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Re: Audacity wont play! Help!
Thank you! I am looking into it now. Any other help will be greatly appreciated!
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Tosashisan
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Re: Audacity wont play! Help!
Actually none of that helped. Any other ideas?
Re: Audacity wont play! Help!
Sorry, it was a struggle to get it working on my machine, and I can see this computer. Those general guidelines are the best I can come up with at the moment. Perhaps you can find help on the Ubuntu forum?
What's this "little gray arrow loop region thingy up un the time stamp bar area"? Can you post a screenshot of it?
What's this "little gray arrow loop region thingy up un the time stamp bar area"? Can you post a screenshot of it?
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