Error - wont record

[steve]

I think koz's last post was a reply to viejoken.

Root around in Audacity Preferences and make sure they're set to 44100, 16-bit, Stereo. It might be set to 32-bit. Restart Audacity and see if you get the same error message when you try to record.

Koz

No good.

Why "no good"?
Could you tell us what settings you have in these sections of Audacity Preferences:

Edit menu > Preferences > Devices
Edit menu > Preferences > Quality

[internet]

Devices
host - mme
playback - realtek
recording - line in realtek - 2 (stereo)

Quality
sampling - 44100hz - 16-bit
real time convertion - high quality sinc - none
high quality convertion - high quality sinc - shaped

[steve]

Sorry internet, I don't know. That all looks fine. You said that you are using Vista, and you've checked the default playback and record settings in Windows Control Panel?

[whomper]

Why don't you just say you don't know how to fix it than writing something and telling me nothing.

tsk tsk

our advice is worth every penny you paid for it

nobody can do everything
don't bellyache if you give us a vague problem
and our attempts at a solution dont work for you

there are way too many pcs versions and other software for anybody to know every quirk of every one of them.

[internet]

I must have tried everything now, ive even completely removed it from my pc twice, the most i get is fits n starts.

Maybe an earlier version?

[kozikowski]

<<<I must have tried everything now,>>>

Maybe not. Removing Audacity from your machine may not remove all of it. Traditionally, you start Audacity over from the beginning just by trashing the configuration file. That one can easily get damaged -- and stuck -- and cause Audacity to do crazy things. Trash that file and Audacity will build a fresh one -- hopefully without the problems.

If you do have damaged Audacity program files, you may have far more serious machine problems than just Audacity.

This is where I'm supposed to tell you how to do that and I can't. We need to wait for one of the Windows elves to help.

Koz

[steve]

How to reset Audacity 1.3.x Preferences:

Audacity Preferences are stored in a configuration file called "audacity.cfg" in the Audacity settings folder. The configuration file can be edited with any text editor. The Audacity settings folder is located at:

* Windows (except Vista) : Documents and Settings<user name>Application DataAudacity
* Windows Vista: Users<user name>AppDataRoamingAudacity
* OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/audacity
* Linux: ~/.audacity-data

You may need to enable viewing "Hidden files" to find audacity.cfg

To reset preferences to factory settings:

1. Exit Audacity
2. Open audacity.cfg in a text editor and remove all the content except the line "NewPrefsInitialized=1"
3. Save the changes to audacity.cfg and restart Audacity

[internet]

How to reset Audacity 1.3.x Preferences:

Audacity Preferences are stored in a configuration file called "audacity.cfg" in the Audacity settings folder. The configuration file can be edited with any text editor. The Audacity settings folder is located at:

* Windows Vista: Users<user name>AppDataRoamingAudacity

You may need to enable viewing "Hidden files" to find audacity.cfg

To reset preferences to factory settings:
1. Exit Audacity
2. Open audacity.cfg in a text editor and remove all the content except the line "NewPrefsInitialized=1"
3. Save the changes to audacity.cfg and restart Audacity

There is no file called "audacity.cfg" or settings folder.

And nothing comes up when i search for audacity.cfg.


Again, is it worth me downloading the other version of audacity??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[steve]

18 posts in this topic and I've still not got a clear idea of your set-up.

Is this right? (please correct me if I've got anything wrong):

You are using Audacity 1.3.11 beta
Windows Vista 32 bit.
ACER 3200 laptop.

The Audacity "Devices" settings are:
host - mme
playback - realtek
recording - line in realtek - 2 (stereo)

Quality
sampling - 44100hz - 16-bit
real time convertion - high quality sinc - none
high quality convertion - high quality sinc - shaped

You have checked in the Windows Control Panel: the default recording device is RealTek Microphone and the default playback device is RealTek Speakers.

Audacity opens OK but has never successfully recorded on this computer.
Audacity does not play back imported audio files.

Attempting to record or playback causes an error message.

Your computer is set to show hidden files.

There is no audacity.cfg file in Users<user name>AppDataRoamingAudacity

You are able to play audio files with Windows Media Player.

You are able to record with Windows Sound Recorder.

[internet]

Is this right? (please correct me if I've got anything wrong):

You are using Audacity 1.3.11 beta
Windows Vista 32 bit.
ACER 3200 laptop.

The Audacity "Devices" settings are:
host - mme
playback - realtek
recording - line in realtek - 2 (stereo)

Quality
sampling - 44100hz - 16-bit
real time convertion - high quality sinc - none
high quality convertion - high quality sinc - shaped

You have checked in the Windows Control Panel: the default recording device is RealTek Microphone and the default playback device is RealTek Speakers.

All correct, except its a PC not a laptop.

Audacity opens OK but has never successfully recorded on this computer.

Was successful until last week.

Audacity does not play back imported audio files.

It does.

Attempting to record or playback causes an error message.

Originally i got the error message as first post, now it attempts to record, does upto 1 second. Yesterday i got it recording, but it kept pausing and unpausing along.

Your computer is set to show hidden files.

Not aware what that is.

There is no audacity.cfg file in Users<user name>AppDataRoamingAudacity

If you mean when i click the computers username, there a folder called AppDataRoamingAudacity, then no.
I ran audacity.cfg, nothing.

You are able to play audio files with Windows Media Player.

I use iTunes no problem, that the same thing?

You are able to record with Windows Sound Recorder.

THAT question has freaked me out, i just did that yesterday, although audacity didn't recognise it. Do you guys know what i do on my PC? Now im thinking of deleting audacity, because you lot are hacking into my pc.

IS IT WORTH ME DOWNLOADING THE PREVIOUS VERSION????????????????????????????????????????????????? am i a freaking guineapig via beta hmm like windows with their new versions of IE.......