Stereo Mix not an option

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Stereo Mix not an option

Post by tico55 » Thu Aug 14, 2008 3:18 pm

I installed Audacity on Several machines and on some I get the stereo mix option and others I dont. Are there sound cards that dont work ? I have a Dell 745 and a Dell 470 and Dell 490 that is does not work on. Can some one help me ? I really want to get it working on these machiens I did everything I found on the web to fix it. PLEASE HELP
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Re: Stereo Mix not an option

Post by waxcylinder » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:11 pm

What you get on a particular machine is entirely dependent on the soundcard and its associated driver sofftware. Sometimes you can improve this by installing the latest drivers (search t'interweb for these).

There is a rumour that DEll is crippling this on many of its machines - bt my recently purchased Dell laptop with a Realtek HD card works fine in this mode.

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Re: Stereo Mix not an option

Post by darsk » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:40 pm

I have a similar problem. I can convert stereo to mono, but then any attempt to export to an mp3 causes a crash.

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Re: Stereo Mix not an option

Post by kozikowski » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:07 am

<<<I have a similar problem.>>>

You probably don't. Stereo Mix in this case is the computer's ability to see its own output. It has nothing to do with Stereo exporting, so with an eye to keeping this thread from getting complicated beyond all reason, can you please start an new question?

Thanx,

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Re: Stereo Mix not an option

Post by kozikowski » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:18 am

<<<bt my recently purchased Dell laptop>>>

Yes, but not when you bought it, but when was it designed? Does it have start of the art, cutting edge technology? A big hard drive doesn't count. I bought a Mac laptop just before they went off the market. It was new to me.

The Windows folks are also struggling with Vista which hides that services behind some right-clicks in magic places.

They really don't want you recording this stuff.

Koz

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