Hi Steve, I tried that built in sound card and it didn't help. Check the screenshot right above your previous reply please. Is there anything wrong with my settings?
Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
Was anything playing through the built-in sound card?
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Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
Alright I finally made it work by setting the sound card to be my default player instead of my monitor. However my speaker is connected to my monitor so I can't hear what is being played (it can be recorded though). Is there anyway to make it work with the monitor?
Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
Super
Can you plug headphones into the built-in sound card?
Probably not. The HDMI audio drivers appear to support playback only.
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Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
Second thoughts:
Does your monitor have an "Audio In" connector? If so, then perhaps you could get a lead to connect the output from your built-in sound card to the "Audio In" of the monitor.
Alternatively, can your speakers plug in to the built-in sound card?
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Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
Unfortunately there's no Audio in connector on the monitor. I connect my speaker to the monitor because my computer case is on the other side of my table and the wire is not long enough. Maybe I have to move the speaker around in case I need to record something. Thanks for the help.
Re: Can't start recording, the cursor stuck at 0:00
I had a similar problem to this. Using WASAPI loopback, there were some times that it would work and some times that it would be stuck at 0:00. I finally figured out the reason why it would get stuck sometimes: if you plug in headphones, you need to make sure that it's "Headphones" instead of "Speakers" because that's where the sound is coming out of. So wherever the sound is coming out of, that's what you need to have selected to make it work.