Error opening recording device

paulyii · February 22, 2021, 5:18am

Now i had the latest Version of Audacity 2.4.2 installed.

I was trying to record sound generated from MS word “Read out loud” for use in my youtube creation.
i was on version 2.3.2 then …

i am new to record sound using Audacity …
so i have to try this and tried that …
( i think i am still have to get it right . so sad )

then …
unfortunately this message poped out when i tried to do some recording ( as above said )
Error Opening Recording Device
Error Code : -9999 unanticipated host error

disinstalled my audacity …
Downloaded and installed Audacity 2.4.2

The problem still there …
try as some site advised delete audacity.cfg to set it back to default …
it doesn’t work too

so now i am seeking help here …
please advise me how to get ride of the error message …

Thanks …

Stay_safe.

steve · February 22, 2021, 11:35am

Are you able to record from anything else (for example, from your laptop microphone)?

paulyii · February 22, 2021, 12:51pm

yes, that was long time ago …
using microphone to record my own voice …

this time i am trying to record sound from Laptop speaker .
( sound generated by "read aloud " from a Word document )

steve · February 22, 2021, 4:34pm

Check to see if you are still able to do that. If you can then that helps to narrow down the possible causes of the problem.

paulyii · February 23, 2021, 12:39am

As i had mentioned at the beginning , i am unable to record ,everytime i tried to record, that error message popped out …
cant do any recording at all , where ever the input source is from.

steve · February 23, 2021, 9:39am

With all due respect, that is not what you said at the beginning. You said that you were unable to record sound generated from MS word “Read out loud”.

I asked you if you were able to record from anything else (such as a microphone) and you said “yes, that was long time ago … using microphone to record my own voice …”, but now say that you can’t record from any source. Which is it - can you record from a mic (“now”, not just “years ago”), or can you not record from a microphone? I’m guessing that it is “no, I now get the same error message when I try to record from a mic.” - please confirm or clarify the actual situation.

Typing bigger does not help us to help you, it just comes across as “shouting”. If you want us to help you to troubleshoot your problem, then you need to work with us because we cannot see your computer and cannot test things remotely.

paulyii · February 23, 2021, 1:25pm

With all due respect, that is not what you said at the beginning. You said that you were unable to record sound generated from MS word “Read out loud”.

I asked you if you were able to record from anything else (such as a microphone) and you said “yes, that was long time ago … using microphone to record my own voice …”, but now say that you can’t record from any source. Which is it - can you record from a mic (“now”, not just “years ago”), or can you not record from a microphone? I’m guessing that it is “no, I now get the same error message when I try to record from a mic.” - please confirm or clarify the actual situation.

Typing bigger does not help us to help you, it just comes across as “shouting”. If you want us to help you to troubleshoot your problem, then you need to work with us because we cannot see your computer and cannot test things remotely.

Sorry if that big font meant that to you …

ok

Put in another phrase …
when i tapped on the recording button … that message popped out … can’t do any recording at all …

there must be something i setted wrongly, and i cant recall what was that …
if my audacity can be reset to default set up, it should solve the problem.
by re-installing the audacity doesn’t helps. which by logic, it should.

waxcylinder · February 23, 2021, 2:29pm

Wrong logic I’m afraid.

Re-installing just replaces the executable.

The settings are held in a separate folder (this is so that when you upgrade Audacity to a new version you don’t lose all your settings).

There is a command in the app to reset Tools > Reset Configuration

See this page in the Manual: Reset Configuration - Audacity Manual

Peter.

paulyii · February 24, 2021, 12:29am

Dear Sir, i tried to reset my audacity using the below quoted command. It doesn’t help also.

In Audacity use Tools > Reset Configuration to reset your Audacity configuration: preferences, export settings and toolbars to default settings. (Macros, plug-ins and saved user settings in Effects, Generators and analyzers are not affected).

i still get this.
Error Message.jpg
Regards

steve · February 24, 2021, 8:00am

Please post your “Audio device info” (See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/help_menu_diagnostics.html)

paulyii · February 24, 2021, 8:34am

==============================
Default recording device number: 1
Default playback device number: 4
==============================
Device ID: 0
Device name: Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input
Host name: MME
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.09
Low Playback Latency: 0.09
High Recording Latency: 0.18
High Playback Latency: 0.18
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 1
Device name: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
Host name: MME
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.09
Low Playback Latency: 0.09
High Recording Latency: 0.18
High Playback Latency: 0.18
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 2
Device name: Stereo Mix (Realtek High Defini
Host name: MME
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.09
Low Playback Latency: 0.09
High Recording Latency: 0.18
High Playback Latency: 0.18
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 3
Device name: Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output
Host name: MME
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.09
Low Playback Latency: 0.09
High Recording Latency: 0.18
High Playback Latency: 0.18
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    12000
    15000
    16000
    22050
    24000
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    176400
    192000
    352800
    384000
==============================
Device ID: 4
Device name: Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
Host name: MME
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0.09
Low Playback Latency: 0.09
High Recording Latency: 0.18
High Playback Latency: 0.18
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    12000
    15000
    16000
    22050
    24000
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    176400
    192000
    352800
    384000
==============================
Device ID: 5
Device name: Primary Sound Capture Driver
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.12
Low Playback Latency: 0
High Recording Latency: 0.24
High Playback Latency: 0
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 6
Device name: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.12
Low Playback Latency: 0
High Recording Latency: 0.24
High Playback Latency: 0
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 7
Device name: Stereo Mix (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.12
Low Playback Latency: 0
High Recording Latency: 0.24
High Playback Latency: 0
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 8
Device name: Primary Sound Driver
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0
Low Playback Latency: 0.12
High Recording Latency: 0
High Playback Latency: 0.24
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    12000
    15000
    16000
    22050
    24000
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    176400
    192000
==============================
Device ID: 9
Device name: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0
Low Playback Latency: 0.12
High Recording Latency: 0
High Playback Latency: 0.24
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    12000
    15000
    16000
    22050
    24000
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    176400
    192000
==============================
Device ID: 10
Device name: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Recording channels: 0
Playback channels: 2
Low Recording Latency: 0
Low Playback Latency: 0.003
High Recording Latency: 0
High Playback Latency: 0.01
Supported Rates:
    48000
==============================
Device ID: 11
Device name: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) (loopback)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.003
Low Playback Latency: 0
High Recording Latency: 0.01
High Playback Latency: 0
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 12
Device name: Stereo Mix (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.003
Low Playback Latency: 0
High Recording Latency: 0.01
High Playback Latency: 0
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 13
Device name: Microphone (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Recording channels: 2
Playback channels: 0
Low Recording Latency: 0.003
Low Playback Latency: 0
High Recording Latency: 0.01
High Playback Latency: 0
Supported Rates:
==============================
Selected recording device: 1 - Microphone (Realtek High Defini
Selected playback device: 4 - Speakers (Realtek High Definiti
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    12000
    15000
    16000
    22050
    24000
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    176400
    192000
    352800
    384000
Received -9999 while opening devices

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Stay_Safe

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steve · February 24, 2021, 8:48am

Go to “Settings > Privacy > Microphone” and ensure “Allow apps to access your microphone” is set to “On.”

Open the Windows Sound control panel, and in the “Recording” tab ensure that the microphone shows activity in its green recording level meter when you speak.

paulyii · February 24, 2021, 9:20am

Thank You Sir…
The Error message box is gone…
Yes, had tried, now i can do recording of my voice.

Next i will have to try record sound generated from Word document with Read aloud function.

Thank you very very very much Sir.
i really appreciated it.

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Harvman1944 · April 28, 2021, 3:56pm

I have the same problem.
I don’t think the problem lies within Audacity. I my case it appears to be something in windows 10 “SOUNDS”
windows 10 ver 1909 build 18363.1256
AMD CPU

Trying to “record what I hear” and, sometimes using wireless headphone.
Using audacity - Version (I think was 2.3.1) o.k. recording. Then began not recording. (Streaming from internet for later listening)
Up gr to 2.4.2, same thing,
Up gr to 3.0.2 same thing, so I uninstalled Audacity, cleaned up registry, deleted audacity folder in C:\ programs. Then restarted.
Installed ver. 3.0.0 you guessed it, same thing!

In the process of doing all this, and changing some windows sound settings it was possible to get recording to work, but it did not last.
Does anyone know what windows settings should be on or off?

jademan · April 30, 2021, 12:04am

Possibly not. If you had the same problem, then it could be corrected by

Go to “Settings > Privacy > Microphone” and ensure “Allow apps to access your microphone” is set to “On.

If you think your problem might be slightly different, lets try something else.

Bluetooth headphones are going to cause nothing but problems. Take them out of the loop.

If you are still experiencing difficulties after removing the bluetooth headphones, please describe exactly what you are doing.