Error: Internal PortAudio error

[Madalert]

I just installed windows 10 and booted up Audacity and now I receiving this error
Full Dialog box:

Error Initializing Audio

• Could not find any audio devices. You will not be able to Play or record audio.
  
  Error: Internal PortAudio error

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No audio devices show up in preferences
what I've done so far.

• reinstalled my audio driver

• Rescanned audio devices under the transport menu

• Reinstalled Audacity

Is windows 10's new audio api the culprit here?

[Gale Andrews]

Audacity does not officially support Windows 10 yet.

If you have not already done so you should go to the web site of the computer manufacturer or motherboard manufacturer and see if you can find the latest audio drivers for Windows 10 meant for your specific computer model. If new drivers are there, these might be better than the audio drivers that Windows 10 found itself.

The situation is fluid, so also keep using Windows Update and use Windows Device Manager from time to time and try the right-click option over the audio device to update the drivers.

If that does not help please see http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 46&t=86720 for other things you can try.


Gale

[bill27sv]

I upgraded to Windows 10 over the weekend and got the same message:

"Error Initializing Audio

could not find any audio devices.
You will not be able to play or record audio.

Error: Internal PortAudio error"

would upgrading from Audacity 2.0.6 to the current version resolve this?

[steve]

I upgraded to Windows 10 over the weekend and got the same message:

"Error Initializing Audio

could not find any audio devices.
You will not be able to play or record audio.

Error: Internal PortAudio error"

would upgrading from Audacity 2.0.6 to the current version resolve this?

Upgrading to Audacity 2.1.1 will probably not fix the problem.
Upgrading your sound card drivers to a version that is designed for Win 10, probably will fix the problem, but then you should update to the latest version of Audacity.

[heavymx]

Hi,

I upgraded to Windows 10 too, and...

I have the same issue, my MB is an ASUS m2n-sli deluxe (very old one), and I have 2 sound cards installed, the MB internal one and the AVID MBox Mini 3rth gen (USB). so I decided to turn off my computer, and unplug my AVID MBox mini, then start my computer with MBox mini unplugged, and Audacity recognized the internal card!!! .. AVID still hasn't updated the drivers, but strangely Pro Tools works OOTB with its hardware (MBox mini) in windows 10, and the MBox mini control panel recognizes the driver and hardware without issue!!... .. the point is that may be it has something to do with the USB cards, and the fact is that If I connect both, Audacity cannot see any. .. I have not tested yet using only the USB card.

I hope this gives a clue

[Gale Andrews]

I upgraded to Windows 10 too, and...

I have the same issue, my MB is an ASUS m2n-sli deluxe (very old one), and I have 2 sound cards installed, the MB internal one and the AVID MBox Mini 3rth gen (USB). so I decided to turn off my computer, and unplug my AVID MBox mini, then start my computer with MBox mini unplugged, and Audacity recognized the internal card!!!

Indeed, that is an Audacity bug that only occurs on Windows 10. It's stated clearly on the Windows 10 OS - Audacity Wiki page.

AVID still hasn't updated the drivers, but strangely Pro Tools works OOTB with its hardware (MBox mini) in windows 10

Probably not too strange. ProTools is expressly designed for MBox. Audacity is not expressly designed for MBox, indeed strictly we have never supported MBox.

I have not tested yet using only the USB card.

I would expect it to fail if there are no Windows 10 drivers for it yet.

Thanks for the input.

Gale

[heavymx]

Thanks Gale Andrews for your replay

I would expect it to fail if there are no Windows 10 drivers for it yet.

Well, Asus hasn't update its drivers too (SoundMAX ADI1988), and the audio is working!!
but I went to device manager in W10 and they're using one from microsoft.

I'm going to disable the internal card from BIOS and will see what happen.

thx.

[heavymx]

OK

I turned off the internal audio card in the BIOS, and I left the MBox mini plugged in, and surprise!!
It works .. Audacity recognized the card!! ... record and playback. .. my conclusion is that there is a bug (in my case)
that audacity can't manage USB and internal audio card at the same time!!

[Gale Andrews]

I turned off the internal audio card in the BIOS, and I left the MBox mini plugged in, and surprise!! It works .. Audacity recognized the card!! ... record and playback. .. my conclusion is that there is a bug (in my case) that audacity can't manage USB and internal audio card at the same time!!

We have not seen that before, that Audacity would recognise the internal motherboard device on its own, and the external USB device on its own, but not both together. That isn't a general issue - many users on Windows 10 can use an external USB audio device and the motherboard device together in Audacity if Audacity recognises each device on its own.

The much more common problem is that if one device is not recognised, none of them are. It is possible if you had ASUS-supplied Windows 10 drivers for the motherboard device that Audacity would recognise the MBox at the same time.

But as I say, Audacity does not officially support MBox at all. And both your devices (ASUS motherboard and MBox) do not yet support the version of Windows you are using.

Thanks for the input.


Gale

[heavymx]

Hey hey hey .... hey

Something really strange happened .......

after the foregoing, I enabled both cards and I decided to do a last test, ..so I set the mbox mini as default (right click over the left down audio icon > playback devices .. Recording devices > select mbox mini and set as default.) .. I started Audacity, and recognized everything!!!!!!!!!!! .. so I set back internal card as default, and audacity recognized everything too!!!!

My conclusion is that the last things I did have nothing to do with it, but when I disabled and enabled the internal MB card in BIOS, something was moved (may be the order they are loaded, Or windows 10 reinstalled the drivers .. I don't know) .. but now it's working with both!!!

???????????????????????????

Now I'm happy for Me, I hope everyone else solve this soon, I don't think I have any solution, but for now you can tray to unplug (USB or PCI) or disable, cards in BIOS, start windows, turn off windows again, Plug-in or enable your cards again, start windows, and see what happen.
Thanks