audacity stops without warning

[fbchooksworship]

Running Audacity 2.1.1 on Windows 8.1 and I obtained .exe installer.
My sound input is through a USB using a Behringer U-Phoria UMC202 audio interface. I am able to work with this setup perfectly at times, receiving perfect quality...no problems.
However, I have become frustrated with "intermittent stoppage." No messages. It simply stops recording.
I have gone back to Behringer's website and made sure that I have the latest drivers and firmware. I have even made sure that my computer is in airplane mode so that it is not connecting to the internet. No other programs are on/used when audacity in being used. The anti-virus software is not running scans...nothing else seems to be running. I have recorded with the microphone on the computer (horrible quality, but wanted to see if it would stop recording) and it doesn't seem to have the issue. I have re-installed audacity. What am I missing or what else do I need to try?

[kozikowski]

I have become frustrated with "intermittent stoppage."

Talk about that. It used to not stop at all and now it stops randomly and it's getting worse? It stops never to start again, or it pauses and then picks up later?

The anti-virus software is not running scans

It doesn't have to be running scans. Some virus packages see Audacity sound fragment recording as a dangerous hazard and starts deleting them.

You missed deleting some work from your hard drive. How full is it? Windows 7 and I think Windows 8 defrag and organize their hard drives in the middle of the morning. If they're not on a 4AM, then they try to do it in the middle of the day between keystrokes.

Is there still a Defrag tool in drive management? I know Win7 had one.

Is the drive full? That will do it. Audacity has to have unrestricted, rapid, perfect access to the drive and in real time. If it has to go on a Google Map search for tiny empty drive spaces, scattered all over the place, then that's not going to work as well.

Koz

[Gale Andrews]

Running Audacity 2.1.1 on Windows 8.1 and I obtained .exe installer.
My sound input is through a USB using a Behringer U-Phoria UMC202 audio interface. I am able to work with this setup perfectly at times, receiving perfect quality...no problems.
However, I have become frustrated with "intermittent stoppage." No messages. It simply stops recording.

It really isn't helpful to start a new topic on the same issue. For one thing you don't say in your new topic that you are (or have been) using "MediaShout 5".

So I merged your new topic back here, so we have all the information in one place.

I have gone back to Behringer's website and made sure that I have the latest drivers and firmware. I have even made sure that my computer is in airplane mode so that it is not connecting to the internet. No other programs are on/used when audacity in being used.

What about MediaShout 5? Is it still running in the background? Look in Task Manager, click "More Details" if necessary then look at the "Details" tab.

How much CPU and RAM use do you see in Task Manager?

I have re-installed audacity.

Did you enable "Reset Preferences"?

Have you tried a new USB cable for the UMC 202?


Gale