Audacity Forum

I may have overlooked this issued among all the previous posts, but if so, I apologize. Could someone give me an idea as to why audacity is simply stopping without any reason. We are running Mediashout 5 at the same time. But nothing else appears to be running, downloading, etc.

What's Mediashout? Audacity doesn't play well with others, the same reason it doesn't always like to record Skype or games. If there are two services or programs trying to step on the sound channels at the same time, Audacity may not like that.

You could also have Transport > Sound Activated Recording turned on or Transport > Timer Record. Both of those can shut down a recording for no apparent reason.

Koz

Mediashout 5 is presentation software for churches.

http://www.mediashout.com/products/mediashout5

Kind of a multi media PowerPoint on steroids with remote control.

If another application grabs exclusive control of the sound card, then Audacity is likely to stop without warning. Given that Mediashout is a big multi-media application, and probably not designed to be used alongside other software, that could be the reason.

As Koz wrote, other possibilities are that "Sound Activated Recording" or "Timer Record" are enabled. Ensure that "Sound Activated Recording" is not selected (not ticked) in the "Transport" toolbar. I assume that you are not using Timer Record as that only starts when you specifically start a Timer recording.

fbchooksworship wrote:Could someone give me an idea as to why audacity is simply stopping without any reason.

Please read the pink panel at the top of this page. It is far harder to help without full information about your operating system or version of Audacity (all three numbers). We can guess Windows from "Mediashout" but we don't know what version of Windows.

Gale

Thank you for the recommendations. I have checked to make sure that the "sound activated recording" and "timer record" are both off. I have talked with Mediashout rep who stated, as was on this board, that Mediashout and Audacity do not play nice together as they are both attempting to use the same equipment. However, it set up another computer to handle audacity by itself and had the same problem today. This computer, as was the previous one, is running Window 8.1.
Since this computer was only being used for audio capture, I turned off Wi-Fi and did not note anything running in the background, but I'm not an expert either.

fbchooksworship wrote:Thank you for the recommendations. I have checked to make sure that the "sound activated recording" and "timer record" are both off. I have talked with Mediashout rep who stated, as was on this board, that Mediashout and Audacity do not play nice together as they are both attempting to use the same equipment. However, it set up another computer to handle audacity by itself and had the same problem today. This computer, as was the previous one, is running Window 8.1.

So what are you actually recording, using what equipment, in the computer that is not running Mediashout?

Have you rebooted Windows 8.1 lately? If not, try that. Win + X menu, choose Shut Down, which does a full shut down.


Gale

I had rebooted windows 8.1 prior to services of the recording and have done so since the issue this past Sunday when the issue occurred again. We are using a Behringer U-Phoria UMC202 interface (from our sound board) to record sermons.

Has Audacity ever recorded without unwanted stopping? If yes, you could consider any system changes you may have made prior to the problem occurring.

If you have not already done so, go to http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UMC202.aspx and ensure you install the latest UMC 202 drivers and firmware (two separate downloads). For Windows 8.1 you must have the "Windows Driver 2.23.0". Even if you have installed those, it would not hurt to reinstall them.

You still have not said what version of Audacity you are using. I suggest you obtain the latest Audacity 2.1.1 from http://audacityteam.org/download/windows. Use the EXE installer of Audacity. Half way through installation, tick (put a checkmark in) the "Reset Preferences" box. Confirm that you want to reset preferences when you launch Audacity.

Let us know if that helps.


Gale

Sorry for overlooking the version of audacity, it is 2.1.1. I had already gone to the Behringer website and downloaded the 2.23.0 driver and firmware. However, i will try to reinstall and hit reset preferences. that is one thing i have not tried.
thanks