I have an install of 2.1.0 on a windows 7 machine. I have a Creative USB Sound Blaster as my audio device. When I pull down the input and output lists, most of my devices have "????" at the beginning.
For example, when the line should say "Microphone [USB SOUNDBLASTER]" , instead it shows "???? [USB SOUNDBLASTER]". Same for other lines. Some lines will have the actual letters in front like "SPDIF [USB SOUNDBLASTER]".
Assuming this has something to do with language packs maybe in windows. Hopefully someone has seen this before and can recommend because I have uninstalled probably 10 times and have changed every language or locale setting I could find.
Thanks,
Ronnie
Question marks on device labels
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
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/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Re: Question marks on device labels
Are you using a non-English version of Windows?
We've seen this on computers that were purchased in Eastern Europe / Asia and if I recall correctly, changing Audacity's language setting will have no effect on this because the names are being read from the underlying system.
We've seen this on computers that were purchased in Eastern Europe / Asia and if I recall correctly, changing Audacity's language setting will have no effect on this because the names are being read from the underlying system.
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Re: Question marks on device labels
It is English version of windows but I think it also supports Chinese characters. Audacity was initially showing Chinese characters.
Everything else in windows shows in English.
Everything else in windows shows in English.
Re: Question marks on device labels
You could try setting the Windows "system locale".
Alternatively, if you have the "host" setting in the device toolbar set to "WASAPI", try setting it to "MME".
Alternatively, if you have the "host" setting in the device toolbar set to "WASAPI", try setting it to "MME".
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