Distorted sound and freezing after clicking stop button

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torrio888
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Distorted sound and freezing after clicking stop button

Post by torrio888 » Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:20 pm

When I play audio file in audacity and than click stop and than click play audio gets distorted and when I click stop again audacity becomes unresponsive.

Audacity 2.1.1

Linux Mint 17.2 Cinnamon 64-bit

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Re: Distorted sound and freezing after clicking stop button

Post by kozikowski » Sun Dec 20, 2015 4:11 am

How long is the show?

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Re: Distorted sound and freezing after clicking stop button

Post by Gale Andrews » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:48 pm

Assuming you are using the "pulse" or "default" playback device this is a known issue. Please see here for workarounds: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Linux_Issues#pulse.


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