I'm actually using Big Sur.
I just installed Audacity and FFmpeg. I've tried all the suggestions in the manual, but it still is not working.
Error opening sound device.
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Audacity menu > About Audacity".
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This forum is for Audacity on macOS 10.4 and later.Please state which version of macOS you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Audacity 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.
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Joshua5684
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billw58
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Re: Error opening sound device.
What is not working? What are you trying to record from? What is the exact error message (including the error code number)?
FFmpeg has nothing to do with recording.
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FFmpeg has nothing to do with recording.
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Joshua5684
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Re: Error opening sound device.
I'm just trying to play a sound.
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billw58
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Re: Error opening sound device.
Try recording something. The Mac system may ask you to give Audacity permission to use the microphone. Grant it. Then see if you can play back.
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Joshua5684
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Re: Error opening sound device.
This is what happened.
I checked the the sampling rate as the error suggests, and this is was I saw.
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billw58
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Re: Error opening sound device.
Try setting the input to 16-bit integer both in Audacity and in Audio MIDI Setup.
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Joshua5684
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Re: Error opening sound device.
no change
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billw58
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Re: Error opening sound device.
I should have asked right away: what version of Audacity are you running?
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Joshua5684
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Re: Error opening sound device.
In this post http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 23#p413723 you are looking at the recording device.
I assume that you are using "Built-in Output" for playback (?)
What are the settings for the "Built-in Output"?
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