#Audacity error opening recording device how to#

Even if the problem occurs after updating to the latest Audacity version, it still is not Audacity's direct fault because Audacity does not have kernel privileges to make the computer restart.

It happens when your computer sound device has a bad or mismatched driver or there is a problem with a system driver that interacts with that sound device. Why does the computer reboot or show a blue screen message when I launch Audacity or play or record?

#Audacity error opening recording device how to#

The recording device message most commonly occurs on Windows when one of the sound device inputs is not properly enabled or otherwise cannot respond to Audacity's request to start recording.įor details of how to fix this please see Error opening sound device. For example you will see this error if you attempt to Record to more channels than your device supports, or if you try to overdub on a device that can either record or play back but not both. These messages can suggest a problem with the drivers of the sound device, or possibly that you are asking the device to do something it cannot do. this is a generic message that is associated with a failure to start the audio playback stream. Error opening recording device - Error code -xxxx this means there is a problem with your Audacity, operating system or sound device recording settings, where xxxx is replaced by a numeric code see here for details.If the message mentions 'playback device', it means there is a problem with your playback settings. If the message mentions 'recording device', it means there's a problem with your Audacity, operating system or sound device recording settings. These error messages ask you to check the recording or playback device settings and the Audacity project sample rate. Why do I get 'Error opening sound device' or 'Error opening recording device'?