Error While Opening Sound Device
Suddenly I'm getting the message'Error while opening sound device. Please check the output device settings and the project sample rate.' When I try to run previously serviceable.mp3 files with Audacity.I checked via System - Config - KDE - Sound - Sound System, with the following results:(under General) are selected: Enable Sound System, Run with highest priority (232mS) and Auto suspend if idle (after 60 secs);(under Hardware) are selected: ALSA and Full Duplex.These are what I seem to remember setting them to more than a year ago, with no problems since then.I also stopped the sound system, rebooted (just in case) and restarted it, sadly to no avail. I'm using a Tosh Sat Pro 4600, running MV2006.Can someone help me here (again)? Sadly, the audio problem with my mva2006 box has returned (or rather, I'm pretty sure that it was never really solved, I just had a series of lucky coincidences). It started when I played some music on YouTube; thereafter no other audio function operated correctly.
It would appear that whichever function YouTube uses (no idea here) does not relinquish the audio-system when it's finished and all other potential users are locked out. For example, Audacicity reports:There was an error initializing the audio i/o layer.You will not be able to play or record audio.Wengo doesn't work either audio-wise, but also doesn't seem to know this because there's no error-message.Rebooting fixes the prob, but that's a sledgehammer solution. Has anyone got any tips on how to reset the audio-system in a more, shall we say, sophisticated manner?;) BTW, stopping and restarting the sound system does NOT work. Oh, and it's kde, using ALSA, in a Tosh Sat Pro 4600. Edited December 26, 2007 by satelliteuser083. I can vaguely recall that this particular alsa version (1.0.9b) was problematic (I thing b goes for beta- not sure anymore) and to have stuff like intel hda or ac97 laptop onboard chips working, we had to manually upgrade to alsa 1.10 RC2 or newer.Are there any alsa upgrades for MDV 2006?On the other question- if using KDE press alt+esc to open the KDE process manager (ksysguard).
There you can easily kill any running process (.well, almost any USER process), or alt+ctl+esc which regularly calls xkill (if installed).
If you are looking for a free sound editor to record and edit music tracks, then Audacity is your best choice. Audacity free is a cross-platform sound editor. This software is developed by a group of enthusiasts and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
It is by far the most popular free sound editing software. People love Audacity for its ease of use and advanced features that include live audio recording, support for all types of audio files, mixing features, changes of pitch and more. In addition to that, Audacity is multilingual.Just like any other software Audacity can encounter various errors. In this post we are going to look at ways to fix Audacity error messages and avoid any errors occurring in the future. Audacity Error While Opening Sound Device During RecordingThis is the most common Audacity error. It occurs when you are trying to record a track and the following error message appears:Error while opening sound device.
Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate.Luckily, this Audacity error is pretty easy to fix. This problem usually occurs when the recording device is not specified or is missing. To fix it, you need to specify your recording device. Click on Start and go to Control Panel. Now go to Hardware and Sound and click on the Sound icon. Go to the Recording tab and right-click in the box where recording devices are listed. Select Show Disabled Devices and make sure the checkbox is checked.
Hidden audio devices should now be shown. If nothing appears, try. Right-click on the device icon and go to Properties. Next to Device Usage there is a drop-down menu. Select Use this device (enable). Click OK.
Restart Audacity. The error should be fixed.If you are getting an Audacity error after installing the Beta version of the program, then there might be a compatibility issue or a bug. In this case the best thing you can do is notify the program developers, email them any logs they ask, and then uninstalling the Beta. When Audacity Beta is removed, replace it with a stable release of the software. Any errors experienced in Audacity Beta should be gone.If you encounter other Audacity error messages, try cleaning your registry with a good registry cleaner.
Error While Opening Sound Device Audacity Pc
This will delete any old or corrupt settings and get rid of the error.Now you should be able to run Audacity error-free.