Audacity

[chavakano]

Hi

I have Audacity instaled both on a an XP machina and on a Vista OS machine, in the XP machine I have an option named STERO MIX on a drop down menu, this option allows to record whatever is coming ot of the speakers, very practical, but for some reason this option is not available on VISTA OS the versions of Audacity are the same in both machines, any sugestion?

Thanks

Chavakano

[Chuck Engels]

Hi Chavakano,
This is a feature of your audio card and has nothing to do with Audacity directly.
Could be that you need to update the audio driver on the VIsta Machine or that your video card does not allow for the Stereo Mix option, which some don't.
Could also be named something else. Some of the audio drivers call the Stereo Mix by other names like "What You Hear".
What audio do you have on the Vista machine and we can go from there.

[Chuck Engels]

Here is a solution for getting it to work with RealTek audio on a XP laptop
viewtopic.php?p=2478#p2478

Could be something similar in Vista. RealTek audio is a problem when it comes to stuff like this.

Also, in your audio properties (Recording) be sure that you have Stereo Mix selected if it is there.
To find out double click on the little speaker icon in your taskbar, then select Options and then Properties.
Click on Record and see what shows up in the list, Stereo Mix should be there and it should be selected.

Hope that solves the problem.

[chavakano]

Thanks Chuck , got it working

A very detailed solution can be found in the following link....... http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... bar_Issues

Chavakano

[Chuck Engels]

Glad to hear you got it working, and thanks for the great link too
Anyone having trouble with Audacity should check that out