#579022 audacity: cannot record stuff

Package:
audacity
Source:
audacity
Description:
fast, cross-platform audio editor
Submitter:
Toni Mueller
Date:
2010-04-24 13:00:05 UTC
Severity:
important
#579022#5
Date:
2010-04-24 12:47:29 UTC
From:
To:
Hello,

I'm trying out audacity, and encounter the following problem:

At startup:

$ audacity
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3653
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3653
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 3653

When the GUI is up, I cannot easily chose a recording device, and the
only sound that I'm able to record, if anything, is some jittering noise
that sounds much like an artifact, and remotely resembles a running
electric engine. The wave in the monitor remains flat, however.


Kind regards,
--Toni++