FAQ:Errors
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Contents
- 1 Why do I get: "Error while opening sound device. Please check input device settings and the project sample rate."?
- 2 Why do I get "Error: not well formed (invalid token) at line x"?
- 3 How do I prevent the computer rebooting when I play or record in Audacity?
- 4 I found a bug! Or Feature X is not good enough or missing! Now what?
Why do I get: "Error while opening sound device. Please check input device settings and the project sample rate."?
It simply means there's a problem with your Audacity settings. The usual causes and solutions of this input error are given below; please read the parts relevant to your particular configuration. You may have a sample rate or channels selected that your sound card does not support.
See FAQ - Error while opening sound device for further details.
Why do I get "Error: not well formed (invalid token) at line x"?
This usually means that the AUP project file contains an unexpected non-English, accented or control character at the line quoted in the error message. There are two main causes.
- The project contains non-English or accented characters and was created in an ANSI build of Audacity, where Windows was running in other than English. ANSI builds are not properly Unicode aware, so do not support creating or re-opening projects containing non-English or accented characters.
- All recommended downloads of Audacity fully support Unicode. You can check your Audacity version at .
- The project contains imported files whose metadata (like artist or genre) contains control characters. This mostly occurs with iTunes files on OS X where the project was created in an older version of Audacity.
See FAQ - Error: not well formed (invalid token) at line x for help correcting the project.
How do I prevent the computer rebooting when I play or record in Audacity?
The only general advice we can give is to update the drivers of the sound device you are using, and to examine the memory dump for any further information as to the faulting module or library.
See FAQ - Error: computer rebooting when I play or record in Audacity for further details
I found a bug! Or Feature X is not good enough or missing! Now what?
The most important things when reporting a bug are to be as specific as possible, and to check first if we already know about the problem.
See FAQ - I found a bug! Now what? for how and where to report bugs and request your favorite new or improved features.
