# Troubleshooting

- [Troubleshooting overview](/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-overview.md)
- [Error codes](/troubleshooting/error-codes.md): This page lists Audacity error codes and provides some troubleshooting steps on how to fix them.
- [Error -9996: Invalid Device Error](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9996-invalid-device-error.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error -9997: Invalid Sample Rate](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9997-invalid-sample-rate.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error -9998: Invalid number of channels](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9998-invalid-number-of-channels.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error -9999: Unanticipated Host Error](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9999-unanticipated-host-error.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error opening sound device](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-opening-sound-device.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error opening recording device](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-opening-recording-device.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error: Audacity failed to read a file in C: and Error: Failed to Open Database File](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-audacity-failed-to-read-a-file-in-c-and-error-failed-to-open-database-file.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error Audacity did not recognize the type of this file](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-audacity-did-not-recognize-the-type-of-this-file.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error: The Audacity IPC server failed to initialize](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-the-audacity-ipc-server-failed-to-initialize.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error code=12: cannot allocate memory (macOS)](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-code-12-cannot-allocate-memory-macos.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error: Missing Plugins](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-missing-plugins.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Error FFmpeg:1008](/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-ffmpeg-1008.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error.
- [Installation exit codes](/troubleshooting/error-codes/installation-exit-codes.md)
- [Recovering corrupted projects](/troubleshooting/recovering-corrupted-projects.md): Using the Audacity Project Tools to recover corrupted projects
- [Recovering corrupted projects in legacy Audacity versions](/troubleshooting/recovering-corrupted-projects/recovering-corrupted-projects-in-legacy-audacity-versions.md)
- [Common troubleshooting steps](/troubleshooting/common-troubleshooting-steps.md)
- [Solving recording problems](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems.md)
- [Audacity is not detecting the audio device I just connected](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/audacity-is-not-detecting-the-audio-device-i-just-connected.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Audacity is only recording silence](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/audacity-is-only-recording-silence.md)
- [Audacity is not playing back what is being recorded](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/audacity-is-not-playing-back-what-is-being-recorded.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Delay and echoes when recording](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/delay-and-echoes-when-recording.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Crackles, pops and distortion in the recording](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/crackles-pops-and-distortion-in-the-recording.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Vertical red lines in the recording](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/vertical-red-lines-in-the-recording.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Recording volume slider cannot be moved](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/recording-volume-slider-cannot-be-moved.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Audacity records silence when using a Bluetooth headset as a recording device](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/audacity-records-silence-when-using-a-bluetooth-headset-as-a-recording-device.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Only the left channel is recording](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/only-the-left-channel-is-recording.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Recording dropouts, gaps, skips and glitches](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/recording-dropouts-gaps-skips-and-glitches.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem.
- [Latency Compensation](/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/latency-compensation.md): By default Audacity will compensate the latency present in your system by 130 milliseconds.  Using this procedure you can estimate and set the proper value for your system.
- [Solving other problems](/troubleshooting/solving-other-problems.md)
- [Resetting Audacity](/troubleshooting/resetting-audacity.md)
- [Uninstalling OpenVINO models](/troubleshooting/uninstalling-openvino-models.md)
- [Missing features](/troubleshooting/missing-features.md): This page lists features which got removed from Audacity, as well as their replacements.