# Troubleshooting - [Troubleshooting overview](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-overview.md) - [Error codes](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9996-invalid-device-error.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error -9997: Invalid Sample Rate](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9997-invalid-sample-rate.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error -9998: Invalid number of channels](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9998-invalid-number-of-channels.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error -9999: Unanticipated Host Error](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-9999-unanticipated-host-error.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error opening sound device](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-opening-sound-device.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error opening recording device](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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)](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-code-12-cannot-allocate-memory-macos.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error: Missing Plugins](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-missing-plugins.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Error FFmpeg:1008](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/error-ffmpeg-1008.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this error. - [Installation exit codes](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/error-codes/installation-exit-codes.md) - [Recovering corrupted projects](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/recovering-corrupted-projects.md): Using the Audacity Project Tools to recover corrupted projects - [Recovering corrupted projects in legacy Audacity versions](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/recovering-corrupted-projects/recovering-corrupted-projects-in-legacy-audacity-versions.md) - [Common troubleshooting steps](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/common-troubleshooting-steps.md) - [Solving recording problems](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems.md) - [Audacity is not detecting the audio device I just connected](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/audacity-is-only-recording-silence.md) - [Audacity is not playing back what is being recorded](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/solving-recording-problems/recording-dropouts-gaps-skips-and-glitches.md): Learn about causes and fixes for this problem. - [Latency Compensation](https://support.audacityteam.org/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](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/solving-other-problems.md) - [Resetting Audacity](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/resetting-audacity.md) - [Uninstalling OpenVINO models](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/uninstalling-openvino-models.md) - [Missing features](https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/missing-features.md): This page lists features which got removed from Audacity, as well as their replacements. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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