Stereo Mix no longer appears.

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  1. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #11

    I'm a bit late to this thread but I only just found a solution to a very similar problem - the machine in question is actually running 1803 Build 17134.167.

    It has a Realtek High Definition on-board "sound card" and I found that when I tried to use my VERY old but likeable Wave Repair software, whereas before the update to 1803 everything worked, after the update I got error messages when I tried to record. I played around with all sorts of drivers and configurations for many hours, but finally found the issue, which makes no sense to me but is a repeatable fix.

    Note that I hadn't had occasion to use Wave Repair for quite a while, so I'm not exactly sure whether it was the update to 1803, or another subsequent CU that caused the problem. I know it was all working in 1709 (OS Build 16299.431) and the next time I tried it was, as I said, in 1803 (OS Build 17134.167)


    Anyway, at some time after the update to 1803, if I tried to record from the audio stream playing on the PC (NOT a microphone) I got this:

    Stereo Mix no longer appears.-image.png

    Now, habitually, I set all my Privacy options in Windows locked down as securely as I can which means OFF in most cases!

    I tried another (free) sound mixer program and got similar error messages. Note that all the while I could listen to the sounds, just couldn't record them!



    SOLUTION

    In Windows 10 1803 (OS Build 17134.167) and possibly before, the sound card is not accessible for recording UNLESS

    Settings > Privacy > Microphone is set as follows:

    How to Allow or Deny OS and Apps Access to Microphone in Windows 10

    Microphone access for this device is ON - originally I had it switched OFF
    Allow apps to access your microphone is ON originally I had it switched OFF
    All the "apps which can access your microphone" may be turned OFF unless you know you use them.

    Now looks like this:

    Stereo Mix no longer appears.-image.png


    This allowed Wave Repair to work correctly exactly as it had before the update to 1803.
    @Bree, @Brink If I've posted this "happy helpful tip" in the wrong thread, please do move it!
    Last edited by VBF; 11 Aug 2018 at 12:39.
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  2. Posts : 283
    Version 1803 (OS Build 17134.885)
    Thread Starter
       #12

    Thank you VBF

    All this information will, I'm sure, be useful to someone else in due course.

    For you information, have you read this thread
    Audio driver confusion.

    Best regards,

    David

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  3. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #13

    Syncopator said:
    Thank you VBF

    All this information will, I'm sure, be useful to someone else in due course.

    For you information, have you read this thread
    Audio driver confusion.

    Best regards,

    David

    Thank you @Syncopator

    No I hadn't but I followed a very similar, tortuous path to eventually get where I am now - in other words to get a perfectly good working PC working again - thank you MS!!!

    To be fair, my problem was related, but different, inasmuch as driver-wise, I started off with Realtek drivers, went to MS generic ones and eventually ended up with the latest version of the Realtek ones!

    So mine was NOT a driver issue as such, but all such information is useful.

    One comment of yours struck a chord "It's all so damned irritating. I know it can be done but I haven't found out how again"

    You got that right!


    Luckily, we now both have!
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  4. Posts : 31,480
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #14

    VBF said:
    ...@Bree, @Brink If I've posted this "happy helpful tip" in the wrong thread, please do move it!
    @VBF,
    I couldn't, even if I wanted to - not an admin, just just an ordinary poster like you. Can't speak for Brink, though
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  5. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #15

    Bree said:
    @VBF,
    I couldn't, even if I wanted to - not an admin, just just an ordinary poster like you. Can't speak for Brink, though
    Sorry @Bree - always thought you were, what with the VIP, Gold Member and all.
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  6. Posts : 31,480
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #16

    VBF said:
    Sorry @Bree - always thought you were, what with the VIP, Gold Member and all.
    I'll take that as a compliment
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  7. VBF
    Posts : 602
    Win 10 Pro
       #17

    Bree said:
    I'll take that as a compliment
      My Computers


 

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