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Audacity not showing pulse audio option. I tried installing "alsa" but there is no such thing. I tried installing alsa plugins, but "make" does not work after configuration. I tried running pulse audio, but I get

E: [pulseaudio] main.c: pa_pid_file_create() failed.

It is a fresh ubuntu install

  • In a standard Ubuntu both ALSA, and Pulseaudio are already installed and running ([see also here](https://askubuntu.com/a/427036/3940)). Audacity uses ALSA as a host interface, and the `default` playback device which comes from PulseAudio. What is it that is not working for you? – Takkat Jul 26 '20 at 10:27
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    "Audacity not showing pulse audio option" @Takkat –  Jul 26 '20 at 10:33
  • It does not show it with my installation too - but everything works as expected. – Takkat Jul 26 '20 at 10:35
  • weird @Takkat i am trying to follow a walk thru for recording youtube etc. to audacity –  Jul 26 '20 at 11:08
  • [This should still work](https://askubuntu.com/questions/250073/how-to-record-any-internal-sound-in-and-out-using-ubuntu-and-audacity) but design may have changed a bit. – Takkat Jul 26 '20 at 17:43

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I was able to get it to work by following this tutorial in the official Audacity doc. Primarily:

  • Install pavucontrol
  • Open PulseAudio Volume Control, select the Recording tab, then select Monitor in the Capture from dropdown.
Zanna
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Sorry probably a bit late for you now but I have Audacity running on Ubuntu 20.04 with a Behringer UMC404HD using the following command line: pasuspender -- audacity both input and output works fine. Be aware there is a lot of low level clicking during the setup process but it does not seem to affect the results. It seems the other options offered by Ubuntu are not functional at this time.

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