[WriteLog] No Audio Recording with MKII

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

Gary, 

Check Vista's internal settings for 'line (microHAM CODEC).' 
Vista may have it muted or have set the input level to zero. 

This is one of the big problems with Vista's audio system - 
it takes absolute control of all audio inputs/outputs in 
spite of what an application (e.g., WriteLog, WL Mixer, 
Router) attempt to do.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gary AL9A
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:10 AM
> To: Writelog Reflector
> Subject: [WriteLog] No Audio Recording with MKII
> 
> 
> I'm suddenly having a problem getting the WL sound recording 
> to work.  I'm 
> sure it is pilot error on my part, but can't seem to find the 
> fix.  I use 
> the microHAM microKEYER II for my sound card device and it 
> has worked before 
> in recording previous contests both for SSB and CW.  Just 
> minutes before the 
> NAQP SSB contest started I was reading some stations to set 
> the WL Sound 
> Mixer Level Control and was seeing the Receive selection bars 
> active.  Then 
> when I went to Sound board options and turned on the recorder 
> the Mixer 
> Level Control went dead.  All the audio files that WL created 
> during the 
> contest are empty files - no audio at all!
> 
> When I noticed this I went to the USB Device Router and 
> discovered that I 
> had forgotten to change the Router preset settings from 
> DXBase, my general 
> logger, to Writelog.  I changed the Router settings to 
> Writelog, but the 
> Sound Mixer remained out of action.  I've gone through 
> everything I can 
> think of to get it going again, including multiple reboots 
> and installing 
> the latest upgrade to V10.72E, and can find nothing 
> obliviously wrong.  The 
> MKII worked fine during the contest sending my audio wav 
> files without a 
> problem.  The MKII Line LED is lit, so I think the audio is 
> being sent to 
> the PC, but I can't get record to work.  My OS is Vista and I 
> suspect that 
> is probably the culprit.
> 
> In Vista Sounds I have both the Playback and Recording 
> defaults set to my 
> laptops internal card.  In the Writelog Mixer Level Control I 
> have the 
> following Codecs selected:
> 
> xmit from PC - Headset Earphone (microHAM CODEC)
> DVK mic - Headset Microphone (microHAM CODEC)
> rec to PC - Line (microHAM CODEC)
> Mixer controls - Headset Microphone (microHAM CODEC)
> 
> The MKII Setup Guide for WL doesn't contain the section about 
> setting up the 
> sound mixer control, but I think this is what I had running 
> before.  I've 
> tried changing the CODECS for the various functions, but 
> nothing seems to 
> work.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> 
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
> 
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