[WriteLog] Flex 5000, Win7 and VAC problem

[Keith Goobie]

Make your VAC channels, the default sound devices for recording and playback
and things will sort themselves out.

Keith

On 1/22/13 3:18 PM, "Jerry Pixton" <jpixton at shentel.net> wrote:

> Gang,
> 
> I just upgraded to Windows 7 Pro on my Radio computer. As I am starting
> to configure things I can not seem to get any audio to my rtty decoder
> (mmtty plug-in) thru the VAC virtual cables from PSDR
> 
> I am using PSDR 2.4.4, VAC 4.12, Writelog 11.08, MMTTY 1.68 and the
> Writelog MMTTY plugin 1.13
> 
> I think this is the same configuration I have been using for a while now
> with Windows XP. At least I am trying to repeat the configuraton.
> 
> When ever I try to assign a virtual channel to MMTTY I get an error
> message "Can't open Sound Card 1" etc. The order of sound devices in the
> MMTTY screen is all scrambled - the virtual cables go like 2, 3, and 4
> and later in the list is 1.
> 
> I can get audio to the mmtty instances when I point them at the mK2R+
> USB Audio CODEC.
> 
> Is there something I need to be doing special in Windows 7 to use
> virtual cables? Is this some privilege thing? Or what. Fortunate I still
> have the Windows XP on another drive. I recall when I was playing with
> Suitsat some times ago on my other Win 7 computer using HPSDR I could
> get some VAC cables to run the telemetry thur some trickery?
> 
> Any advice?
> 
> 
> Jerry, W6IHG

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