# Audio recording problem

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 7, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137 "2024-09-07T14:43:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/1 "2024-09-07T14:43:45Z")

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I try to record my own voice using the microphone icon of Anki. I have a Philips SpeechMike III. KWave records my voice properly. When I press the microphone icon no error appears but after searching the audio files in the media folder they have no waveform, as if nothing was recorded. I also have mpv player installed.  
I am using the latest Anki Qt6 version in Arch Linux

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**Author:** ![Deranged6605](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Deranged6605](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Deranged6605)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/2 "2024-09-07T15:58:48Z")

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Could you check out the troubleshooting guide for Arch Linux’s wiki on microphone usage? I don’t think this is on Anki’s side, but on the audio usage that is dependent on Anki

[https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting)

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**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/3 "2024-09-08T14:04:30Z")

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I have pipewire

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/4 "2024-09-13T09:38:17Z")

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Did you try both the qt5 and qt6 versions of Anki?

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**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/5 "2024-09-14T08:27:31Z")

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I now tried with Qt5 and it works with no problems. I would like to take advantage of the modern Qt6 features though 🙂

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/6 "2024-09-14T09:46:31Z")

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Ok, that implies an issue with Qt6’s recording functionality. You could try reproducing the issue in a sample app. [Report an issue to Qt · Issue #2652 · ankitects/anki · GitHub](https://github.com/ankitects/anki/issues/2652)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/audio-recording-problem/49137/7 "2024-10-14T09:47:02Z")

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