DCSB crashing

[ShadyCatnipDealer]

been trying to use DCSB but keeps on crashing. Not sure if this is a bug or if I set it up incorrectly, here's a screenshot of the error message if it can help.

[gandralf83]

• reinstall and check if your config files are rewritten correctly

• right click on the installer file and select "run as administrator"

• check if your windows is up to date

• check if your windows needs repair: open cmd.exe as administrator, type "sfc /scannow" and press enter (this could take a while)

hope it helps, good luck!

[Willatar]

This is happening because NAudio, a library used by DCSB, is trying to access a device or driver that is already allocated. If you are looking to fix the issue, see if you can close other programs (if you have it, this is likely voicemeeter causing the issue) that may be using the device DCSB is trying to access. If you are trying to use voicemeeter and DCSB simultaneously, you will need to either make sure neither are using the same audio devices ever, or modify the source code to support a different audio library such as WASAPI or DirectSound (the least fun option). Someone should put out a pull request for compatibility. Good luck, mate!

[Willatar]

Wait, I think I found a simpler fix.
Again, If you ARE using voicemeeter (I managed to get the same error message), then this could be because the output from one of your busses is using WASAPI (denoted as WDM in voicemeeter) and this would cause DCSB to crash. For the fix, in voicemeeter you can simply deselect all audio devices with WASAPI and instead use multimedia, which doesn't require exclusive access to a device therefore DCSB will again work. I think there also is a way to make WASAPI use a shared device mode where it doesn't hog access to a device, but I'm not sure how to do that. Hope this helps!

[independentvar]

Hi @ShadyCatnipDealer, the author does not seem to maintain this repository. I have fixed issue in this release: https://github.com/independentvar/DCSB/releases/tag/v4.3.2.0