# Experiment crashes due to audio stream not started
**URL:** https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157
**Category:** Builder
**Created:** [November 24, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157 "2021-11-24T10:47:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Sol1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sol1)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/1 "2021-11-24T10:47:10Z")
**OS** (e.g. Win10): Win10
**PsychoPy version** (e.g. 1.84.x): 2021.2.3
**Standard Standalone? (y/n)** : Y
**What are you trying to achieve?:**
I have a routine that shows participants first a word printed on the screen and then an image. The microphone is supposed to start when the image appears (frameN 69) and record participants responses for a duration of 6seconds.
However, the experiment keeps crashing after the first trial and gives the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Exp1\Exp1\_lastrun.py”, line 2050, in
mic.stop()
File “C:\Program Files\PsychoPy\lib\site-packages\psychopy\sound\microphone.py”, line 803, in stop
“Cannot stop a stream that has not been started.”)
psychopy.sound.exceptions.AudioStreamError: Cannot stop a stream that has not been started.
**What did you try to make it work?:**
I have tried changing the starting frame for the recording and looked at the lastrun python file to see if anything is missing but I am afraid I have no idea where the issue is coming from and I would not know what needs fixing. I also looked at the code components of the naming and voice key demos but it is not helping (it does not change the outcome and I am not sure what their code components actually do).
Has anyone run into the same issue? Should I be adding a code component to the builder view to start the stream? I am really not familiar with coding so any help is appreciated.
Best,
Solveig
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### Author:  [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/2 "2021-11-24T12:35:44Z")
> [@Sol1](#):
>
> mic.stop()
Is mic.stop() being run before frameN 69?
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### Author:  [@Sol1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sol1)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/3 "2021-11-24T12:52:07Z")
I don’t think so. This is what I see in the lastrun file:
# mic updates
```
if mic.status == NOT_STARTED and frameN >= 69:
# keep track of start time/frame for later
mic.frameNStart = frameN # exact frame index
mic.tStart = t # local t and not account for scr refresh
mic.tStartRefresh = tThisFlipGlobal # on global time
win.timeOnFlip(mic, 'tStartRefresh') # time at next scr refresh
# start recording with mic
mic.start()
mic.status = STARTED
if mic.status == STARTED:
# update recorded clip for mic
mic.poll()
if mic.status == STARTED:
# is it time to stop? (based on global clock, using actual start)
if tThisFlipGlobal > mic.tStartRefresh + 6.0-frameTolerance:
# keep track of stop time/frame for later
mic.tStop = t # not accounting for scr refresh
mic.frameNStop = frameN # exact frame index
win.timeOnFlip(mic, 'tStopRefresh') # time at next scr refresh
# stop recording with mic
mic.stop()
mic.status = FINISHED
```
Or should I look for this elsewhere?
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### Author:  [@wakecarter](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/wakecarter)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/4 "2021-11-24T13:33:00Z")
Does mic appear in any custom code components?
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### Author:  [@Sol1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sol1)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/5 "2021-11-24T13:43:07Z")
No I have not used any custom code in the experiment builder.
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### Author:  [@josejperez](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/josejperez)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/6 "2021-12-20T14:25:37Z")
Hi there!
did you find any solution to this issue?
I am getting the same “Cannot stop a stream that has not been started.”
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### Author:  [@Sol1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sol1)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/experiment-crashes-due-to-audio-stream-not-started/26157/7 "2021-12-21T07:47:22Z")
Hi! Unfortunately, I have not been able to figure out what the issue is or how to fix it yet.