iTunes detects a problem with audio configuration

Ipod is a portable media player which has been introduced by Apple in 2001. The inbuild software iTunes has not only been used to purchase, download and view/listen to movies, music, audio books etc, but also used to transfer data to and organize your iPod and iPhone. iTunes has made it easy for users to buy movies that are not available in their own country.This however does not mean that iTunes is problem free. The application, which is available for both Windows and Mac OS, faces problems from time to time. Sometimes these problems render the iTunes data inaccessible. This data can of course be retrieved using an iPod recovery software.

The most common example of this is when you try to open iTunes (if you are using iTunes 7.7 or above), you get a message which reads:

"iTunes cannot run because it has detected a problem with your audio configuration"
or
"-200 error when opening iTunes 7"
or
"iTunes cannot run because it detects a problem with QuickTime"

This would leave your data on iTunes inaccessible.

Cause:

In this case the problem is not with iTunes, the problem is with the QuickTime software in Windows.

Resolution:

The best way to resolve this problem is to re-install QuickTime. Follow the steps below to re-install the software:

• Open the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. Then select QuickTime from the list of installed programs, and click Remove.


• Next download the QuickTime standalone installer from the Internet.


• Select the download option that does not include iTunes.


• Re-open iTunes.

If the above resolution does not help, re-install iTunes. Be sure to take a back-up first. However, if for any reason what-so-ever, you cannot access your backup or you forget to take one, simply use an iPod recovery software and recover iTunes and/or iPod data. These software can be downloaded off the Internet, and then used to scan the iPod or iTunes for files stored on it. Even after you re-store iTunes these softwares can recover your data for you.

Stellar Pheonix iPod Recovery is one such software, which can easily be downloaded from the Internet. The software comes in two versions: Full and Trial. You can use the latter to check which iPod files can be recovered and the former to actually recover iPod or iTunes data.