# about a error ERR\_OUTPUT\_INIT

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/about-a-error-err-output-init/13126>\
**Category:** Unity\
**Created:** [April 21, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/about-a-error-err-output-init/13126 "2017-04-21T09:41:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Vittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@Vittle](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Vittle)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/about-a-error-err-output-init/13126/1 "2017-04-21T09:41:50Z")

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open my game in mobile device, and kill game at once, throw a error:  
FMOD Studio initialization failed : Calling initialize : ERR\_OUTPUT\_INIT : Error initializing output device.

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**Author:** ![brett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/brett/32/261_2.png) [@brett](https://qa.fmod.com/u/brett)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/about-a-error-err-output-init/13126/2 "2017-04-24T00:49:11Z")

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Can you run the logging version of FMOD? It will usually tell you why it failed in the log