pc audio capture
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LantisEscudo
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I think the "What You Hear" option is a feature of most recent Creative Labs sound cards (Sound Blaster family). I don't know of any other company's cards that contain it.
mckeed's idea of looping the Speaker Out to the Line In port is probably your best bet. Just make SURE that in your Volume Control, the Line In on the Playback controls is MUTED or you'll set up a feedback loop.
To do this, you'll need a 1/4" stereo patch cable (a headphone jack on both ends). Any decent electronics store should have one; just make sure it's stereo and not mono. DON'T PLUG IT IN YET.
Start the Volume Control, mute the Line In, then go to Options -> Properties and select Recording. This is where you can adjust the volume levels of your recording. Check the box below Line In. Now plug one end of the cable into the Speaker Out (you'll have to unplug your speakers) and the other into the Line In. NOT the Microphone In, since Mic In is Mono, and you want Stereo sound.
Start up Sound Recorder or Audacity, start recording, then start the program you want to record. Record as much as you want, then stop the recording and plug your speakers back into the Speaker Out. Listen to your recording. If it's badly distorted (too loud), lower the volume slider on the Line In in the Volume Control (recording properties) and try again.
mckeed's idea of looping the Speaker Out to the Line In port is probably your best bet. Just make SURE that in your Volume Control, the Line In on the Playback controls is MUTED or you'll set up a feedback loop.
To do this, you'll need a 1/4" stereo patch cable (a headphone jack on both ends). Any decent electronics store should have one; just make sure it's stereo and not mono. DON'T PLUG IT IN YET.
Start the Volume Control, mute the Line In, then go to Options -> Properties and select Recording. This is where you can adjust the volume levels of your recording. Check the box below Line In. Now plug one end of the cable into the Speaker Out (you'll have to unplug your speakers) and the other into the Line In. NOT the Microphone In, since Mic In is Mono, and you want Stereo sound.
Start up Sound Recorder or Audacity, start recording, then start the program you want to record. Record as much as you want, then stop the recording and plug your speakers back into the Speaker Out. Listen to your recording. If it's badly distorted (too loud), lower the volume slider on the Line In in the Volume Control (recording properties) and try again.
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ok, here's a method i just used which worked prety good. sure may suck because ya might have to compress the audio twise, well, mabey, but meh, i just figured out this method anyway.
basicaly, google camstudio and download it. its a windows video capture. luckily it can also capture sound and ya an set it to capture sound from the speakers. so start recording and play the music ya want, then simply stop recording when its finished. then just rename the extention to mp3 or something, unless ya wana put it in an mp3 player, in which ya might have to re-encode the file (which is actualy an avi file) to mp3. one thing though, set the video compressin to the lowest possible (i used divx with fastest in the speed/quality seting and a bit rate of 0.024 , the lowest possible).
one problem i had with this though is that the volume was realy low and i had to open the file in vegas, ajust the audio so the volume was normal and then recompress it. then again i just figured out this method and thiers probaly a solution to fixing this problem. anyone know what it is ?
basicaly, google camstudio and download it. its a windows video capture. luckily it can also capture sound and ya an set it to capture sound from the speakers. so start recording and play the music ya want, then simply stop recording when its finished. then just rename the extention to mp3 or something, unless ya wana put it in an mp3 player, in which ya might have to re-encode the file (which is actualy an avi file) to mp3. one thing though, set the video compressin to the lowest possible (i used divx with fastest in the speed/quality seting and a bit rate of 0.024 , the lowest possible).
one problem i had with this though is that the volume was realy low and i had to open the file in vegas, ajust the audio so the volume was normal and then recompress it. then again i just figured out this method and thiers probaly a solution to fixing this problem. anyone know what it is ?