Thanks for response.
Unfortunately, this seems to work somewhat differently on windows7 - should
have mentioned that this is specifically windows7 64 bit.
Either way, in sound card settings dialogue, on recording tab, I had to
first right click on list of recording devices, and in that context menu,
under view tell it to display disabled devices, whence it then showed the
stereo mix item, and I could then tell it to enable this device, change it's
volume levels, etc. etc., but unfortunately, on windows 7, this still
doesn't seem to actually let me record the normal audio output as such, and
have also specifically, aside from windows own sound recorder, tried using
audacity, and the following 2 pieces of free software that apparently work
well enough on windows XP etc. recording directly to MP3 files, since in
audacity, and both of them, you can specify which device to record from, but
not one of the 3 does more than record a blank, empty audio file of the
right time length, etc., but, just in case, here are the download pages for
those 2 free audio recorders -
Free MP3 sound recorder
http://www.nbxsoft.com/download-sound-recorder.php
Digital audio recorder
http://www.asoftwareplus.com/
In windows XP, you apparently make use of a device called something like
'what you hear' or something, but anyway...<smile>
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob J." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 4:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Free,simple software to just record PC
activity to audio
Jacob,
IF your version of Windows came with the Sound Recorder software, do the
following.
Go to the Control Panel and select
Sounds and Multimedia Properties
Then, on the Audio Tab, under
Sound Recording
Select the Volume button
You will get a list of available sources for recording.
Select the source named "What U Hear" or
whatever is similar in your system.
When you have successfully exited from all of these levels, start the
Windows SoundRecorder software
that came with your system.
hth
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Kruger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:14 AM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Free,simple software to just record PC activity
to audio
Just wondering what, off-hand, any guys would recommend for just recording
the audio output of a windows machine to an audio track, without
necessarily
having to actually use a physical microphone, a secondary recording unit,
etc., etc.?
As in, literally would just like to record all/any sounds the computer is
rendering.
I know there are various pieces of software out there, and do have two
external MP3 player units with their own built in microphones - don't like
that idea with regard to quality anyway - can record poorly using my
phones
if wanted to, and do have another laptop, with an audio line-in, but just
wondering if there's a simpler way to just record what's happening on the
PC
itsself..?
Also, since there are possible workarounds, and since this isn't too much
of
an actual requirement/too necessary as such, I'd only really be interested
in free software/solutions.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
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