Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-28 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
First you want to go into iTunes and set your preferences for importing. Command-comma to bring up preferences and then go to General. Towards the end of the list of settings will be a section called When a CD is Inserted which is followed by a popup button and then a button called Import

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-27 Thread Jenine Stanley
I just got a 4 channel mixer so yay! I did buy Call Recorder for Skype though just to try it. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 26, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Jonathan Mosen jmo...@mosen.org wrote: Hi Jenine, I have a mixer, so no need for SoundFlower therefore I have no knowledge of

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-27 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Chris, How do you convert files to mp3 using itunes? Do you mind running me through the steps? Many thanks. On 26/08/2014, at 5:29 am, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries macvisionaries@googlegroups.com wrote: You could also pop the file into iTunes and then convert it to mp3 there with

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-26 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Jenine, if you are going to be doing this sort of thing for broadcast purposes or for anything other than your own archival purposes, I'd highly recommend using Audio Highjack pro to record your Skype calls. You can choose the file format you want to use. This is important, because most file

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-26 Thread Jenine Stanley
Thanks Jonathan. Actually what you describe doesn't sound that tedious or complex and would be quite cool if it works, which it obviously does. Do you need to use another program, Sound Flower I think, to also set this whole thing up or is that only if you want to record your Mac's audio as

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-26 Thread Jonathan Mosen
Hi Jenine, I have a mixer, so no need for SoundFlower therefore I have no knowledge of it. However for recording calls, Audio Highjack is all you need. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org On 27/08/2014, at 12:05 pm, Jenine Stanley

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-25 Thread Jenine Stanley
Thanks so much. I'll give this a try. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 24, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine, I just use the native app which comes on the mac to convert it to mp3. It's in the file menu, open with, and then

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-25 Thread 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
You could also pop the file into iTunes and then convert it to mp3 there with whatever settings you want. Doing the mp3 compression twice seems like it's going to give you either a larger file, lower quality or both. CB On 8/24/14, 11:30 PM, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Jenine, I just use the

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-25 Thread Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona
didn't skype block recording calls? On 8/24/2014 2:52 PM, Lisette Wesseling wrote: Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything i.e. no need to turn it on. It literally just works. It makes a .mov file (even if you choose not to

recording Skype calls

2014-08-24 Thread Jenine Stanley
Has anyone used Call Recorder for Skype? If so, any thoughts? I'm wanting to do some interviews for recording and short of buying a phone patch or hybrid, which I may eventually do, I'm open for suggestions. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything i.e. no need to turn it on. It literally just works. It makes a .mov file (even if you choose not to record the video), which is quite a large file. I convert this to mp3 and then compress

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-24 Thread Jenine Stanley
Thanks much. What do you use to convert the file to mp3? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On Aug 24, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Jenine , , , I use it all the time. Once set up, it just records the call with no need to do anything

Re: recording Skype calls

2014-08-24 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi Jenine, I just use the native app which comes on the mac to convert it to mp3. It's in the file menu, open with, and then there's a bunch of different options to choose from. This does create a rather huge mp3 file which I then compress using mp3 converter. I found that if I skip this step

recording Skype calls

2013-08-29 Thread jean parker
Hello again all: What program will record a Skype call? And a follow-up question, whatever the program is, will it restart if the Skype call gets disconnected? Thanks as always, Jean -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To

Re: recording Skype calls

2013-08-29 Thread Lisette Wesseling
Hi I use Call Recorder from the app store. It's not free but worth the price for me. It can be set to start automatically when the call begins. Hope that helps. Lisette On 30/08/2013, at 2:23 PM, jean parker radiofore...@gmail.com wrote: Hello again all: What program will record a Skype

Re: recording Skype calls

2013-08-29 Thread Ray Foret jr
For me, Audio Hijack Pro does the job quite nicely. It too is not free, but, well worth it. Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user! On Aug 29, 2013, at 9:43

Re: recording Skype calls

2013-08-29 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Audio hijack pro will do the job quite well. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:23 PM, jean parker radiofore...@gmail.com wrote: Hello again all: What program will record a Skype call? And a follow-up

Re: Recording Skype calls

2013-01-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
Hello, I think your best bet is Audio Hijack Pro. I've been using this for a while now, and it works very well. Regards, Brandon Olivares Azavia Technologies ZCaptcha — The Captcha Reader On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. What apps have people on this

RE: Recording Skype calls

2013-01-31 Thread Bill Holton
DeLand, FL 32720 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Olivares Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:38 AM To: Mac Visionaries Subject: Re: Recording Skype calls Hello, I think your best bet is Audio Hijack Pro. I've been using

Re: Recording Skype calls

2013-01-31 Thread Brandon Olivares
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Olivares Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:38 AM To: “Mac Visionaries“ Subject: Re: Recording Skype calls Hello, I think your best bet is Audio Hijack Pro. I've been using this for a while now, and it works very well. Regards, Brandon Olivares

Re: Recording Skype calls

2013-01-31 Thread Ray Foret Jr
DeLand, FL 32720 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Olivares Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:38 AM To: “Mac Visionaries“ Subject: Re: Recording Skype calls Hello, I think your best bet is Audio Hijack Pro

RE: Recording Skype calls

2013-01-31 Thread Bill Holton
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ray Foret Jr Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:51 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Recording Skype calls Actually, that's wrong. When you launch Audiohijack pro, you just focus

Re: Recording Skype calls

2013-01-31 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, audio hijack pro does the job nicely. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 31, 2013, at 11:34 AM, Bill Holton bill32...@gmail.com wrote: Hi. What apps have people on this list found to be accessible with VO for recording Skype

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-08 Thread Michael Thurman
that would be awesome :) I'd love to have it as well On Feb 3, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote: Hi Michael. I've not done exactly what you want, but I have done similar things with audio hijack and applescript. Sometimes when recording podcasts with skype, I will want to play in

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-04 Thread Michael Busboom
Dear Darcy and others, Thanks so much for your help; it's great to have such assistance! I will try this out tomorrow, Saturday and, hopefully, it will be ready to go when I need it at work next week. My thanks to all, Mike On 3,Feb,2011, at 7:03 PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: Hi Michael. You

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-04 Thread Sarah Alawami
Actually theer is an instent hijack, or justselect the skype session and hit cmd r. skype will start and recording will begin. Good luck. On Feb 3, 2011, at 5:38 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! Yes Audio Hijack Pro will record from Skype as you know but there is not a way as far as I can

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-04 Thread Dane Trethowan
I echo that, very grateful for the scripting suggestions, learn something every day smile. On 05/02/2011, at 12:10 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: Dear Darcy and others, Thanks so much for your help; it's great to have such assistance! I will try this out tomorrow, Saturday and, hopefully,

Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Michael Busboom
Greetings! Here in my office, an increasing amount of communication goes on via Skype. There are instances when we discuss complicated subjects and if I were able to record conversations easily and then summarize them in writing afterwards, my life would be a lot easier. I have the most

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! Yes Audio Hijack Pro will record from Skype as you know but there is not a way as far as I can tell to trigger Audio Hijack Pro - as you can with Total Recorder - to start recording from another location, for example with Total Recorder you ca use a global hotkey to trigger recording, stop

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Michael Busboom
Thank you very much, Dane, for this information. I have some additional questions: 1. Can I just type Command-R a second time to stop the recording? 2. Is a recording automatically stopped when the Skype session is intentionally terminated? 3. I guess I am also wondering if Audio Hijack is

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
I would expect that a 3-4 line apple script should be able to do this, though I have a version of Audio HiJact that is at least 4 years old, and I don't know if the Objects would be the same. If you can set up a applescript it could probably do all the functions of answering the call and

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Michael. I've not done exactly what you want, but I have done similar things with audio hijack and applescript. Sometimes when recording podcasts with skype, I will want to play in audio clips. So to do that I need to hijack system audio. When doing that, I want to mute my microphone to

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, you have to type command-r when you've selected your source with Audio Hijack Pro to have it record, when Audio Hijack Pro is launched its in Standby mode for want of a better description. Pressing command-R again will stop the recording but be sure you're on the selected source in your

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Darcy Burnard
Hi Michael. You can accomplish what you want with this simple AppleScript Since I can't attach files to list messages, I'll paste the text of the script below. tell application Audio Hijack Pro set theSession to the first session whose name contains Skype tell theSession to

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Dane Trethowan
I very much appreciate this myself, I knew Audio Hijack Pro would take scripting however I didn't think that it was as powerful as all that. On 04/02/2011, at 5:03 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote: Hi Michael. You can accomplish what you want with this simple AppleScript Since I can't attach files

Re: Recording Skype calls on the fly with Audio Hijack

2011-02-03 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Command R once you focus on a Skype session. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now A Very Proud and very happy Mac user!!! Skype Name: barefootedray On Feb 3, 2011, at 7:29 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: Greetings! Here in my office, an increasing amount of communication goes on

recording skype calls

2010-09-07 Thread Josh Kennedy
Hi is there any free software for mac that will let me record both sides of a skype call? My wife uses call burner for windows but if there is a mac equivalent let me know. preferably one that's free. Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: recording skype calls

2010-09-07 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Josh, I don't know if there is any free software, but I use Audio Hijack. it's about $30 but you can do so much more with it than just that. I use it all the time to record Skype calls, and it works out perfectly. I believe Audio Hijack can be purchased from Kagi. Have a great day.

Re: recording skype calls

2010-09-07 Thread Colin M
Hi Josh and Alison! curious why would you need to record your skype calls? Colin On 7 Sep 2010, at 22:00, Allison Manzino wrote: Hi Josh, I don't know if there is any free software, but I use Audio Hijack. it's about $30 but you can do so much more with it than just that. I use it all

Re: recording skype calls

2010-09-07 Thread Sarah Alawami
I do in case someone is telling me a recipee or of there's a good event on there I might miss. Of corse I get rid of the evidence when I don't need it anymore. lol. On Sep 7, 2010, at 2:48 PM, Colin M wrote: Hi Josh and Alison! curious why would you need to record your skype calls? Colin

Re: recording skype calls

2010-09-07 Thread Allison Manzino
Hi Josh and Colin, I just love to hear people's voices, especially my boyfriend, smile. I tell him that I'm recording, and don't use it for any other purposes then to listen to his amazing voice. He is also teaching me Spanish, so recording the lessons helps me with pronunciation. I just