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I a using XP SP3, and I want to record and capture a few web tutorial
video clips. A few clips are youtube, and a few are not. But that
shouldn't matter, I think and hope.

Anyway, I am using Debut Video Capture Software V1.49. My first
experience was that the video was captured and was re-playable fine by
Media Player. However there was no audio whatsoever.

To try to get audio, I put a audio Y splitter on the mobo speaker out,
and then connected that to both my earphones and mobo microphone in.
Now I do get audio in the video clips that I record.

My problem is that the recorded audio has lost much of its volume and
is too low. I can't turn up the volume because the earphones have no
adjustment for that like speakers do.

Can anyone suggest some XP setting(s) to improve this? I have
experimented with same, but have not been able to find anything.

Thanks

Roy


On WinXP, you can try the "what you hear" option,
which loops sound around from the output, back to the input
mixer. No cable needed.

On my Soundmax motherboard audio, that option is called Stereo Mix.
It's in the record section. In this picture I found, the current
selection is "Microphone", and by clicking the red button
underneath "Stereo Mix", you can unmute the Stereo Mix and
then the recording may get audio.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4818/untitledsy0.jpg

I can't promise what kind of audio level you'll get. In that
picture, the slider is way down on the Stereo Mix, and it can
be advanced upwards to bump up the recording volume.

If that kind of custom panel isn't visible on your computer,
you may have to look around for it. For example, I have a
smax4.exe and a smax4.cpl (control panel) file in this folder.
Your sound might be a different brand, and you'd look
in the appropriate folder for it. It's possible mine also uses
a Startup item to ensure it's launched at boot.

C:\Program Files\Analog Devices\SoundMAX

It's my understanding, that the "what you hear" option
is removed from later OSes. In which case, a person
doing what you're attempting to do, would end up
using the cabling trick instead. The thing would never
have made "bit perfect" copies in the first place (due
to the noise floor), so I don't understand the need to
remove this feature. But in WinXP, as far as I know,
it should work.

The Microphone usually has a "boost" feature. Again, referring
to that picture above, the Microphone has the green button at
the bottom showing it is unmuted. But to the right of the green
button, is a beveled square button which hides the "boost" function.
Clicking that brings up a dialog to enable "boost". But with your
current setup, I'd start by checking the sliders. You really
shouldn't need to enable boost, with what you're doing. There
should be enough gain already.

Paul