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Video Capture-Record Audio Volume Problem
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 |
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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 |
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:06:34 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote: Seems like the hard way (more steps, more apps, more time) would be to demux the files to separate the audio from the video, increase the gain of the audio portion, then remux the audio and video. It might be easier to use a different process to download the video clips. If you're using Firefox, there are numerous add-ons that help you do that. Firefox? I want to capture the clip that plays on my screen, not download it. In fact, the clips I have in mind are not downloadable. Thanks Roy |
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