Author: Anonym27875
[Report] 09/05/2007 10:32
I want to record some songs from internet radio to the file (MP3 or WAV). It was easy in Windows XP but I don't know how to capture the audio output in Windows Vista.
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1. Right click the Speaker icon in the Taskbar (right bottom corner of your screen)
2. Choose Recording Devices
3. Click Recording tab (if not opened), right click in the listbox (middle part of the dialog box), choose Show Disabled Devices
4. Scroll down and right click "Waht U Hear" item (or "Wave Out Mix" or something like this, the exact name can vary), choose Enable
That's all! Now you can go to your favorite recording program, use "What U Hear" audio device, record what you want to and store it in needed audio format (to save in MP3 your program must support it).
1. Download and install Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
2. Choose Edit > Preferences...
3. In Recording combobox choose MME: What U Hear and press OK
4. Press the Record (the red one) button in the toolbar and the recording starts...
Are you sure you have the menu item "Show Disabled Devices" checked?
>Is it a problem with sound card?
I think it is also possible your sound card does not support it.
With this feature you simply play or listen online to what you wish to record and click the "Record" Button. When you are finished it will direct you to file it where you would like. Hope this helps.
1. Start Audicity
2. Go to Edit menue, then click the Preferences button
3. Click on the Sound in/out tab in that dialogue box that appears
4. Within the Recording box, make sure that you have set the recording device to "Stereo mix", or "What you hear" or else what that corresponds to your specific sound card.
5. As you can see there is also a "Channel" pull-down menu right under the device menu. Click on it and set it to 2.
6. Click OK
That's it! Try recording something now. The recording level meter in the upper right corner of the application window should show two independent level meters, one for the the left and one for the right sound channel above each other (horizontal level meter). Also, when you start recording and play something back in the background (i.e. YouTube video) two graphs should be shown in the editor section corresponding to the left and right sound channel respectively.
I hope that helps.
PS. Thanks for this tip, I never thought it would be this hard to configure these things in Vista. XP and earlier Windows were so much easier to configure audio settings for. I guess they wanted to make it easier for those morons who call Microsoft support and complain that "there is no sound on my computer". I guess that is why every new application window opened in Windows Vista gets it's own output volume slider in the Audio mixer (Volume control). And also, if you lower all the sliders and then rise the slider for the "Speakers" device, all the other sliders are following the move automatically. So this is kind of a nice improvement for those who perhaps should not be sitting by a computer in the first place. So it's a nice feature. But! For those of us who know what we are doing, these sometimes "user friendly" features slow us down, right?
Here is one example! I have figured out by now how to enable recording of Stereo output in Vista. I also know how to adjust the output volume, simply by using the Audio mixer (Volume control). But where the fuck do I adjust the input levels? Where is the mixer for the recording devices?... do I really have to 1: right click on the speaker icon in the taskbar, 2. chose recording devices, 3. double-click on the "Stereo mix" device (or mark it and click the properties button), 4. select the tab called "levels" and there adjust the input level for the Stereo mix device? What a piece of shit this is! And even if there maybe isn't so much clicking around, there is still one problem with this kind of design when adjusting the input level for one device. But what if I am working with music and sound production, and I want to be able to see and adjust the input level of two or more devices from one spot? I have realised that Vista really sucks when it comes to sound recording and the way it handles audio devices. It's just stupid to me!
i got exactlly same problem, but how, my soundcard is brand new 1, and even ones from 1999 record sound... pls help!
Right-click on sound in taskbar
Goto 'recording devices'
(make sure you can see 'disabled devices' by right clicking in main window)
The TRICK: make sure 'stereo mix' is the defaut, not mic.
Now, start playing music and you should see the EQ bars light up!
Lastly, make sure 'stereo mix' has a level of 100 by going into the properties.
Have fun. I use recordSmart on Vista Home Premium.
Or if want to activate your microphone or speakers
Here is what i had to do...Follow this
Start/Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Sound/Playback
See if you have any devices in the area that says: Select a playback device to modify its settings.
I have something that says "Speakers Realtek High Definition Audio"
And it should have a checkmark
If you do not see any devices such as, speakers or microphones, right click right under where it says "Select a playback device to modify its settings." The big box, where it should have your device. If you have a device right click on it. If not, click on the blank area, where you device should be.
Click on Show Enabled Devices
Click on Show Disconnected Devices
Now, they should both have a checkmark next to them.
Hopefully, after doing this, your devices should show up and it should say whether they are disabled or not.
Start/Control Panel/Hardware and Sound/Sound/Recording
Just go to the Recording tab instead of the playback tab.
Everything else is correct. Hope this helps.
when i click show disabled devices jsut auxilary comes up.
before when i had XP i used "what you hear" on a daily basis.
plz help