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Video/Audio Recording (for a Let's Play)
ArcSyn
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I'm sure there are threads for this all over these forums, but I cannot seem to find them. My search-fu is weak.
I'm thinking of doing a video let's play and I'm trying to find the best and cheapest, though actually more focus on cheap (FREE) and best.
I found CamStudio, but I can't seem to choose both speaker and microphone recording at the same time. I could just use my internal mic (which would pick up the audio from the speakers and my voice), but that seems like a insufficient solution. I did see someone mention that it's possible to use CamStudio to record the speaker output and just use "recorder" to do the microphone and then use Premier Elements (which I have) to combine them. It would just take some extra work to line up the audio commentary.
Plus, I'm not sure how much more of a performance hit I would take using recorder as well as CamStudio.
Is there something else out there that will do this for free?
I know FRAPS is the standard, but that costs money so far as I can tell.
I'm thinking of doing a video let's play and I'm trying to find the best and cheapest, though actually more focus on cheap (FREE) and best.
I found CamStudio, but I can't seem to choose both speaker and microphone recording at the same time. I could just use my internal mic (which would pick up the audio from the speakers and my voice), but that seems like a insufficient solution. I did see someone mention that it's possible to use CamStudio to record the speaker output and just use "recorder" to do the microphone and then use Premier Elements (which I have) to combine them. It would just take some extra work to line up the audio commentary.
Plus, I'm not sure how much more of a performance hit I would take using recorder as well as CamStudio.
Is there something else out there that will do this for free?
I know FRAPS is the standard, but that costs money so far as I can tell.
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Yeah, I got stereo mix working in Vista (oi!) and CamStudio is recording that. If I do set it to use my internal mic it does record both my speakers (since it's picking them up through it) and my voice, but it doesn't sound so good. Plus I would prefer to play with headphones and use a plugged-in mic.
Wait, are you on a laptop? I record my stuff the way you want to without problems. As long as it isn't a USB mic then you should be fine.
As for audio quality, I'm not sure why it isn't coming out well. Try switching the encoder to something else with a higher bit rate.
Yeah, Dell D620.
When you say "the way you want" do you mean record both voice and speakers through internal mic, or record speakers through CamStudio and mic through recorder?
The audio quality isn't too bad, but I'd have to crank my speakers up a bunch to level out the sound with my voice (or you'd never hear the game) and considering that I generally will be trying to do this after my kids are asleep it would be a lot nicer to use headphones. It's not really an encoder problem sound issue.
Thanks for the replies so far.
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I meant using a headset and CamStudio recording from that mic instead of the internal one. By the sound of it, your internal mic is picking the audio from the speakers and not the actually being recorded by CamStudio at all. Is there anyway to disable the internal mic? That could be one way to get CamStudio to use your headset rather than the internal mic.
Also, if your headset is a USB one, you're SOL. USB mics act as separate audio devices and CamStudio can't capture in game audio while using one to record.
Usually just plugging in a headset/mic/etc is enough to disable the onboard mike in most laptops. Haven't tried a D620 specifically.
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Dell D620 Laptop
Vista Business 32bit
SigmaTel Audio
Sound Recording Devices:
External Mic
Internal Mic
Line In
Stereo Mix (direct audio) (activated in Vista using WinXP drivers)
I'm trying to record Descent 1, which uses DosBox.
I've been using CamStudio, I've downloaded Fraps, but when I hit F9, nothing happens.
I tried having CamStudio record from Stereo Mix to record the game, which works.
However, I cannot have more than 1 device being recorded at the same time. So running recorder set to record my external mic does not work.
If I set CamStudio to record my internal mic, it will pic up both my voice and my speakers, but the audio fades in and out constantly, as it's probably trying to adjust for the noise from my speakers and my voice. It's pretty much unacceptable for a commentary let's play.
Fraps, for some reason, just doesn't seem to work. Perhaps someone may know some more about it. I downloaded the trial, and when I hit F9, nothing happens. I cannot seem to get it to record video. Also, I don't know if it's able to do what I want either, record both Stereo Mix and my external mic simultaneously.
I'm probably going to have to either do a commentary after the fact, or try to set up a secondary computer to record my voice while recording stereo mix of the game.
How do the rest of you record a let's play with commentary? Maybe it's just my audio card?
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