2011-05-12, 06:12 PM
So I've been doing quite a bit of research on obtaining sound from desktop video recording. Generally, to do this, one would enable What U Hear recorder if you have a Sound Blaster hardware, or for most other sound cards, stereo mix. I apparently don't have stereo mix. Or a Sound Blaster sound card.
Option 1: Get a loopback connector. Cheap little bastard, and I heard this is guaranteed to get desktop sound recorded. The downside to this is that I'll be doing stuff deaf while recording whatever I want with sound in the video if I don't have another sound output jack. And I don't have that.
Option 2: Get a sound card with stereo mix. This is the most desirable option, but the problem is I'm not sure how to tell which sound cards have stereo mix, other than Sound Blaster. Apparently the cheapest sound cards with this are $10, but the cheapest Sound Blaster card is $25, courtesy of newegg's sale ending on the 16th. If I should go this route, I will need to do more research on the ins and outs of sound card hardware, such as whether I should be concerned with magnetic interference.
Option 3: Get software to do this shyt for me. They aren't free, I haven't found one that's even close to the prices from option 2 unfortunately. Unless I'm really stupid or something. At any rate, I don't really know how these things do it. Apparently Fraps taps into the audio stream before it reaches the sound chip on the MOBO, which explains how it gets its sound, but sadly it does not record the desktop.
Option 1: Get a loopback connector. Cheap little bastard, and I heard this is guaranteed to get desktop sound recorded. The downside to this is that I'll be doing stuff deaf while recording whatever I want with sound in the video if I don't have another sound output jack. And I don't have that.
Option 2: Get a sound card with stereo mix. This is the most desirable option, but the problem is I'm not sure how to tell which sound cards have stereo mix, other than Sound Blaster. Apparently the cheapest sound cards with this are $10, but the cheapest Sound Blaster card is $25, courtesy of newegg's sale ending on the 16th. If I should go this route, I will need to do more research on the ins and outs of sound card hardware, such as whether I should be concerned with magnetic interference.
Option 3: Get software to do this shyt for me. They aren't free, I haven't found one that's even close to the prices from option 2 unfortunately. Unless I'm really stupid or something. At any rate, I don't really know how these things do it. Apparently Fraps taps into the audio stream before it reaches the sound chip on the MOBO, which explains how it gets its sound, but sadly it does not record the desktop.