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    VAIO- How to record audio from Sound card?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by avmaxfan, Sep 29, 2011.

  1. avmaxfan

    avmaxfan Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys,

    Can anyone tell me if there is any way I can download audio from sound card ? I can do it just fine on my desktop, but on my laptop no sound recorder program works. :(
    The option seems missing in the Sony drivers.
    Is there any workaround ?
    Thanks in advance
     
    avmaxfan, Sep 29, 2011
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  2. anytimer

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    Does this work for you? Never needed it myself, so don't know for sure.

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    anytimer, Sep 29, 2011
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  3. coolguy

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    Anytimer, the OP is talking about "Stereo Mix", where the sound card directly records whatever is being fed to it.

    Try a different non Sony audio driver. You can try Audacity Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
     
    coolguy, Sep 29, 2011
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    Ah! I see. Thanks coolguy for clearing things up. :)
     
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  5. avmaxfan

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    Yes Stereo Mix

    I tried Audacity but it does not work either, and I tried using Windows Default drivers also but nothing.

    Do you recommend download drivers from the Realtek Website ?
     
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    Audacity works for me.

    What is your selected recording device in Audacity? MME>Microsoft sound mapper and Windows Direct Sound>Primary sound capture both work.

    What do you want to record from? What are you playing the media in?
     
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  7. avmaxfan

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    Youtube, some other streaming audio etc.


    Yes I have the same Recording device selected but when I try to record I get an error "Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and project sample rate :(
     
    avmaxfan, Sep 29, 2011
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  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

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    Many manufacturers have purposely disabled the ability to record the mix out of the audio cards. This was done at the behest of the record industry. They pitched a fit that we were stealing their "intellectual property". (Somehow it doesn't feel right to use the words intellectual and record industry in the same sentence.) If you mess around with it enough you can get Audacity to do what you want. But there is a much easier way, not elegant but it works.

    Get a Y cable with two male ends and one female end. Plug the two male ends into the headphone out jack and the mic input jack. Plug a pair of speakers into the female end of the Y cable. Voilà', a quick and dirty defeat of the manufacturer's attempt to keep us from recording the output from our machines.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Sep 30, 2011
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  9. avmaxfan

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    Can someone tell me what universal audio driver is ?
     
    avmaxfan, Sep 30, 2011
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    I'm using Realtek High Definition Audio 6.0.1.6028. No problems recording using Audacity and Youtube on Firefox.
     
    anytimer, Sep 30, 2011
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  11. coolguy

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    You can get the driver directly from Realtek.
     
    coolguy, Sep 30, 2011
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