Can someone "please" help me with recording VOIP?

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On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:26:05 GMT, John Doe <[email protected]>
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Bob Brown INC. <sillyspammers bots.dumb> wrote:

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1. Scroll up. Clearly I wasn't replying to you.

2. You attracted an obsessed troll (JAD).

3. You are going off on a tangent.

Calm down and learn how to read a thread.
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I'm just so upset that something this simple is this hard. Hell, I've
built a dozen computers and can't do this?
 
To record you need a sound card driver, user interface
control panel that supports recording from the "mixer", all
output recording. Maybe your driver UI has this
functionality, or maybe if you're using windows' driver you
can get the full chipset driver that will afford this
functionality.
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I've tried using the drivers for the sound card, then only use the
default winXp sound abilities. It doesn't work either way.

This seems to be a software/setting issue to me since I clearly have
holes in the sound card for such a headset.

I'm just a tad angry since I can't figure this out.
 
Have you asked Yahoo whether Voice software
prevents recording the other party's voice for the
obvious legal reasons?
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Have you tried 'Total Recorder'? May do what you need.
 
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:53:15 -0500, Frank McCoy <[email protected]>
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Hmmm ... I'm thinking you got the Linux version.
With XP, when installed, you should get a program called Audacity.exe;
generally in the C:\Program Files\Audacity directory.

There should also be a audacity-1.2-help.htb help-file, a licence.txt
file, and some uninstall stuff.
You might also find some subdirectories for plugins, languages, and
other stuff.

The file you installed with should have been something like:
audacity-win-1.2.4b.exe; which would have created all the above.
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Hey Frank.

Someone in this thread suggested I go and download a file at this
location: http://oreka.sourceforge.net/download/
It installed [2] items
1.Orkaudio
2.WinPcap

Obviously that had to be the wrong url since that install does nothing
for me.

I did a search for the Audacity and found the following URL
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

I downloaded and installed the windows version.
No matter which input/output source I choose it still will not record
the voices coming through the ear piece??

I'm willing to try another, or 100, more downloads if you have a
suggestion. I'm losing my mind at this point.

thanks
 
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:36:09 GMT, John Doe <[email protected]>
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Bob Brown INC. <sillyspammers bots.dumb> wrote:

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If it's that big of a deal, get professional help.
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You've never expressed frustration with hardware/software conflicts???
 
Audacity was the program I was about to suggest using ....

I downloaded that program and installed it. It makes no sense, their
doesn't seem to be a program to "run"?
Just some references to folders with more files with no sense it seems
as to which once you use.

I'm using winxp, seems this app was written for linux too.

I'm about ready to BURN this headset I bought.
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Audacity was written for Linux and ported to Windows.
Its funnctions are similar to SoundMAX (SOB on ASUS
MBs) i.e. substantially less than Creative software
supplied with Audigy sound cards.

Assuming Voice software will not record both ends
of a phone call (for obvious legal reasons) the user
needs (1) a mixer that displays signals for both ends
of the phone call, (2) a sound recorder that writes to
file the mixer output.

Of course if a PC has SOB and the user adds a
better audio card he must also disable SOB via BIOS.
(That's what I did when the ASUS SoundMAX circuit
simply died and I installed an Audigy card.)
 
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Bob Brown INC.
On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:53:15 -0500, Frank McCoy <[email protected]>
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Hmmm ... I'm thinking you got the Linux version.
With XP, when installed, you should get a program called Audacity.exe;
generally in the C:\Program Files\Audacity directory.

There should also be a audacity-1.2-help.htb help-file, a licence.txt
file, and some uninstall stuff.
You might also find some subdirectories for plugins, languages, and
other stuff.

The file you installed with should have been something like:
audacity-win-1.2.4b.exe; which would have created all the above.
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Hey Frank.

Someone in this thread suggested I go and download a file at this
location: http://oreka.sourceforge.net/download/
It installed [2] items
1.Orkaudio
2.WinPcap

Obviously that had to be the wrong url since that install does nothing
for me.

I did a search for the Audacity and found the following URL
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

I downloaded and installed the windows version.
No matter which input/output source I choose it still will not record
the voices coming through the ear piece??

I'm willing to try another, or 100, more downloads if you have a
suggestion. I'm losing my mind at this point.

thanks
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OK ... NEXT, double click on the selections in Audacity to see what
inputs it gives you. I have:
Aux
Video
CD Player
Line-In
Mic
Stereo Mixer

After that, double click on your sound control (The speaker icon on your
taskbar) and see which of the inputs/output that muting will stop or
start what you want going to your speakers.

Ideally, you want THAT input as input to Audacity.
However, my guess is that you probably have Wave as the desired input
.... and that's not listed on Audacity. ;-{

To do that however, might take some finagling.
Here's a website I found that tells how to fool the system several
different ways for Audacity:
http://www.podcastalley.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130245

Who knows?
Some of those solutions might just work for other sound recorders other
than Audacity.

Mapping one sound-source over to another, or the output as a fake input
would probably work; though that last is liable to make for feedback.
 
Well guys I fixed it finally. I can now record the whole phone
conversation.

Amazingly it was a piece of software no one here ever mentioned, no
biggie.

Thanks for all of you trying to help me out.

Have a nice century.
 
Bob said:
Well guys I fixed it finally. I can now record the whole phone
conversation.

Amazingly it was a piece of software no one here ever mentioned, no
biggie.

Thanks for all of you trying to help me out.

Have a nice century.
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We cannot admire the ultimate cleverness of your solution, if
you don't tell us what it is.
 
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:35:15 -0400, Paul <[email protected]> Let
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We cannot admire the ultimate cleverness of your solution, if
you don't tell us what it is.
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Not what I'd call a home run solution, it's called "vEmotion"
It has some cripple to it but it's the only thing that has worked for
me.

How can I complain?
 
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:18:12 GMT, John Doe <[email protected]>
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We have his forgiveness, what more is there?
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I thanked you and everyone for trying to help me. What is left?

Why do I get the feeling no matter how mean/nice you are in these
newsgroups people will kick your teeth out as a parting gift?
 
Bob said:
On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:35:15 -0400, Paul <[email protected]> Let
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Not what I'd call a home run solution, it's called "vEmotion"
It has some cripple to it but it's the only thing that has worked for
me.

How can I complain?
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The reason I ask, is I'm still trying to track down how audio works,
and whether to do what you're trying to do, takes a program inserting
a shim in the audio stack, or there is a more direct way to do it.
Info on audio, that anyone can understand, is hard to find. At
the hardware level, there is only so much you can do, because there
are a limited number of ADCs and DACs. And occasionally, some DRM
issue, makes things tougher than it has to be (like finding a working
SPDIF input).

Paul
 
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On Sun, 01 Jul 2007 05:18:12 GMT, John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid>
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I thanked you and everyone for trying to help me.
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Looks to me like you are forgiving everybody for not actually helping
you, that's what "no biggie" means.
Why do I get the feeling no matter how mean/nice you are in these
newsgroups people will kick your teeth out as a parting gift?
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You think you deserve something for asking a question.

Yes, asking a question is an art, IMO, so is accepting whatever
answer, if any, you might receive. The main thing to keep in mind is
that nobody gets paid for answering your questions, that nobody owes
you anything (period).

You really should trim your author introduction IMO. Form is important
in a technical help group. If you don't care, well, that's part of
your attitude.

Anyway. I'm glad you found an apparent solution. Good luck.
 
Why do I get the feeling no matter how mean/nice you are in these
newsgroups people will kick your teeth out as a parting gift?
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That's what happens when *you* crosspost to certain groups.
 
I'm using Yahoo's Voice to make/receive phone calls. I would like to
'record' each conversation I have.

I do have the permission of the other people to record these
conversations in case you were curious.

I've searched Google for a long time, seem to find the same programs
but none of them work right.

I am ABLE to record MY voice during the conversation but the other
person's voice doesn't record?

What am I doing wrong?
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Software? Anything?
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Have you tried total recorder. If that won't get it, I'd assume that
Yahoo is making sure you can't do it.
 
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