How to
record sound (Windows XP)?
AutoScreenRecorder can record sound from the microphone and
speakers. For difference on Vista sound recording,
click here.
Note: If you want to record from
speakers, you need a sound card that supports a feature called "Audio mix", "Wave
Out
Mix", "Stereo Mix", or "What you hear". Click the "Sound Options" button on the "From" tab, and click "Choose
From Microphone or Speaker", and make sure to select the "Audio mix", "Stereo
mix", "Wave out mix", "What you hear" or "What U
hear", not "Microphone".
We use "Wave Out
Mix" in this example, that could be any of "Audio mix", "Wave
out
mix", "Stereo Mix", or "What you hear".
(1) Click the Sound Options
button on the "From" tab to show the "Sound Recording Options" dialog box.
(2) Choose From Microphone or, Speakers
Check "Select an Audio Input Device", the following recording control
dialog should appear.
Step #1: Check the title. If it is "Recording Control", check this.
Note: If you don't see a "Select" checkbox under each type, it means when
it is visible on "Recording Control", it is selected. Do not check
"Mute".
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If you don't see a "Wave Out Mix", go to Step #3.
Step #2: Check the title. If it is not "Recording Control":
Choose "Properties" from the Options menu.
Step #3: Check "Mixer device", choose "Recording" and select "Wave Out Mix".
On the "Properties" dialog, make sure to find Mixer device at the
top, choose
"Recording" radio box and check "Wave Out Mix" (again, could be
any of "Audio Mix", "Stereo
Mix" or "What you hear").
If your sound card doesn't support "Wave Out Mix", you may be able to use
"Line In" to record from speakers, or simply place
your mic close to your speaker and record from Mic.
Select "Line In" as shown above and plug in a
cable in the "Line In"
and "Line Out (Speakers)" connector.
The cable (cord) is a standard stereo mini jacks, or the equivalent
that you can find in your local electronic stores. Here is an example
of Dell Dimension.
Note: when recording,
you may not hear any sound because Line Out is connected to Line In.
However, you will hear sound when played back ( Line Out is output to speakers).
(3) Test sound recording
Click to run Windows Sound Recorder to test your recording. This is what you
will record.
Use Media Control Interface (MCI) recording
Check to use MCI
commands to perform Microphone voice recording. This way may give better sound
quality in some systems. You can compare by checking and un-checking the option
to see if your system makes difference. If so, you may want to consider using
this option.
For more manual setup guide, click below:
What's
special on Windows Vista & 7 sound recording?
Recording sound on Windows Vista is a little bit
different from the previous Windows versions due to the Vista sound
feature changes. However, the fundamentals remain the same in
AutoScreenRecorder Pro. It is important to make sure that you have the
latest drivers installed for your sound card.
Here are the major differences from the above steps,
(2) Choose From Microphone or Speaker
Check "Choose From Microphone or Speaker", the following Sound
dialog should appear (make sure it's the "Recording" tab).
First, right-click anywhere in the blank white area of
the window to display the "Show Disabled Devices" context menu. Select
"Show Disabled Devices".
The default recording device is the one with a check mark.
If you want to change, highlight the device item and click the "Set
Default" button.
E.g. in this example, the first microphone is selected
(your system may have more than one mic, say, one with a headphone at
the front panel and one in the back).
Again, as the same note in the
previous guide above, if you want to record from speakers, you need a
sound card that supports a feature called "Audio mix", "Wave out mix",
"Stereo Mix", "What U hear" or "What you hear". Right
click on that entry and choose
"Enable".
Here is an example of list. You can select the "Stereo Mix" and enable, and
then click the "Set Default" button to record from the speakers.
If your sound card doesn't support "audio mix",
"stereo mix", as
shown in the first picture of this guide, you may be able to use
"Line In" to record from speakers.
Select "Line In" as shown above and click "Set Default"
to make it the default device. Then, plug in a cable in the "Line In"
and "Line Out" connector.
The
cable (cord) is a standard stereo mini jacks, or the equivalent that
you can find in your local electronic stores.
Here is an example.
Note: for some PCs, if
you plug in a headphone set in the front, as in Dell 9200, the line
out will be cut off automatically. So, don't plug in a headphone when
recording from speakers using line-in, line-out.
(3) Test Microphone if recording from mic
Click to run Vista Sound Recorder to test your microphone.
How to record
a movie / video screen?
Some systems have graphics hardware which can
do a hardware overlay of video on the screen that can bypasses the normal
Windows display. As a result, recording may be all black. In order to
record movie and video screens, here are the steps to correct,
(1) If you still cannot see the capture after pausing the movie and
setting the focus, uncheck "Overlays" in your player.
(2) Reduce or Disable "Hardware Acceleration" in your player
and record again.
[Media Player] Change the "Hardware Acceleration" slider to None
on the following dialog box.
[Media Player 6.4 and earlier]
View>Options>Playback
[Media Player 7 to 10] Tools>Options>Performance
[Media Player 11] Now Playing>More Options>Performance
[RealPlayer] Open View>Preferences.
On the "Performance" tab, uncheck "Use optimized video
display".
[QuickTime5]
Edit>Preferences>QuickTime Preferences... Select "Video Settings"
from the drop down list and uncheck "Enable DirectDraw Acceleration".
(3) If you still cannot see the video, disable your machine hardware acceleration
and record again.
[Windows 98] Open "System" on the Control Panel. Click the
"Graphics..." button on the
"Performance" tab. Change the "Hardware acceleration"
slider to None and click OK.
[Windows NT 4] Open "System" on the Control Panel. On the
"Performance" tab, change the "Boost"
slider to None and click OK. [Windows
2000/XP] Open "Display" on the Control Panel. Click the
"Advanced..." button on the "Settings" tab. Find the
"Troubleshooting" tab and change the "Hardware
acceleration" slider to None and click OK.
You may need to restart Windows to take effect.
Since disabling hardware
acceleration will slow down many applications, you may want to put the
settings back after recording.
Note: Some DVD players require hardware acceleration to show, so it may
not be possible to record if it's played from a DVD player.
How to trim my recorded video?
You can use the Video Editor to trim your
AVI video frame by frame.
(1) Open the AVI into AutoScreenRecorder Video Editor.
(2) Double click the video or click the
Edit button on the toolbar to show the Video Editor Dialog.
(3)
Use the "Selection Slider" to select a part you want to trim,
then click the "Cut Selection" button to trim. You can undo the cut.
E.g. To cut the first 13 frames from an AVI file.
(4) Click "OK" and save it from the Video Editor.
How to extract a part of video, sound and images?
You can use the Video Editor to extract
any part of your video, sound or any frame images.
(1) Open the AVI into AutoScreenRecorder Video Editor.
(2) Double click the video or click the
Edit button on the toolbar to show the Video Editor Dialog.
(3)
Use the "Selection Slider" to select a part you want to trim,
then click the Extract buttons at the bottom.
Note: The "Extract Sound" button will only be
available when the video contains sound.
(4) Click "OK" and save it from the Video Editor.
How
to publish a Flash movie (SWF) to my web page?
[Step 1.
Make sure you get SWF and HTML files]
When the 'Flash' video
was chosen on the 'To' tab, a Flash file, .SWF and .HTML file are
saved in the Video folder after your recording.
Go to the folder and double-click the HTML to run the Flash movie in the browser.
[Step 2. Edit the HTML file if you
need]
If you need to
edit the HTML file, open it using a text, such as Notepad, or HTML editor, such as
Microsoft FrontPage.
In the generated HTML file, you will find the Flash Object and Embed code.
<!-- Flash movie start -->
<OBJECT codebase=....
<PARAM NAME=...
...
<EMBED src=...
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>
This is the part you need to show the Flash movie on a HTML page. You
can copy and paste this whole part to your HTML page. For details, check these
links on the Macromedia site.
Note: If you change the Flash
movie file name, make sure the new name appears in
all locations in the code.
[Step 3. Upload the Flash movie and
HTML page]
Use a regular means to upload your HTML file along with the
Flash movie (SWF)
file. That is, you can FTP your HTML file and Flash movie to your website.
Note: If you put your SWF file
in location other than the folder where the HTML file is in, you need to
assign the relative path to the SWF file.
e.g.
Movie file name is 'my_movie.swf',
uploaded to 'www.mysite.com/mypages/my_files/'
Html file name is 'my_page.htm',
uploaded to 'www.mysite.com/mypages/'
The new movie path in the code
should be 'my_files/my_moive.swf'.
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