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| Message-ID | <MuV63XZXYVlQFwBN@itsound.demon.co.uk> (permalink) |
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| From | Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: Gateway audio configuration |
| References | <k70dts$9so$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
| Date | 2012-11-03 17:36 +0000 |
In message <k70dts$9so$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Don Phillipson <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> writes >What Sound Video and Gaming devices ought to show >on a Gateway NV57H laptop (Win7 SP1) ? > >The practical problem is that I cannot record sound off >the Internet (e.g. BBC radio.) Recording is solely from >the built-in microphone -- as if the mic cannot be switched off >(whether recording via Sound Recorder or Audacity.) > Not sure about that particular laptop, but the general rule with Win 7 machines is to go to Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Sound -> Manage Audio Devices, select the Recording tab, right click on the blank space in the box and check that both Show Disabled Devices and Show disconnected devices are ticked (checked). If Stereo mix or something like it does not show up as a source, then you will have to use a software capture program. I have used an excellent program for years "Total Recorder". It's Canadian, I believe. It is a good value paid for program. There is also a free program that I have used, Freecorder from Applian Technologies, which works OK, although I seem to remember the installation involved fighting a few adverts etc. Google Freecorder and you should see the Applian on and another Freecorder, which may or may not be from the same people. The other essential thing with HD Audio on Windows 7 is that to get good quality, you should set the default sample rate in each Control Panel Tab via properties and Advanced to the sample rate you are using (usually 44.1 for audio sometimes 48kHz for audio with video). If you don't do this, you may be using the Windows 7 inbuilt sample rate converter, which is terrible. Microsoft issued a patch for this problem sample rate converter at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2653312 -- Bill
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Gateway audio configuration "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> - 2012-11-02 08:16 -0400
Re: Gateway audio configuration Bill <Billaboard@gmail.com> - 2012-11-03 17:36 +0000
Re: Gateway audio configuration Don Phillipson <ey925@ncf.SPAMBLOCK.ca> - 2012-11-03 16:39 -0400
Re: Gateway audio configuration wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-11-03 23:57 +0000
Re: Gateway audio configuration "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> - 2012-11-03 21:55 -0400
Re: Gateway audio configuration wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-11-04 08:12 +0000
Re: Gateway audio configuration Bill Holt <bill@itsound.org.uk> - 2012-11-04 14:17 +0000
Re: Gateway audio configuration "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> - 2012-11-05 09:12 -0500
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