The idea of the WASAPI host for recording computer playback is that in the output box of Device Toolbar you need to choose the playback device that you are using - whichever device that when you drag a file into Audacity and play it, lets you listen to the file.
Then you set the input device to the exact same device you chose for output, except it will have (loopback) at the end of its name.
Yes, I did that.
I don’t know what your “Speakers (High Definition Audio)” are - are they built-in speakers? Could you record the music by choosing “Speakers (High Definition Audio)” for output and “Speakers (High Definition Audio) (loopback)” for input, the only problem being the buzz?
And if in Device Toolbar you choose “HF2701 NVIDIA High Definition Audio” for output and “HF2701 NVIDIA High Definition Audio (loopback)” for input, you only record silence, correct?
Gale,
Yes to both of those questions, and it’s a very LOUD, high pitched hum.
Note that you need to set the Windows default playback device to the one from which you are going to attempt the Audacity loopback recording. Right-click over the speaker icon by the system clock, then choose “Playback Devices”. If the device you want to use is not default, right-click over it and choose “Set as Default Device”.
i performed a ‘Test’ on both, and the ‘Speakers (High Definition Audio)’ are my Boston Acoustics speakers, and the ‘HF2701 NVIDIA High Definition Audio’ are the built-in speakers on my monitor. They suck. The 'Speakers (HD Audio) are my default.
Hypnotized wrote:On the back of my tower, there are three in-line inputs. Left to right they are blue, green and a pinkish color.
OK then you can record computer playback by connecting a stereo cable from the green to the blue, and setting the Audacity input to line-in for whatever sound card those inputs are for.
I may have to try this method.
Hypnotized wrote:I’m still hoping to catch it with Audacity for the high bitrate audio quality.
If you download the video then this will be the same quality as the file on the server.
If you record the audio in Audacity you will lose a little quality because the audio will be converted to analogue in order to play the stream then back to digital when it gets recorded into Audacity.
Oh! I see. I was finally able to capture that mp4 and later convert it to mp3 with very little, or no loss of quality using Freemake http://www.freemake.com/. I somehow was able to capture the mp4 when I had Flashgot installed. I ended up downloading it through my Firefox built-in downoad manager, with the help of Flashgot. Sorry, but I’m not quite sure how. I believe it was when I went to Tools/Flashgot/Single Download? Something like that. I don’t really know how exactly how I managed to accomplish that. Sorry. I uninstalled it after that. It was too much hassle. It wasn’t a simple click or two type of operation, or at least not with my browser.
As far as I can see, XPS 400 is quite old, and was originally provided with Windows XP and Windows XP audio drivers.
Dell don’t seem to offer Windows 7 audio drivers for the machine, which makes it harder to work out what are the correct audio drivers you should be using.
Interesting. I suspected that.
Just to note that Audacity as shipped cannot import MP4 files on Windows.
Found that out.
Robert2 wrote:3. On the bottom right corner (on the far right of the Firefox status bar), right-click the FlasGot icon.
That may depend on the Firefox version or preferences. On my machine the icon appears at the right hand end of the Bookmarks toolbar.
Since I use the Google Toolbar in Firefox with the workaround I mentioned, I have no Flashgot icon on my Bookmarks toolbar either. I dropped and dragged it on to my Google toolbar, and whenever I clicked on it, I’d get a dialog box to ‘Run’ the Flashget install, even though I already had both Flashgot and Flashget installed! Go figure! It was weird.
I may purchase the Stereo cable and try that method. It seems to be the only way I can get Audacity to work on my system. Lord knows I’ve tried everything else. You’re awesome, Gale. Can’t thank you enough. You deserve a muffin basket.
Lastly, as requested, here is that Audio Device Info from Audacity Help Section.
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Default capture device number: -1
Default playback device number: 1
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Device ID: 0
Device name: Microsoft Sound Mapper - Output
Host name: MME
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.090000
Low Output Latency: 0.090000
High Input Latency: 0.180000
High Output Latency: 0.180000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 1
Device name: HF207-1 (NVIDIA High Definition
Host name: MME
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.090000
Low Output Latency: 0.090000
High Input Latency: 0.180000
High Output Latency: 0.180000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 2
Device name: Speakers (High Definition Audio
Host name: MME
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.090000
Low Output Latency: 0.090000
High Input Latency: 0.180000
High Output Latency: 0.180000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 3
Device name: Primary Sound Driver
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.120000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.240000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 4
Device name: HF207-1 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.120000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.240000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 5
Device name: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Host name: Windows DirectSound
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.120000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.240000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 6
Device name: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.003000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.010159
Supported Rates:
44100
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Device ID: 7
Device name: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device) (loopback)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0.003000
Low Output Latency: 0.000000
High Input Latency: 0.010159
High Output Latency: 0.000000
Supported Rates:
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Device ID: 8
Device name: HF207-1 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: 0.000000
Low Output Latency: 0.003000
High Input Latency: 0.000000
High Output Latency: 0.010000
Supported Rates:
48000
==============================
Device ID: 9
Device name: HF207-1 (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) (loopback)
Host name: Windows WASAPI
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0.003000
Low Output Latency: 0.000000
High Input Latency: 0.010000
High Output Latency: 0.000000
Supported Rates:
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Selected capture device: 7 - Speakers (High Definition Audio Device) (loopback)
Selected playback device: 6 - Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Supported Rates:
44100
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