Audio capture

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Revision as of 13:37, 19 September 2017 by Mchehraz (talk | contribs) (Notes)

You can record audio from any recording or playback device or both. This includes microphone input or output of speakers. Select an audio device by Primary Audio or Secondary Audio button in Main View.

Figure 1: Playback (Primary) devices


Figure 1: Recording (Secondary) devices


To enable recording a playback device (e.g. Speakers):

  1. In the main view, click Primary Audio button to open selection menu.
  2. Select an audio device from the selection menu.
  3. Click Record button to start recording.


To enable recording a recording device (e.g. Microphone):

  1. In the main view, click Secondary Audio button to open selection menu.
  2. Select an audio device from the selection menu.
  3. Click Record button to start recording.

Notes

  • List of input devices may vary depending on your hardware.
  • To record the default device, select <default> from selection menu.
  • To disable audio recording, select <none> from selection menu.
  • If both primary and secondary devices are selected, Screenbits mixes both audio streams into a single audio track.
  • Bit-rate, sample-rate and number of channels of the output are configurable from Audio Settings.

Supported formats

Screenbits supports recording the following audio formats:

  • 1 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz
  • 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz
  • 1 channel, 16 bit, 48000 Hz
  • 2 channel, 16 bit, 48000 Hz
  • 1 channel, 16 bit, 96000 Hz
  • 2 channel, 16 bit, 96000 Hz
  • 1 channel, 16 bit, 192000 Hz
  • 2 channel, 16 bit, 192000 Hz

If you attempt to record an audio device with an unsupported format, an error message pops up asking you to select a different format for the device.

To change the default format of an audio device:

  1. Select Settings from Recording menu to open Settings view.
  2. From Input section under the Audio tab, click Configure to open sound settings.
  3. Right click on name of the device in list under the Playback or Recording tab and click Properties.
  4. From Default Format section under the Advanced Tab select one of the supported formats above.
  5. Click OK to apply changes to the device properties


Figure 2: Audio Format - Sound settings