Dell Inspiron E1505 Sigmatel Audio. Cannot record from line in

Hi,

Can anyone tell me why I cannot record "What I hear" on my new Dell
Inspiron e1505 running WinXP. It has the SigmaTel audio driver, which
has few options. I have never come across a PC that cannot record the
sound being played. I am using DivX player to play the .avi file, and
GoldWave to record the sound.

I have no trouble recording the sound on my desktop PC, using the
same file and software so I feel confident that the problem is with the
Dell E1505.

I have upgraded the audio drivers, and have tried some of the
suggestions I have found in these newsgroups. I have run the Dell
Diagnostic tests with no erros, and ran the audio tests separately. It
only tests being able to record from external mic??? It seems that Dell
has built this POS to not be able to record internally the sound being
sent to the speakers. Is this possible?

Dell support has been useless so far............

Thanks for your help.

Why record the sound being played by a recorder,in WMP you'd simply
click file,then in the drop down menu,save as,save to desired location.If
youre
trying to record from the sound hardware on the pc,R.click the speaker by the
clock,volume control,properties,select record from playback,then in the
record
menu chk the box for line-in or microphone.Also,you'd have better luck
recording
to WM encoder 9 series.

--------------- Worked on Dell XPS 420 --------------------------------
Hi
I'm an Korean, so I can't speak English VERY fluently - but I can read all of the posts and I am understanding the problem. (If I have few spelling mistakes, if so, please just pass it on.)

From google search, I found that Computer makers (ex: sony) are shutting down 'stereo mix'

to prevent illegal recording - (maybe like songs from iTunes or something : songs that have DRM(non copyable music files). (so, people are just turning on the song, and record it, and make it to a free-DRM file.))

So, some notebook makers disabled recording from computer's direct streaming audio.

-> Like you said, It is not a hardware problem, because it works fine on XP - it means that exTongue TiedONY has blocked 'stereo mix' somehow on their pre-installed Vista.

Here is my help.

Before you start anything, turn on a music file - raise your volumes up and up!!!!

Test if sound is coming out of your speakers!! (If not, your speaker is a problem)

Download Virtual Audio Cable (search google or something - it is not a freeware - but try it first, then find a crack)

Install Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) on your computer.

(When installing ---- Vista -> Popup named like "do you want to install this driver?" (red letters) pops out -> click ok or something, you NEED to install the driver)

Taskbar -> Go to the playback devices (right-click the speaker icon) - Select the 'Playback' tab.

There will be a new option named 'Line 1' or 'VAC 1' or SOMETHING that is similar like this.

Make that 'Line 1' Default. (There is a button named 'Set Default' below the window.)

Close all programs (specially programs that have sound - itunes, realplayer, windows media player)

Then, run the program Audio Repeater (Included in the VAC that you installed- search the start->all programs or the search program files in CSmile


Set 'Wave in' to 'Line 1'

Set 'Wave out' to "SPEAKER" (or your computer's original default selection - mine is Vaio VGN-CR220E and it is named 'Speaker/HP', so select this)

After this, click 'Start' tab below.

Then, turn on any music(ex: an mp3 file- a long one should be good so you can test on it) on your computer.

You should hear the sound from your speaker.

NOW, If you want to record this mp3 stream, just follow the bottom part.

You will see 'Line 1' on the recording tab. (Go to sound manager (right-click the speaker icon on your taskbar-> recording devices) -> 'Recording' tab -> make 'Line 1' Default)


Run Audacity (or any recording programs)

Run Audacity -> Edit -> Preferences -> Audio I/O tab -> See 'Recording' and make 'device' into 'Line 1'


Enjoy Recording computer's stereo!



p.s

Here is the problem -> you have to make Audio Repeater to the above settings every time you reboot, so

use it only when you need it! (So, : After Recording stereo from computer, change back to the normal notebook's settings)


Thanks for reading - hope it will work,
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[ziddharta9]

Thank You! Great reply! Clear and consise.