Software for recording game audio only?
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Software for recording game audio only?
Does anyone know of a simple utility for recording game audio? I'm not looking to record video, just the audio in a nice, clean (preferably multi-channel) format. Audacity won't work (for whatever reason, it won't accept the output to my headset as an input.)
I'd normally ask this on the software subreddit where hundreds of people could see it, but it's closed.
I'd normally ask this on the software subreddit where hundreds of people could see it, but it's closed.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Deoends what you mean by simple, but OBS Studio will do that.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Audio only? I was under the impression that it only did video.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:46 pm Deoends what you mean by simple, but OBS Studio will do that.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
You can save to MP4 and use a 3rd party extraction tool to pull the audio as MP3 or wav or whatever.Blackhawk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:51 pmAudio only? I was under the impression that it only did video.LawBeefaroni wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:46 pm Deoends what you mean by simple, but OBS Studio will do that.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Yeah, and I have in the past (I already run Shadowplay to record video), but it gets cumbersome to have to sit there and process each and every file, which usually results in me getting a big pile of video files that need processed. It's not a priority or immediate project, so it tends to discourage me from messing with it. That's why I've been looking for something that will just record the audio. I mean, simple audio recorders aren't exactly new tech, it's just that they seem to have trouble recording from games while you are listening to them without weird workarounds (like taking a male-male audio cable and connecting your speaker output jack to the audio input jack, which then prevents you from hearing the audio yourself.)
I don't need to control it from in game (although that would be awesome), but just being able to alt-tab, hit record, go back in, alt-tab, hit stop and save the file would be great.
I don't need to control it from in game (although that would be awesome), but just being able to alt-tab, hit record, go back in, alt-tab, hit stop and save the file would be great.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Yeah, but apparently it's having issues with the USB-to-RF connection of my Logitech G Pro headset.hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:21 pmdid you try settting it to loopback/[insert OS here] audio? that's what i normally do. (my main use case is recording streaming audio from music websites)
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
some possible troubleshooting steps here if you haven't tried already:Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:28 pmYeah, but apparently it's having issues with the USB-to-RF connection of my Logitech G Pro headset.hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 1:21 pmdid you try settting it to loopback/[insert OS here] audio? that's what i normally do. (my main use case is recording streaming audio from music websites)
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/record ... r/38322/13
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Have you tried WavePad?
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
I tried a bunch of different troubleshooting options. That particular thread isn't a match to my issue, though.hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:11 pm some possible troubleshooting steps here if you haven't tried already:
https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/record ... r/38322/13
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
If NVIDIA, GeForce Experience. I know it records everything, but you can always extract the audio separately. Just set the video to very low bitrate.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Kasey Chang wrote: ↑Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:29 pm If NVIDIA, GeForce Experience. I know it records everything, but you can always extract the audio separately. Just set the video to very low bitrate.
Shadowplay is GeForce Experience.
The hassle of extraction is what I'm trying to eliminate from the process.
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Re: Software for recording game audio only?
Try virtual audio cable?
https://vb-audio.com/Cable/
You can probably mess with your recording software to make it work, patching the output back a new input source. Then have your recorder take input from that new source.
https://vb-audio.com/Cable/
You can probably mess with your recording software to make it work, patching the output back a new input source. Then have your recorder take input from that new source.
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