When the 'Line in' or 'Mic' option is selected, debut will record the audio that is connected to the 'line in' or 'Mic' port on the back of the pc if you ahve this option selected to record the sound from this device in the options.
If there is no audio connected to this socket, debut will not record anything.
If you are trying to record sound from streaming video on your computer, you would need to use a stereo mix option (if your sound card supports this), or for most cases you can connect a male to male 3.5 inch stereo cable from the speaker output on the computer to the 'line in' port, this will cause the audio to go out through the speaker port, then back in through the line in where it will be recorded.
How to enable the "Wave Out mix" ("Stereo Mix", "Record What you hear") in Windows 7/Vista
Go to the Control panel and double click the "Sound".
Select the "Recording" tab
Right click on the background of the tab and select "Show Disabled Devices"
Find the "Wave Out mix" ("Stereo Mix", "Record What you hear") item, right click on it and select Enable.
How to enable the "Wave Out mix" ("Stereo Mix", "Record What you hear") in Windows XP
Click start -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices -> Advanced Button (first one).
This will open the sound control panel.
Click options -> Properties -> select your input mixer device. (sound card input) [on my computer i select Realtek HD Audio Input]
Now you want to select the option to "adjust volume for recording", then you should be able to put a tick next to the "stereo mix" volume control.
Now push OK.
This will now show you the volume control panel. if you untick the mute button for the "stereo mix" volume, it should then enable stereo mix for you.
Otherwise the other way that you can record streaming audio through your computer is to use 'SoundTap'.
Soundtap can record the audio streamed through your system while also recording the audio from the microphone. Soundtap install a virtual audio driver to do this and that is why it doesn't need to use the stereo mix option like debut.
Thankyou
I had a similar, but not identical situation, while trying to capture of a DVD video for my mobile. When I captured a segment of video to test my setup and I went to play it back in the player window, I got the video but not the audio. So I tried the various things previously noted re inputs/outputs etc. Then I realized that the Vu meters at the bottom of the Debut Video Capture window were active during recording. So, after many frustrating attempts with all the in/out configurations, I went to try one of the captured test vids in DivX player. Presto....I had sound and video.
The real problem appears to be that THE PLAYER IN THE POP-UP WINDOW DOES NOT PLAY AUDIO!
It seems that we've all been chasing our tails. I don't know if this is a feature or a defect.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else avoid hours of frustration. Other than that, the proggy works just great.
recording video, but no sound
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I had a similar, but not identical situation, while trying to capture of a DVD video for my mobile. When I captured a segment of video to test my setup and I went to play it back in the player window, I got the video but not the audio. So I tried the various things previously noted re inputs/outputs etc. Then I realized that the Vu meters at the bottom of the Debut Video Capture window were active during recording. So, after many frustrating attempts with all the in/out configurations, I went to try one of the captured test vids in DivX player. Presto....I had sound and video.
The real problem appears to be that THE PLAYER IN THE POP-UP WINDOW DOES NOT PLAY AUDIO!
It seems that we've all been chasing our tails. I don't know if this is a feature or a defect.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else avoid hours of frustration. Other than that, the proggy works just great.