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[FluffyToast J]

So lately I've been wanting to do a video Let's Play. Only problem is, I have no idea which program I should use. From what I've seen, most capture programs only record either speakers or microphone, not both. I can use Audacity to record my voice and the capture program to record my game+sounds.

I downloaded CamStudio to see what I could do, and it wont record sounds from my computer, only microphone. It says something like its missing a noise line or something.

Any help?

Edit: Changed title to accurately reflect my need.

[Walliard]

Are you using a USB microphone/headset?

[FluffyToast J]

Yes, but thats not the problem. Unless you're going somewhere else with this.

The problem is it wont record sound from the computer, not my headset.

[Walliard]

I am actually, as I've hit this same problem myself.

To record sound from the speakers, you have to record from the sound device they're hooked up to; i.e., the sound card. However, since you're talking into a mic, the primary sound device will be the USB headset and most audio programs only record from the primary device.

As I see it, there are three solutions to this problem:
1) Record commentary separately from gameplay.
2) Use a non-USB mic, if available.
3) Get a program which can record from a non-primary line.

#3 is obviously the best solution, but I haven't been able to find any freeware software that fits the bill. GoldWave has a trial version with a limitation of 2000 "actions" (I think), but once you get the hang of it you can setup, record and save a clip with just a handful of actions.

Now that I think about it, this is probably unrelated to your CamStudio problem, since the same thing happens to me even if I take the USB headset out of the equation. For audio recording and editing, I'd recommend Audacity, with VirtualDub for recording video and/or combining the video with audio. Be warned, as the latter's interface can be labyrithnine at first.

[Teferi]

Actually you also need to get Stereo Mix* as the default recording item

*Stereo Mix is also called "What you hear", etc.