Is there such software as this?

[Delitus]

Is there a software which can directly record sounds which come out of your speakers? I want to record a BGM from a game to an MP3 file.

 

[elkinm]

What exactly do you mean. Do you want to record sounds coming from the system?

You can change the record source in the windows volume control to record from wave or stereo mixer or whatever you have and record directly from the system. Then any program that can record from a microphone will be able to record. You can try the windows sound recorder for very low quality recording.

I personally use Cakewalk Pro Audio or something like that with is much higher quality and sample rate and can save in multiple formats including mp3 and it can record from multiple sources at the same time, but it is not free.

Another way would be to use a path-through cable from the speaker out directly to the microphone plug and do it that way but you will have some quality loss that way but you do guarantee that you will record exactly what you would hear from the speakers.

 

[mundane]

I've been using some assorted programs that capture the Mixer Out as a large .WAV file, which I can then break / edit / compress. It sound like this will be running in the background, and I don't know how small of a footprint you'll find. For example, (as mentioned above) you can use audacity, set it to record from Wave Out Mix, and then capture the audio that is currently playing to the speakers. I don't think you'll hit a quality issue until you decide to encode - the programs I've used all record the audio as uncompressed .wavs.

 

[Noid]

Try MODplug Player first.

 

[Delitus]

Thanks for all the replies! I'll stick with Audacity for now.