Talking on skype (internet phone).... how do I record???

[wacki]

I'm getting tutored over the internet phone and I want to record my conversations. It's long distance so we are using skype. Anyone suggest the best way to record?

 

[wacki]

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[krackato]

I'm pretty sure there's no easy way to do it. Skpe hasn't installed the functionality to do so supposedly due to the threat of lawsuits because people might not know they're being recorded. One of the guys on the Skype forum figured out a crazy hack where you install 2 administrator accounts, use a program called virtual audio cables, and do a 3 way call with 2 skype clients and it worked pretty well when I tested it. But it was so cumbersome that I only used it once. Very, very annoying that there's nothing available for recording conversations. I've told several people there's quite a bit a money to be made if someone was to write a program that did just that and sold it for like $20.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: krackato
I'm pretty sure there's no easy way to do it. Skpe hasn't installed the functionality to do so supposedly due to the threat of lawsuits because people might not know they're being recorded. One of the guys on the Skype forum figured out a crazy hack where you install 2 administrator accounts, use a program called virtual audio cables, and do a 3 way call with 2 skype clients and it worked pretty well when I tested it. But it was so cumbersome that I only used it once. Very, very annoying that there's nothing available for recording conversations. I've told several people there's quite a bit a money to be made if someone was to write a program that did just that and sold it for like $20.

I'm on it man.

 

[wacki]

Originally posted by: JackBurton

Originally posted by: krackato
I'm pretty sure there's no easy way to do it. Skpe hasn't installed the functionality to do so supposedly due to the threat of lawsuits because people might not know they're being recorded. One of the guys on the Skype forum figured out a crazy hack where you install 2 administrator accounts, use a program called virtual audio cables, and do a 3 way call with 2 skype clients and it worked pretty well when I tested it. But it was so cumbersome that I only used it once. Very, very annoying that there's nothing available for recording conversations. I've told several people there's quite a bit a money to be made if someone was to write a program that did just that and sold it for like $20.

I'm on it man.

I'll buy the first copy.

 

[EpsiIon]

Google OpD2D. It's a simple program that takes whatever your soundcard plays and saves it as a .wav. Then convert the .wav to whatever compressed format you wish and you're done. Free and not too much of a hassle.

 

[abaez]

Does it record what goes into mic/line in? If not it wouldn't work for what he says though, only what the person he is talking to is saying.

 

[wacki]

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[TechnoPro]

I bought one of these which lets me talk on Skype from any normal phone, a cordless in my case. Calls can be both placed from and recieved from the normal phone. I am therefore not bound to the PC when I want to chat on the phone.

Software like this easily records the calls as .WAV or .MP3 files.

Let me know if you have questions.

 

[jkoon]

Surely there is an easy way to record this right? I thought that?s what the guys at www.thisweekintech.com were using to do their weekly show when it first started. But maybe I?m crazy (or they were doing a lot more work behind the scenes than I knew about).

 

[wacki]

Originally posted by: TechnoPro
I bought one of these which lets me talk on Skype from any normal phone, a cordless in my case. Calls can be both placed from and recieved from the normal phone. I am therefore not bound to the PC when I want to chat on the phone.

Software like this easily records the calls as .WAV or .MP3 files.

Let me know if you have questions.

Hmmmm.....

this might get the job done. It won't be the prettiest way to do it, but it might work. Still if anyone has a better idea I'm all ears.