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BVE => BVE/OpenBVE Support => Topic started by: Mkoyf on April 13, 2013, 10:58:12 pm

Title: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Mkoyf on April 13, 2013, 10:58:12 pm

hello
whenever i record bve with fraps/bandicam the volume is extremely low to a point where u just hear the ding dong. while on the speakers the volume is high(can be even higher).
how do i fix this? its really frustrating posting utube videos without sound

thanks

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: AyooDess on April 14, 2013, 12:20:51 am

For Fraps, in the Movies tab, I checked Record Win7 sound and marked "Stereo". Just make sure "Record external input" it isn't checked and dont record an external input called "Stereo Mix".

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Mkoyf on April 14, 2013, 08:46:27 am

i have windows xp
ill try turning off steereo mix
thanks

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: AyooDess on April 14, 2013, 10:48:16 am

Yeah then I think it should say "Record WinXP sound".

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: smoshiscool on April 15, 2013, 04:17:05 pm

Instead, use Hypercam.

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Mkoyf on April 15, 2013, 04:42:38 pm

Will the sound work?!

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Nicholas Blonski on April 15, 2013, 09:34:27 pm

Hypercam does not record sound. If your computer can not handle Fraps or Bandicam, use Camtasia Studio. But if you are having a sound issue with Fraps, make sure "Record Win7 sound is checked, "Stereo" is checked, and "Record external output is unchecked. Those are my settings, and they work for me. If it still doesn't work for you, it might be the general audio settings on your computer.

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Mkoyf on April 16, 2013, 05:13:24 pm

on the bandicam menu what do i say for th following

audio:
channels_________
frequency________
codec____________
bitrate___________

thanks

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Gong Gahou on April 17, 2013, 04:17:07 am

Experiment with those audio settings to find out what suits you best. Click on the drop-down menu for each to see what options you have. You can go for high sound quality by using higher settings, or you could go for low sound quality (to save some space) by using lower settings. It's up to you.

For simplicity (and this is what i do too), if you have MP3 files then you could just use the settings on the mp3 files and set them for Bandicam audio. The settings that I currently use are bolded/mentioned below.

• Channels: Only two options - stereo or mono. Stereo will sound better.
• Frequency: Many of my mp3 files will display frequency as 44100 Hz, so that's what i use. The higher the frequency, the better the sound quality, but you probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Highest value is 48000.
• Codec: There might be more, I don't know, but I only have only two options - MPEG-1 L2 and PCM. PCM is uncompressed audio and so should sound the best out of whatever options are available.
• Bitrate: I use the setting on a mp3 file for this. Some common values are 128, 192, and 320. Higher bitrates mean better sound quality, but like frequency you might not hear the difference unless you listen carefully.

Title: Re: FRAPS Bandicam Issue
Post by: Dj Hammers on April 17, 2013, 07:40:01 am

Be careful using PCM as an audio codec. It makes file sizes massive in a long recording