Screen Capture with Audio in MC6

[tomatoes.dll]

Alright, I've tried every damned thing I can think to try. Taking a class on Music Production, I have a weekly requirement is a "lesson" we prepared to be evaluated by other students. The best format for most of these presentations is, imo, to do a live walkthrough like the tutorials which come with MC6. The problem is, I have yet to find a successful way to do video screen capture and also capture both the sound coming from MC6 and my microphone input.

The list of programs I've tried, for just one package or separate software to make it work, includes oCam, CamStudio, Virtual Cable, VB Cable, and now, a brand-spankin-new "HiFi Cable ASIO Bridge" unit which I found online. None of these work and, in many cases, they cause me endless problems getting my system to work correctly at all after getting them into things for trial and failure. Even the simple ones like VB Cable and the latest ASIO Bridge thingy cause everything to get stupid. The "cables" show up, but no combination of selections for playback and recording in MC6 works well with them to achieve the final objective.

Does anyone, anyhow, anyway, anywhere know why this is such a problem and why oh why oh why can't one of these seem to work with MC6 and, most importantly, offer some solution I can live with and which won't crash my MC6 for a day while I reconfigure everything under the sun in the program?

I'll love you forever if you have a solution!

[Pte Jack]

The solution you look for is not a cheap one, Camtasia Studio... There may be a free 30 day trial, not sure. As soon as I finish validating MC6T I'll try to give you a demo.

[tomatoes.dll]

Thanks Pte! That would be great. Also, if there is a free trial period, at least I could make sure it works before raking out the dough.

[Pte Jack]

Here, have a look at this...

http://youtu.be/feeZEDY_JW4

[Pte Jack]

This is a full blown editor, you can add pretty much anything your heart desires, multiple videos, zoom in, zoom out, add text, pictures, in separate windows, animate those to fade in and out. I was just showing you that you can have system audio and vo from a mic. It will record screen and webcam at the same time as well. It's a really powerful program. But it is pricy.

[tomatoes.dll]

Well Pte Jack, I downloaded the 30 day evaluation, and already I'm having issues. Don't know if it will work for me or not, because when I hit record it minimizes, and the only way to get control of anything is to then hit F10 to stop the recording. Only I get an error saying the recording could not be stopped, the little control interface pops back up, and there is no saved file anywhere, no preview screen, etc. When I don't hit F10 and try to pull up the control panel manually, everything on it is grayed out, and I cannot interact.

[Pte Jack]

hmmm, The people at TechSmith are pretty good at answering questions, especially if it looks like you are going to seriously buy the product.

Big things are computer specs (especially video and audio cards) and memory. Make sure you have the latest drivers. If your drivers aren't up-to-date, it will cause probs in the recorder and the editor.

The other thing is is setup of the recorder. Tools Options...

I have mine set as
Warn me,
capture layered windows,
Capture Keyboard Input and
Disable Screensaver During Capture. These are all checked on.

Record to is set to .camrec (not .avi) and the file options are ask for file name.

Make sure you set a Temp Folder.

Under inputs, I set the frame rate to 30 and Video Settings are set to Techsmith Screen Codec2 .

I set the compression to Hightest Quality.

Audio works best with a USB type mic, but I use a regular plug in type. I set the audio settings to PCM 48.000 Khz 16 bit Stereo (187 kb/sec)

Set your hotkeys to gain control so that they don't use the same key presses of another program.
For Record/Pause, I use CTL+Shift+Alt+F9,
to stop recording CTL+Shift+Alt+F10,
for screen marking CTL+Shift+Alt+F8.

So if I want to pause the recording, I press CTL+Shift+Alt+F9 then CTL+Shift+Alt+F9 to continue.
To stop the recording and view the camrec before sending it to the editor, CTL+Shift+Alt+F10.

You can stop the recording and send it to the editor from the pause by pressing the Stop button while in pause mode.

Under the programs tab The only thing that is NOT checked is Hide Preview window after recording is stopped.
I have minimize recorder set to always and I minimize it to the Taskbar.

[tomatoes.dll]

Well, the good news is, I did get it working. It took FOREVER, but I pulled it off. Had to do all kinds of settings adjustments in MC6 mostly. In the end, I have to use MME-32 to make it work with Camtasia, and I have to set the recording device to stereo mix, even though I have the system audio set with the USB Codec (my interface) as the default device.

Whatever. It seems to work. On the other hand, I'm having a whole other set of audio issues now that just popped up the other day and are getting worse. Now my input device in MC6 appears in the preferences, shows no issues, records in Camtasia ok, can be monitored through the system and my I/O interface, and, when in ASIO driver mode (the one I normally use), the ASIO4ALL settings panel shows everything ready, able and willing to play/record. However, on any given track, I am unable to select any input device--it doesn't even show up--except for a couple times in WASAPI driver mode later this evening. In other words, suddenly I can't record anything. Jesus this ♥♥♥♥ is a pain in the ass.

PS: Works fine in Reaper, but in MC6 I'm having a million issues suddenly.

[Pte Jack]

Did you buy MC6T through Steam? if Yes, then you might want to verify the local cache files. In Steam Client, Library, All Softwares, Right Click MC6T, Properties, Local Files Tab, Verify Integrity of Application Cache. Let the process finish. This will grab any broken files for MC6T

[tomatoes.dll]

I did not get it through Steam. I have posted another thread about my problem with links to pics, etc. so maybe someone can friggin' help. what a nightmare.

[Pte Jack]

Yeah I saw it, unfortunately I can't help you with those drivers.