Anyone know how to record Skype audio/video?

[Chilli]

This will be on a PC. Preferably a simple and free method.

And yes, I will make the other person aware it is being recorded before recording and have things covered legally. It's for training purposes.

 

[YOCS]

If your looking for a quick / free option try VLC media player it has an option to record. I think under the advanced menu

 

[Xander]

Google shows 1.8 million results on record skype calls. Which have you looked at?

 

[Chilli]

Google shows 1.8 million results on record skype calls. Which have you looked at?

Do you have any idea how many of these are commercial junk? How many are using the skype API which has been abandoned by skype?

Any yes, I did an hour of searching and trying out crap before posting here.

You think being able to google gives you what you are looking for every-time?? You get outdated software, scam software, commercial junk, rip off programs etc. You obviously do not do a lot of googling for software. Especially for plugins to skype

 

[InHomeComputerHelp.com]

Google shows 1.8 million results on record skype calls. Which have you looked at?

I truly mean no offense, especially when you compare my few posts to yours, but I always found it irritating when someone posts a search engine link when I personally ask a question as though I wasn't smart enough to look on Google in the first place.

This could just be me. I could be completely out of line here, but I wanted to share my opinion of answers such as these.

Rick

 

[BrentfromZulu]

Audacity should work.

 

[katz]

I've used Freecorder in the past to record audio, and the software is supposed to do video as well.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Freecorder,0301-33504.html

 

[Xander]

I truly mean no offense, especially when you compare my few posts to yours, but I always found it irritating when someone posts a search engine link when I personally ask a question as though I wasn't smart enough to look on Google in the first place.

This could just be me. I could be completely out of line here, but I wanted to share my opinion of answers such as these.

Rick

Opinions are opinions. Could you show me where I posted a LetMeGoogleThatForYou link? I missed that.

And, OP, you're asking for "simple and free" in a topic where "paid commercial" is the norm. This ranks up there with asking for "simple and free" remote support tools. Don't expect to find a good one with those qualifiers. Good tools cost money.
Edit: And, last I looked, Google supported search options like "within the last year" and ways to exempt certain terms from results. Want a LMGTFY link for a How-To?

 

[coffee]

I have used Audacity to capture sound and then Istanbul for capturing video from the desktop. However, The frame rate on Istanbul is too low. Plus you have to mux them together and also sync them.

Just looked in VLC (media/Open Advanced) and see that you can select the video source and sound source. I have not ever tried it but looks like it might work.

Its free with linux

coffee

 

[mraikes]

This will be on a PC. Preferably a simple and free method.

And yes, I will make the other person aware it is being recorded before recording and have things covered legally. It's for training purposes.

Not free, but at $19 it's pretty close.

http://www.evaer.com/

I haven't used it, but one of my customers (a mostly computer illiterate fellow) loves it and was able to figure it out.