![]() MOV recordingĬertainly it’s not something you can drop into your favorite podcast directory or use as a shortcut for making interview podcasts, but if you’re comfortable in GarageBand or Audacity, you can adjust the levels and normalize the channels to make a good recording.Īs Glen, the programmer, suggests: “The easiest way to split out the tracks is to use the provided “Split Movie Tracks” utility, which is installed to Application/Movie Tools. The audio quality is a bit tricky to work with, though, because I found that the two tracks weren’t balanced, as you can hear in this tiny sample recording: Click here to listen to a short sample. Once you do enable automatic call recording, whether they’re video conferences or just audio, they all show up in the “Saved Calls” folder with the name of the other party and a date/time stamp: This can be changed in Preferences, along with a lot of other features, including enabling the auto-record-all-calls feature: Easy enough!īy default, the program saves all call recordings in a “Saved Calls” subfolder in your Documents folder: Once the call is connected, everything activates and the big red “Record” button becomes clickable. I asked my friend Mari Smith to help me with a quick demo of the audio recording capabilities and here’s how that looked… In fact, if you set it up properly, it’ll automatically record every call, meaning you can just focus on what you’re talking about or demonstrating, and not worry about the recording at all. The Ecamm Recorder is very easy to use, and you can get it for only $30.I’ve worked with a lot of different apps and most of them end up causing you to do things differently, to compensate for having them installed, but Call Recorder is one of the few I’ve seen where once installed, it’s a plug and forget app: a little recording window just pops up every time you launch Skype and you can click the “record” button at any time to start recording the Skype conversation (or video chat!) you’re involved with. On the lower right corner you’ll see Export As. Click the drop down menu to choose the file type you want your video to be. Click Export.The Ecamm Movie Tools window will pop up. Click the magnifying class icon beside the recording button to find your recently saved video.Once you’re done, click the big red dot to stop recording.Just hit the big red dot to start recording.Once you’re done playing around with the settings, close it and make a call.If you want to record the other person giving a testimonial, for example, it’s best to choose the Remote only option. For this tutorial, I’ll be choosing Split Screen, which is ideal if you’re on a coaching call or recording an interview. Options include Local only (you), Remote only (the other person) and Split Screen (both). Under Recording Options, you’ll see Record Video. Click the drop down menu beside it to choose which video you want to record.This is where you’ll choose the settings you want your recorded video to have, like video quality, image size, frame rate, etc. Click the cog icon in the Call Recorder window.Then you can mix them together when editing. I prefer multi-track, which records two separate videos – one of each caller. Start Skype. You’ll see the Call Recorder window pop up beside it.ĮCamm allows you to choose what to record.Stop the recording before wrapping up your interview or coaching session. ![]() Create a test recording to make sure you’re happy with the video quality you’re getting at the end of the call. ![]() Or if it seems like their voice isn’t getting picked up, they should move closer to their mic. If the volume always reaches the red bar, the other person might have to move a bit further away from their microphone. I usually ask them to count from one to ten while looking at the audio volume. After you hit the record button and before diving into your interview or coaching session, test the other person’s audio.Get the other person’s permission before recording the call. ![]() Today I’m show you how to use this $30 tool to help you in your practice.Īssuming you already know how to use Skype, here’s the step-by-step process on how to use the Ecamm Call Recorder. If you want to record your coaching calls to keep for yourself or send to clients, you can use an add-on tool called Call Recorder for Skype by Ecamm (Mac only). Do you use Skype to make audio or video calls in your coaching business? ![]()
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