use telephone as microphone

how do i use my telephone as an audio input device for
windows moviemaker?

this is what i have tried:

open the program
press the "record" button
choose "record audio only"
next to audio device, press the "change device" button
choose "phone line"
press "record"
talk into phone
press "stop"
save file
select the clip
press play
result: no sound

what do i need to do?

Hi there,

I suppose the first question is, Can you record or even hear through your
computers speakers anything you say into the telephone handset?

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Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the
sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

thanks for replying,

i don't get any audio from the phone through the
speakers. if it makes any difference, the default audio
device is "Avance AC97 Audio". i've opened the sounds
and audio devices properties window, opened the recording
control window, checked the phone line box, and pulled up
it's volume. nothing. and, there is no problem getting
sound through the line in.

maybe, the modem is the problem?


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi there,
>
> I suppose the first question is, Can you record
or even hear through your
> computers speakers anything you say into the
telephone handset?
>
>--
>Best Wishes.....John Kelly
>www.the-kellys.org
>---
>In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome
decree : Where Alph, the
>sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
>.
>

Hi there,

I am still confused over your setup.

The Telephone Handset, what is that connected too, is it your line In? If
so, then the modem would have no part to play.

I think the penny just dropped. You have a modem that handles voice, Yes ??
To get voice from the modem, the modem has to be activated...in this case
the activation is "Line Open" as in inbound call has been accepted OR your
modem has performed the "Handset Lifted" or "Off Hook" command. Once one of
those conditions apply sound will be available from the phone line. Lifting
a physical handset off the cradle will not work. If I am right with the
above, I can tell you that you are wasting your time...go buy a microphone,
and Movie Maker has no control structure that would activate it when an
inbound call occurs, in addition the sampling rate for audio down a phone
line is a little like waiting for paint to dry. Again, if I am right, the
type of sound card (your's sounds like an "on-board" card) is irrelevant.

Perhaps if you describe what you want the end result to be, we may be able
to help a little more.

--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
---
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the
sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.