Microsoft Sound Recorder Maximum Record Time

[PSRumbagh]

Is there any way to increase the recording time beyond 60 seconds in the
Microsoft Sound Recorder V5.1 that comes with Win XP Home Edition SP2? It
now records 16 bit mono audio at 22.05 KHz sampling rate, which I would like
to maintain. My laptop has about 600 MB of free unused RAM and 1GB total.

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Is there any way to increase the recording time beyond 60 seconds in the
Microsoft Sound Recorder V5.1 that comes with Win XP Home Edition SP2? It
now records 16 bit mono audio at 22.05 KHz sampling rate, which I would like
to maintain. My laptop has about 600 MB of free unused RAM and 1GB total.

Nope.

Buy a third-party recorder if you can't find a freeware one.

I highly recommend GoldWave.

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

Nope.

Wrong Grumpy. You can increase the recording time.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/82215/en-us

Good luck.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "PSRumbagh" <[email protected]>

| Is there any way to increase the recording time beyond 60 seconds in the
| Microsoft Sound Recorder V5.1 that comes with Win XP Home Edition SP2? It
| now records 16 bit mono audio at 22.05 KHz sampling rate, which I would like
| to maintain. My laptop has about 600 MB of free unused RAM and 1GB total.

I suggest using Audacity on SourceForge
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is there any way to increase the recording time beyond 60 seconds
in the Microsoft Sound Recorder V5.1 that comes with Win XP Home
Edition SP2? It now records 16 bit mono audio at 22.05 KHz
sampling rate, which I would like to maintain. My laptop has about
600 MB of free unused RAM and 1GB total.

There's a 'work-around'...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/82215/

Or you could just download and install many of the better freeware
applications out there that would likely do a better job at no cost to you
and give you the feature you want. ;-)

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

 

[Lem]

Is there any way to increase the recording time beyond 60 seconds in the
Microsoft Sound Recorder V5.1 that comes with Win XP Home Edition SP2? It
now records 16 bit mono audio at 22.05 KHz sampling rate, which I would like
to maintain. My laptop has about 600 MB of free unused RAM and 1GB total.

There's quite a bit of discussion on this. The standard "trick" is to
pre-record silence for the length of time you need. See, e.g.,
http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15847

For more info:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sound+recorder+extend+time&btnG=Google+Search

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Is there any way to increase the recording time beyond 60 seconds
in the Microsoft Sound Recorder V5.1 that comes with Win XP Home
Edition SP2? It now records 16 bit mono audio at 22.05 KHz
sampling rate, which I would like to maintain. My laptop has
about 600 MB of free unused RAM and 1GB total.

I suggest using Audacity on SourceForge
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Seconded!

Look at the features you get at no-cost!
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Wrong Grumpy. You can increase the recording time.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/82215/en-us

That is for Win95 and Win98. Even if it did work for WinXP, what a
kludgey way to do it. To get an hour of recording time, you'd have to
go through the procedure 60 times.

And it would take OVER an hour to just setup that file.

 

[NJITGS]

Try this, it will solve your problems...

http://bwp.download.com/search?q=Au...=20&dw-ptid=3120&dw-edid=3&numberofresults=13

Or if you don't feel comfortable with that Google: Audacity

Best to you!

E B-W

 

[cornedbeef007-groups]

That is for Win95 and Win98.  Even if it did work for WinXP, what a
kludgey way to do it.  To get an hour of recording time, you'd have to
go through the procedure 60 times.

The original question was "Can you increase the recording time" , you
said "nope", and the answer to that question is clearly "yes".

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/82215/en-us

And it would take OVER an hour to just setup that file.

Record 1 minute, save it. time = 65 seconds.
Insert the 1 minute file, now two minutes long, save it again. Time 70
seconds.
Insert the 2 minute file, now 4 minutes, save it again, time. 75
seconds.
Insert 4 minute file again, 8 minutes, save again. Time 80 seconds.
Insert 8 minute file, 16 minutes, save again. Time 85 seconds.
Insert 16 minute file, now 32 seconds, save again. Time 90 seconds.
Insert 32 minute file, now 64 minutes long, save again. Time taken 95
seconds.

Wassup Grumpy, slowin' down in your old age, hmm?

You were WRONG on the original question, and the whole world knows it!

Good Luck.