How to Record a Skype Call

How to Record a Skype Call

on Mar 7th 2013 with 8 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Topics: Skype, Audio, Audacity
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Estimated Completion Time: 10 minutes

Recording the audio from Skype should be easy, but there are couple of hoops to jump through if you want to achieve a professional, multi-track recording. In this screencast, we’ll walk you through the process step by step so you can get set up with Skype recording on your Mac.


How to Record a Skype Call
 
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  • Beatles Fan

    I loved it, thank you. For Windows there’s a convenient free plug-in for Skype to record. A pity Mac users don’t have that. :(
    Anyway, I had installed audacity and sun flower anyway.

  • http://twitter.com/ThePrimeDir ThePrimeDirective

    Get Call Recorder and it all happens simply and automatically. There is no need for this level of complexity. http://www.ecamm.com/mac/callrecorder/

    • http://twitter.com/DANNYK79 DANNY KHOURY

      I use Call Recorder; it’s simple and great!

    • http://twitter.com/DNABeast Dan Beeston

      Well, that saves some trouble. I can’t believe I didn’t come across this while I was researching the subject :)

      I’ll be taking a look at it ASAP.

    • http://twitter.com/DNABeast Dan Beeston

      A benefit of my system is that it allows you to record in your program of choice. Audacity saves on the fly and Twisted wave allows for live markers to be entered.

  • http://www.openxcell.com/ Justin Thomson

    Awesome Video! I have stunningly found the best of option to record Skype Call. It’s terrifically looking one of promising and updated option to me. I really don’t know about it. Thanks for updating to us.

  • Johnny Winter

    This is an excellent screencast, Dan. I found it really interesting. I’m currently using Piezo from Roque Amoeba (similar but simpler than Audio Hijack Pro). I also have Soundflower installed, so will experiment with the method you teach in the screencast.