Tutorial #7 – Record Speaker Audio

February 25th, 2010
  • Level 1
    Today, I will teach you how to record speaker audio with a speaker, headphone splitter, and a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable. Sorry for posting later than usual. I was very busy. Had to put braces on, watched the 3D version of Avatar (It was so boring, I could have recorded Tutorial #7 then instead), and my sister had a playdate and they used the camera I use for tutorials. Also, I went back to 16:9 for tutorials and changed my site’s playback format to Flash Video (Tutorials 1-6 will use the VCD quality videos, Tutorial 7+ will use 480*270 for YouTube and other sites), and my voice got deeper.
    Text Edition

    1. Get a Speaker, 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable, and a Earphone splitter

    2. Plug in your Earphone splitter to the Earphone jack

    3. Plug one end of the 3.5mm to the earphone splitter

    4. Plug the other end of the 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable to the Microphone jack

    5. Plug in the speaker to the other plug of the earphone jack
    6. Record a sound with your PC

    Video part of tutorial

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    Two News Events

    January 31st, 2010

    I have two news events:

    1. I deleted categories from the forum because I am planning to start a new website on MS Windows Tutorials and it will have a forum.
    2. Tutorial 7 and later will be posted at February end because recently, I got a cold, and I was busy for the start of 2010. Also, I will be on vacation for the beginning of February.

    I recently upgraded my PC to Windows 7 (My PC has a free upgrade, and I delayed the building of my new PC), and changed the media converter I used to Format Factory (My camera records in a QuickTime Format but I convert it to Windows Media Video since I use Windows Movie Maker). Notice I use Windows Movie Maker 2.6 on Windows 7 since the old movie maker has a timeline, not the new Windows Live Movie Maker (WMM 2.6 will be used for tutorials 7-9. I may get a program supporting H.264 for tutorials 10 and newer)

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    Happy 2010!

    January 2nd, 2010

    Sorry for posting one day late but HAPPY 2010!

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    Tutorial #6 – Paper Clip TV/Radio attena

    December 30th, 2009

    Level 1
    Paperclips can make basic TV or Radio attenas. Not good quality but OK for some people. I tried it with a radio.
    In the Video, I said I could lisiten to Radio but I don’t do it much.
    Video part of Tutorial

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    Converted videos to Flash Video

    December 28th, 2009

    Earlier, you needed a 1.5 Megabit connection to play video on my site, since quality is so good, but some people can’t get a 1.5M+ connection, so I made a flash version of the video, which only needs a 256 Kilobit connection, but the MPEG versions can get accessed by clicking (HQ).
    If you can watch YouTube, you can watch our tutorials.

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    Merry Christmas and Happy 1000 Views (and counting)!

    December 25th, 2009

    My website is enjoying Christmas with 1000 total views (and counting)1

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    Happy Holidays from PCHardwareTutor.com!

    December 21st, 2009

    2009’s almost over, I am about to get new tutorials for 2009’s end and 2010.

    2010’s gonna be a great year! Or at least better than 2009!

    But wait! This is not the last post of 2009. Two or three tutorials will follow before 2010 but it is still a suprise.

    Happy 2010!

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    PCHardwareTutor.com is one month old!

    December 15th, 2009

    Happy 1 month of PCHardwareTutor.com!

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    Tutorial #5 – Replacing a CR2032 (System clock) battery

    December 10th, 2009

    LEVEL 3
    Most computers have a system clock backed by a CR2032 (CMOS) battery unless you have a early PC or XT model. It keeps the time incase of a power outage, system upgrade, or even if you are moving your computer to a different room.

    1. First, get rid of static electricity, and open your PC.
    2. Find a small battery like this:
    3. Push a small (What do you call it?) with your thumbs and take it out.
    4. Push the new battery in.
    5. Close your PC and turn it on. You will need to set the time.

    Video part of tutorial

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    Tutorial #4 – Opening your PC

    December 7th, 2009

    LEVEL 2
    To do some of my tutorials, you need to open your PC. You can also see what slots are open. Be sure to not have static electricity on your body.

    1. First, unscrew the screws on the back of your PC.
    2. Next, remove the side panel.
    3. You can now see inside your PC.
    4. To close it, do the opposite of these steps.

    Video form of Tutorial

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