How do I record the screen and the audio being produced? (Ie, not my mic, but the program output?)

The instructions don't say and regular screen recording doesn't seem to catch the audio.

Posted on Jan 9, 2021 1:54 PM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2021 11:33 PM

Not sure if it still works in Big Sur, but search online for Soundflower. It’s a kernel extension (AFAIK) that redirects system audio output to system audio input.


To use it: Choose Soundflower (2ch) as your sound output device. Then, choose Soundflower (2ch) as your microphone.


NOTE: You won’t hear any audio when Soundflower is capturing your system audio. If you want to hear your audio output at the same time, you could create a Multi-Output Device that consists of the internal speakers and Soundflower (2ch). (Applications -> Utilities -> Audio MIDI Setup).

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Jan 10, 2021 11:33 PM in response to K. Richard Pixley

Not sure if it still works in Big Sur, but search online for Soundflower. It’s a kernel extension (AFAIK) that redirects system audio output to system audio input.


To use it: Choose Soundflower (2ch) as your sound output device. Then, choose Soundflower (2ch) as your microphone.


NOTE: You won’t hear any audio when Soundflower is capturing your system audio. If you want to hear your audio output at the same time, you could create a Multi-Output Device that consists of the internal speakers and Soundflower (2ch). (Applications -> Utilities -> Audio MIDI Setup).

Jan 12, 2021 10:05 AM in response to K. Richard Pixley

I was hoping this could be done within MacOs but it appears not. There are a number of add ons which will make this possible with a number of different instructions. Soundflower was popular for a while. I haven't tried Loopback.


I solved my problem of the day using open source Blackhole but I'm sure there are others that can do similar things.

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