Quicktime Audio using Zoom

as long as you only need to record the audio of the zoom meeting but NOT record the sounds coming from your end, you need additional software. i use the BlackHole Virtual Audio Driver. then you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" in the recording options instead of "Built-in Microphone."

you will also need to set up a multi-output device in your audio MIDI setup utility to be able to both hear and record the internal audio at the same time.

to set up a multi-output device:

Open Audio MIDI Setup: (found in /Applications/Utilities)

hit the '+' button in the bottom left corner and select "Create Multi Output Device"

then in the panel that appears on the right, select "Built-in Output" AND "BlackHole 2ch". (and, if you want, any of your other connected devices.)

once you do that, (and BEFORE recording) you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" or "Multi-Output Device" in your "sound options". 

to both hear the speakers and record the audio at the same time, choose "Multi-Output Device". before choosing multi-out, set the internal speakers' volume to a comfortable level first. you cannot control the volume once you are in multi-out mode.

have you tried recording your zoom meetings with the zoom app's built-in recording option?

as far as troubleshooting BlackHole, i haven't run into any issues with it, so i'm not really sure where to start. off hand, i would check in the MIDI utility's BlackHole tab and see what the master volume is set to. i keep mine at 95%

for me, that video tells what i already knew. sorry if i didn't explain it in a way you understood. but, unlike the video, you don't need to go into system preferences to change the sound output. all you need to do is click on the menubar's sound options and choose the desired output. i always use multi-out while recording, then i can either leave it there for playback, or when i'm done recording for the day, i can switch back to internal speakers.

all you do is click on the desired output. you can see internal speakers is selected in the above screenshot.

as far as recording options, just make sure to always have BlackHole selected. i use it for recording the sound of the video i'm recording or if i'm just making a new QT audio recording.

here's how i leave the screen recording options:

and this is how i set it for audio recording:

and thanks for finding that youtube video. it showed you how to use it. and, for me, i don't have to wait a week and a half to find out that it DOES work for recording zoom meetings. thanks for confirming it.

i'm not very familiar with zoom but, wouldn't you be able to use zoom's built in recording settings and just mute your mic so as to not pickup your voice?

michaelbierman provided this link in his post above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ECXna1hiY

he also said that he was able to successfully record a zoom meeting after following the instructions in that youtube video.

i don't get what you mean by that. recording zoom with zoom's recording options shouldn't include black hole. if you use the zoom app, you just click "record" in the app's window. i only use my BlackHole to record netflix shows, youtube videos and the like. i've never recorded one of my zoom meeting, but in the app there IS a recording option. i would try to record zoom that way.

I was able to record a zoom beautifully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ECXna1hiY

Hi @effreythefrog

I tried your instructions, which made sense to me, and I'm not getting any audio in the recording.

My goal is to record a zoom—screen and audio would be ideal but audio will do for me. What might I check to debug why it isn't working?

ok. i've never recorded a zoom meeting either with QT or with the app's recording options. my next zoom meeting isn't until march 8. i'll try a QT recording then. wether or not it works, i'll come back to this thread and report my findings.

Doh! I thought that blackhole was a virtual device so Zoom wouldn't be able to do that. :(

Zoom Built in recording requires your host allow that and that isn't always possible.

sorry, i missed what you said about the host needs to allow it.

I believe the host can prevent you from recording. Even when they don't, everyone in the call knows you are recording and that isn't always agreeable.

I am using blackhole to record audio and it works with everything but zoom. Does anyone know a possible fix for this issue. Zoom seems to have blocked blackhole somehow.