windows sound recorder

jaipandya

jaipandya

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hi,

i use windows sound recorder for recording but it is very unconfortable because the default time length is 60 seconds there and then if you want to continue recording you have to click on the recording button again.

is there anyway to extend the default time from 60 seconds to ............seconds?
 
Here's a dirty workaround:

1. Open Sound Recorder. Click on File menu / Properties / Convert Now.
Select 'CD Quality' in the dropdown list under the word 'Name'. Click ok and ok again.
2. Click Record and then let Sound Recorder run for 60 seconds.
3. After Sound Recorder stops recording, click Save As on the File menu, and name the file Blank.wav.
4. Click Insert File on the Edit menu, and then insert the Blank.wav file that you saved in step 3. When you do this, the maximum recording time is increased by 60 seconds. You can repeat this step once for each additional minute of recording time that you want to add. For example, for a 5-minute recording time, insert the Blank.wav file five times. Save the file when you're finished.
5. To use the extended length, open Sound Recorder and click Open on the File menu. Browse to where you saved the file Blank.wav and open it. You can now record a new file into Blank.wav. At the end of your recording click 'Delete After Current Position' on the Edit menu to get rid of all the leftover seconds of Blank.wav.
6. Be sure to use Save As on the File menu to save the results with a different name, not 'Blank.wav', to ensure that Blank.wav remains unchanged.
 
Ditch sound recorder, get Audacity. Its a glorified version of sound recorder...and its free! Just search "Audacity" in google.
 
It seems that Windows recorder was programmed to not allow more than 1 minute recordings. Probably because the wav file could get huge...
 
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