# Poor Audio after Screen Capture - is it a soundcard issue?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 7, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-audio-after-screen-capture-is-it-a-soundcard-issue/730309 "2015-09-07T23:43:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheUser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/45deac/32.png) [@TheUser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUser)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-audio-after-screen-capture-is-it-a-soundcard-issue/730309/1 "2015-09-07T23:43:16Z")

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I have a Dell XPS Desktop. (No special sound cards or interfaces, just the system audio that came with the PC.)

I tried to do a Screen Capture using a program called Movavi Screen Capture, using standard audio settings (44.1/16), and my problem is the recorded audio is too harsh and “boomy.” This becomes apparent even before I save the recording to any final format, even when playing back in the program.

Is it a sound card issue, i.e., I need to get an audio interface or professional card, or is it something else? Thank you

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**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-audio-after-screen-capture-is-it-a-soundcard-issue/730309/2 "2015-09-08T07:37:33Z")

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When I get problems like that using Audacity for audio capture, it’s usually a setting within the software. Assuming you’re using Windows, does Movavi offer options like MME/Windows WASAPI/Windows Direct Sound? You might also need to go into the Windows Control Panel\>Sound\>Recording and right-click on the central panel to see disabled and disconnected devices, and make sure Stereo Mix is enabled.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-audio-after-screen-capture-is-it-a-soundcard-issue/730309/3 "2015-09-08T19:10:09Z")

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Moving from MPSIMS to GQ.

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**Hal Briston**  
MPSIMS Moderator