How to Capture Quake 3 Game Audio

Tuesday, July 9th, 2002

By: own-age

Ok here it is, how to get sound from quake 3 arena.

As you know when you create avi videos from quake 3 arena you don't get sound. So what you have to do is go back into the game and record the sound using a recording program. I will try to guide you through on how to do it.

Your first step is to get a sound record (capture) program. I have used Ulead Mediastudio Audio Editor in the past and it works quite well (but it will cost unless you get the free trial demo) After you get your sound capture program installed you then next have to change your windows sound recording setting set so that it records "what you hear" so that when you launch quake you will be recording the game sound and not whatever your record settings were at before (default is usually the microphone)

To change this settings in Windows XP do the following:

if you have the Volume control icon in your system's tray (lower right corner near your time) double click on that and it should bring up your play control. if you see this skip to the Gray bar below

if you don't have a yellow speaker there do the following:

Open up My Computer

Click on "Change a setting" on the system tasks to open the control panal

Once you open up the control panel Click on "Sound Speech, and Audio Levels" to open up the "Sound Speech, and Audio Levels"

Click on "Adjust the System Volume" which should open up the "sound and Audio Devices Properties"

In this window click on the "Advanced..." button located on the Volume Tab to open up your Play Control window

Now that you have the play control window open do the following:

Click on "options" then Properties to bring up the "Properties" window

Click on the Recording Radio Button Located in the "Adjust Volume For"

Now this is where some systems have a little bit of change...

You should either have a "what U Hear" or "Master" Under "show the following volume controls" Make sure Which ever one you have is checkmarked and hit ok to bring up the "Record Control" Window

From the Record Control window Select "What U hear" or "Master" whichever one you have and make sure the volume is up all the way or whatever volume you want to record the sound effects at.

Once you are satisfied Close out of the window and launch your audio recording program and start recording the audio and launch your q3 game.

Select your demos or do your thing and when your done. exit out of quake and make sure you stop that Recording program otherwise the file might get a little big :P

To sync them you have to have a video editing program like premiere and its pretty much just trail and error to figure out where the sound goes in respect to the video (use best judgement :P)