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How to record sessions on Windows?

For free, and not violate HIPAA

Searching for a good audio recording of your online therapy sessions application for Windows? Look no further. I believe I have found you one. OBS Studio is easy to use and offers good audio quality and free audio recordings, so there is no need for you to enroll in any subscription. This article will show you how you can use OBS Studio to record your sessions and save them locally on your computer.

Step 1: Download OBS Studio First, you need to download OBS Studio from the official website. Go to https://obsproject.com/ and click on the "Download" button for the Windows version of OBS Studio.

Step 2: Install OBS Studio Once the download is complete, double-click on the downloaded file to start the installation process. Follow the instructions provided by the installer to complete the installation.

Step 3: Set up your audio devices Before you start recording audio, you need to make sure the audio devices under the Audio Mixer panel have "Desktop Audio" and your Microphone, here, it is the "Mic/Aux".

Step 4: Add Headset to the Audio Mixer (Optional)

If you have your sessions with a headset, you will need to add it in the mixer to enable the recording to capture your connected headset. To do this:

Click on the "+" sign and navigate to "Audio Input Capture" and click on it.

Give the audio input a name for easy identification e.g. "Headset", "Desktop Audio" or "Mic/Aux" and click on "OK"

Select the external Microphone, which is my headset and click "OK"

Below, you can see that "Headset" has been added to the Audio Mixer panel.

Step 5: Add an audio source Next, you need to add an audio source to your scene. Click on the "+" button in the "Sources" section of the OBS Studio window, and select "Audio Input Capture" from the dropdown menu.

Step 6: Start recording Now that you have set up your audio devices and added an audio source to your scene, you can start recording. Click on the "Start Recording" button in the lower-right corner of the OBS Studio window to begin recording your audio.

Step 7: Stop recording To stop recording, simply click on the "Stop Recording" button in the lower-right corner of the OBS Studio window.

Step 8: Save your recording Once you have stopped recording, your audio file will be saved to your computer. To find your recording, go to the "File" menu in OBS Studio and select "Show Recordings".

How To Convert the Recording into an Audio File

The recording from OBS Studio is in video format. Hence, we will need to convert it into an audio format to be able to use it on Mentalyc. You can use any audio extractor. But in this tutorial, I am going to show you how to do it using VLC.

Step 1: Download and install VLC Player First, you need to download and install VLC player from the official website. Go to https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ and click on the "Download VLC" button for the Windows version.

Step 2: Open VLC Player Once you have installed VLC player, open it on your computer.

Step 3: Open the video file Click on the "Media" menu in the top-left corner of the VLC player window and select "Convert/Save". Navigate to the location of the video file you want to convert to audio and select it. Then click on the "Open" button.

Step 4: Add the video file to the conversion list In the "Convert" dialog, click on the "Add" button and select the video file you want to convert to audio. Then click on the "Convert / Save" button at the bottom of the dialog.

Step 5: Choose the conversion settings Under "Settings", select the Profile you want to convert the video to. For example, if you want to convert to MP3, select "Audio - MP3" from the dropdown menu.

Step 6: Choose destination folder

In the "Convert" dialog, choose the destination folder where you want to save the converted audio file by clicking on the "Browse" button next to the "Destination file" field. Also, change the file format from ".mkv" to ".mp3" and click on "Save"

Step 7: Start the conversion process Once you have selected your conversion settings, click on the "Start" button at the bottom of the "Convert" dialog to begin the conversion process.

Step 8: Wait for the conversion to complete The conversion process may take some time, depending on the length and size of the video file.

Step 9: Find the converted audio file Once the conversion is complete, you can find the converted audio file in the destination folder you selected earlier.

Hopefully, it was helpful!

Let us know if you have any questions.

Mentalyc's Team

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