Audio recording in LC community on Windows?

[Devin Asay]

HI all,

From the beginning of Rev/LC we could do basic audio recording cross platform, at least on Mac and Windows, using the QuickTime framework. QT went away a few years ago, and it took some time for that capability to be restored. On Mac we can do it in all LC editions, including Community, using mergMicrophone. However the mergMicrophone external is not available on Windows. Now you can do audio recording on Windows using camera controls, *but only in Indy and above*. In other words, unless I have missed something, Windows Community users have lost this functionality. There is no longer feature parity between Mac and Windows on Community. That’s a problem for me in teaching LiveCode in my college level courses. (Linux users, I’m not trying to ignore you here; I just don’t have a firm grasp on what’s possible on Linux.)

So my questions:

- Is there a way to do audio recording in LC Community on Windows that I’m not aware of?

- If not, should I approach the mother ship and request that we get feature parity on all the desktop platforms?

Thanks all. I look forward to hearing your ideas.

Devin


Devin Asay
Director
Office of Digital Humanities
Brigham Young University