There's no internal mic on quicktime player

I went to do a screen recording, but there was no audio. I went to see if there was any prompt for quicktime player to record the internal audio, but it only allows external audio as an option. I then opened an audio recording in quicktime player, but it only has external audio as an option, not internal.

I then went on the apple website to see if there was any other solutions, but there wasn't anything of use. Apparently there's meant to be "display audio" as an option to access the internal mic, but for some reason, MacOS 12.3 must not have it. Another solution was to allow access to the internal mic via privacy and settings, but Quicktime player doesn't appear as an app that requires authorisation. If anyone has any solutions on how to access the internal mic without 3rd party extensions, please let me know.


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Posted on Oct 19, 2022 07:29 PM

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someoneannonymous wrote:

I went to do a screen recording, but there was no audio. I went to see if there was any prompt for quicktime player to record the internal audio, but it only allows external audio as an option.

to record the mac's internal sound with quicktime you need additional software. i use the free BlackHole Virtual Audio Driver. then you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" in the recording options instead of "Built-in Microphone."


you will also need to set up a multi-output device in your audio MIDI setup utility to be able to both hear and record the internal audio at the same time.


to set up a multi-output device:


Open Audio MIDI Setup: (found in /Applications/Utilities)

hit the '+' button in the bottom left corner and select "Create Multi Output Device"


then in the panel that appears on the right, in the Multi-Output Device tab, select "Built-in Output" AND "BlackHole 2ch". (and, if you want, any of your other connected devices.)


once you do that, (and BEFORE recording) you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" or "Multi-Output Device" in your menubar "sound options". 


to both hear the speakers and record the audio at the same time, choose "Multi-Output Device". before choosing multi-out, set the internal speakers' volume to a comfortable level first. you cannot control the volume once you are in multi-out mode.

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Oct 20, 2022 08:03 AM in response to someoneannonymous

someoneannonymous wrote:

I went to do a screen recording, but there was no audio. I went to see if there was any prompt for quicktime player to record the internal audio, but it only allows external audio as an option.

to record the mac's internal sound with quicktime you need additional software. i use the free BlackHole Virtual Audio Driver. then you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" in the recording options instead of "Built-in Microphone."


you will also need to set up a multi-output device in your audio MIDI setup utility to be able to both hear and record the internal audio at the same time.


to set up a multi-output device:


Open Audio MIDI Setup: (found in /Applications/Utilities)

hit the '+' button in the bottom left corner and select "Create Multi Output Device"


then in the panel that appears on the right, in the Multi-Output Device tab, select "Built-in Output" AND "BlackHole 2ch". (and, if you want, any of your other connected devices.)


once you do that, (and BEFORE recording) you can choose "BlackHole 2ch" or "Multi-Output Device" in your menubar "sound options". 


to both hear the speakers and record the audio at the same time, choose "Multi-Output Device". before choosing multi-out, set the internal speakers' volume to a comfortable level first. you cannot control the volume once you are in multi-out mode.

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