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Screen recording - no sound

I haven’t seen much more development on this topic so I am asking the question again.


I’m still having trouble doing a screen recording with audio. The video recorded fine, but there is no audio coming out. I tried all the audio options settings on the drop-down box for the  screen recording with no success.  I tried to install sunflower but it says it is not downloaded from the App Store so it doesn’t like to install. I was able to install it anyway as an administrator but it still will not work. Any ideas?

MacBook Air 13″, 12.7

Posted on Aug 14, 2024 2:52 PM

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Posted on Aug 15, 2024 7:00 AM

soundflower started to become hard to install starting with Big Sur, and AFAIK, does not work in Monterey and later. I would recommend using BlackHole.


as you've already found out, to record the mac's internal sound with quicktime (or also “shift-command-5”) 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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Aug 15, 2024 7:00 AM in response to Argee77

soundflower started to become hard to install starting with Big Sur, and AFAIK, does not work in Monterey and later. I would recommend using BlackHole.


as you've already found out, to record the mac's internal sound with quicktime (or also “shift-command-5”) 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.

Screen recording - no sound

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