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A bug saved the company

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379 points ingve | 4 comments | 24 Aug 25 09:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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kristianp ◴[26 Aug 25 05:47 UTC] No.45022718[source]▶
Why do we need a paid app to record audio from the system? Surely it's a small enough job for a small utility/script? This seems very Mac ecosystem to me.
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1. userbinator ◴[26 Aug 25 06:00 UTC] No.45022793[source]▶
Indeed. Windows has had a Sound Recorder since 3.1, and it's possible to record the currently playing audio if you select the right input (usually named "Stereo Mix" or similar.)

https://guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/sound

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2. duskwuff ◴[26 Aug 25 06:39 UTC] No.45023047[source]▶
Support for the "Stereo Mix" audio source is a relatively recent thing - and my understanding is that, even now, it's driver-dependent. It most certainly wasn't available in Windows 3.1.
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3. dlcarrier ◴[26 Aug 25 06:57 UTC] No.45023160[source]▶
I used to record the output audio using Sound Recorder, in Windows 95, so the feature goes back at least 30 years.
4. userbinator ◴[26 Aug 25 06:58 UTC] No.45023164[source]▶
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Sound_System already had the ability to record from the mixer input (look in the datasheet of the AD1848 codec it uses) and I don't have the DDK to look at currently but I believe it also has an API for the mixer functionality