Question Possible to transmit TV audio into PC?

[RonAhar]

Hey there, I urgently need to record something from my TV and do not have time\money to invest in an actual capture card, and one of my friends suggested using an Aux cord and connect it to both my TV and PC. Now, I did connect them both and practically no sound came from either devices, I am totally lost and in desperate need of help with this topic. I have a Razer HP laptop

 

[punkncat]

Search the internet for the video and or sound clip from the program?

Use a microphone and turn the TV up?

Record it with your phone camera and then edit it down?

 

[RonAhar]

Search the internet for the video and or sound clip from the program?

Use a microphone and turn the TV up?

Record it with your phone camera and then edit it down?

Nope. I need the audio in natural quality

 

[USAFRet]

Unless the TV has an audio OUT, you can't.

Where is the TV signal coming from? If a cable/sat/fiber box, that almost certainly has an audio OUT.

 

[USAFRet]

Nope. I need the audio in natural quality

What do you mean by "natural quality"?

 

[punkncat]

According to where in the world you are, it is likely that there could be copyright enforcement actively in place on the hardware level. Sigh...things were so much easier in an analog world. 😉

 

[RonAhar]

Unless the TV has an audio OUT, you can't.

Where is the TV signal coming from? If a cable/sat/fiber box, that almost certainly has an audio OUT.

I really don't understand in this topic, but I did a quick google search and I guess my TV does have an audio OUT. It's coming from a FiberBox

 

[RonAhar]

What do you mean by "natural quality"?

I mean digital quality, not phone camera quality as one of the answers suggested

 

[USAFRet]

I really don't understand in this topic, but I did a quick google search and I guess my TV does have an audio OUT. It's coming from a FiberBox

What is the make/model of the TV?

And what, specifically, are you wanting to record and why?

 

[RonAhar]

What is the make/model of the TV?

And what, specifically, are you wanting to record and why?

Uhh, It's a Toshiba plasma TV [I would like to reiterate and say that I'm a complete noob at this so pardon me if I look like a fool right now] And all I need is to record the audio of some show. I tried plugging my headphones to the TV's jack and I could hear it perfectly. I just need to figure out how to actually record this audio

 

[USAFRet]

Uhh, It's a Toshiba plasma TV [I would like to reiterate and say that I'm a complete noob at this so pardon me if I look like a fool right now] And all I need is to record the audio of some show. I tried plugging my headphones to the TV's jack and I could hear it perfectly. I just need to figure out how to actually record this audio

Does your laptop have a MIC input port?

 

[RonAhar]

Does your laptop have a MIC input port?

No, only one jack for headphones

 

[USAFRet]

No, only one jack for headphones

If the laptop lacks an audio IN...I feel this is not possible with the existing equipment.

 

[RonAhar]

If the laptop lacks an audio IN...I feel this is not possible with the existing equipment.

Okay, little update: I've found an old laptop of mine WITH a seperate mic jack! What should I do next?

 

[USAFRet]

Okay, little update: I've found an old laptop of mine WITH a seperate mic jack! What should I do next?

Whatever cable will go from the TV headphone port to the laptop MIC port.

 

[RonAhar]

Whatever cable will go from the TV headphone port to the laptop MIC port.

And then just record just as I would if I were to record myself?

 

[USAFRet]

And then just record just as I would if I were to record myself?

Yes.
Test first, before you want to record something critical.
But that should work.

 

[RonAhar]

Yes.
Test first, before you want to record something critical.
But that should work.

It won't quite work... I hear nothing afterwards

 

[USAFRet]

It won't quite work... I hear nothing afterwards

How did you "record" this audio?

In the sound settings, did it show any input level as you were setting it up?

 

[RonAhar]

How did you "record" this audio?

In the sound settings, did it show any input level as you were setting it up?

okay another update: I managed to be able to record the sound from the TV, but it comes out really noisy and garbled, like an old broken radio. Could it be because I used the Windows voice recorder app?

 

[USAFRet]

okay another update: I managed to be able to record the sound from the TV, but it comes out really noisy and garbled, like an old broken radio. Could it be because I used the Windows voice recorder app?

It could be the TV, the cable, dirty ports...could be a lot of things.

 

[RonAhar]

It could be the TV, the cable, dirty ports...could be a lot of things.

Ok so I fixed the quality issues. Now I hear it clearly, but only on one side of my headphones

 

[USAFRet]

Ok so I fixed the quality issues. Now I hear it clearly, but only on one side of my headphones

Settings, or you have a mono cable.

 

[RonAhar]

Settings, or you have a mono cable.

My cable is supposedly 3.5, so it writes on the package

 

[USAFRet]

My cable is supposedly 3.5, so it writes on the package

Right. 3.5mm. That says nothing about mono vs stereo.