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Just install it and run it. You'll probably get a banner in skype that says something along the lines of "iFree wishes to use skype". Just click "allow". Remember, only ONE PERSON NEEDS TO RUN THIS PROGRAM. You may choose to have separate duties for this method of LP. In our setup, Tan does the video recording while my computer handles the audio recording. We then combine them in post production. More on that later.
But first, let's do a little bit of setup on iFree, shall we?
First, you should be seeing something a bit like this:
Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the interface. It's rather easy and straightforward. Now let's click that hammer and screwdriver combination there to hit our settings.
Nothing of note here, however, if we click the "Call Recording" Tab....
We'll see this. Ensure that "record both sides" is active. Make note of where it records your calls (this'll make it easier to find them later!). And you *may* want to disable automatic recording, in favor of manual recording. This way, you only record when you hit the record button, instead of automatically recording every skype call from the moment they start to when they end. Alt-Tabbing lets you hit this in game, and you can easily use Audacity to trim the excess when we get around to combining, so don't sweat it.
It's worth noting that this will ONLY record the stuff that goes throuugh skype. the in game audio is best recorded using your screen capture software (Using FRAPs, this means making sure the audio record is set to "Stereo Mixer" or something equivalent.) Although there can be some issues here (Tan stated that he would be able to pick up my voice using FRAPs when he recorded in game audio, which is why he uses 2 PCs to handle the recording. I'm unsure if this'll be a problem for everyone. If so, just have one person play the game on speaker or something. I'm not sure how that would work out, but if anyone has something to say about it, go ahead and enlighten me.
once the recording is completed, just hit the stop button. You can click the clock to see your history, and check any recordings made. You may want to do a quick conversation and recording just to make sure everything is flowing right. If not, double check any settings and such.
