2022-08-14 0:16
What do you all use to download skype video calls without the other person knowing its being downloaded?
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2022-08-14 2:25 (This post was last modified: 2022-08-14 2:32 by GoodLookingMofo.)(2022-08-14 0:16)jeffrey Wrote: What do you all use to download skype video calls without the other person knowing its being downloaded?
OBS https://obsproject.com/.
For those who are reading this: DO NOT use Skype native recording feature to record a video call. There are many privacy issues with this feature (for example, your Skype ID will appear on recording as a watermark) and your file will be left unencrypted on Microsoft cloud servers for 30 days (assume, forever), even if you delete it from chat.2022-08-14 4:51(2022-08-14 0:16)jeffrey Wrote: What do you all use to download skype video calls without the other person knowing its being downloaded?
I usually use both a screen recorder (Bandicam) and a stream recorder (Evaer). As I recall, Bandicam is free but adds a watermark to the video, unless you get the paid version. And Evaer is free, but only records the first 5-minutes unless you get the paid version.
A screen recorder will never announce that Skype is being recorded. Evaer has a setting in the Options -> Advance -> "Warn the caller that the call will be recorded", but as I recall, it is off by default. Double check it, though. Regardless, you can turn it off, and it will remember the settings even after a reboot.
Depending on your PC's performance, and the other person's internet connection, you make get mixed results with Evaer. With Bandicam, what you see is what you get. I do like Evaer's options only recording their camera and sound, only recording your camera and sound, recording both in one file, and recording both with each feed saved to a separate file. With Bandicam, if your camera is on, and your mic is on (via Skype), again, what you see if what you get, and it's all saved into one file.
I believe there's a way to use FFMPEG to record the call (but I don't know if it only records one side, or what you get out of this), and I have thought about using my old PC solely for Skype, and leveraging a capture card. But, to be honest, I'm too lazy, and these days, most of the models I would Skype with know I record anyways, so I just have them record themselves in HD with their iPhone and post a secure link to the video on Google Drive to delete after I've downloaded it. You get top notch quality, you don't have to worry about bandwidth, you get a hot show because she's jilling herself when she's horny (not because she's at work), and you don't have to fake fap because all you really want is a recording to jerk off to later before bed but she's not online at that time.2022-08-14 8:07(2022-08-14 4:51)mmodie Wrote: I usually use both a screen recorder (Bandicam) and a stream recorder (Evaer). As I recall, Bandicam is free but adds a watermark to the video, unless you get the paid version. And Evaer is free, but only records the first 5-minutes unless you get the paid version.
You should use open source software (such as OBS) in the first place. It's free and less exposed to security and privacy issues.
(2022-08-14 4:51)mmodie Wrote: I believe there's a way to use FFMPEG to record the call (but I don't know if it only records one side, or what you get out of this), and I have thought about using my old PC solely for Skype, and leveraging a capture card. But, to be honest, I'm too lazy, and these days, most of the models I would Skype with know I record anyways, so I just have them record themselves in HD with their iPhone and post a secure link to the video on Google Drive to delete after I've downloaded it. You get top notch quality, you don't have to worry about bandwidth, you get a hot show because she's jilling herself when she's horny (not because she's at work), and you don't have to fake fap because all you really want is a recording to jerk off to later before bed but she's not online at that time.
No there is no way for ffmpeg to record a Skype video call in the wild (this include Web, Desktop and Mobile versions) due to its peer-to-peer architecture.
Using Skype video calls for shows is basically a bad choice. Avoid Meta, Google or Microsoft products as much as you can. No matter what you might have read, these products are not actually designed to be secure and privacy friendly.