By default, Windows vista, windows7, windows8 and windows10 disabled the Audio Mix Device, so we can't directly capture/record audio from audio mix device on vista, win7 or win8, like game playing audio, media player audio, not microphone audio, etc.

If you want to Capture/Record audio from audio mix device on vista, win7, win8 or win10. You need to complete below simple steps, then you could use YouTube Movie Maker to capture/record audios from audio mix device.

YouTube Movie Maker Audio Capture/Record on Win7/8/10

Step1. Right click windows "Speakers right click windows audio icon" icon, and select "Recording devices".

select audio recording devices

Step2. Right click blank area in the Recording device list, and check "Show Disabled Devices", like below pic.

show disabled audio devices

Step3. Now we can see "Audio Mix Device" in the Recording devices list, here simply right click "Stereo Mix" and press "Enable", like below pics.

enable audio mix device
audio mix device enabled

Step4. Press "OK" to exit above "Sound" window, then run YouTube Movie Maker, select "Make videos" and press "REC" button, like below pic.

youtube movie maker record audios

Step5. Now we can easy to select "Stereo Mix" device as "Audio Input Device" to capture/record audios from audio mix device on vista, win7, win8 or win10, like game playing audio, media player audio, etc.

youtube movie maker capture audios on win7

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