T410s - can it process both audio in/out at same time ?

[s2kdriver80]

The bottom line is, I want the T410s sound card to record whatever it is playing. I'm doing this externally by looping the audio cables back into the system, so I do not think whatever crippling that Lenovo (and other manufacturers) did on the internal mixing applies here. Also, I do not care if I record in mono, just something clear and acceptable.

When I connect a male-to-male miniplug into the combo jack and the other end into something else like a portable CD player, I see the mic volume level in Control Panel go up and down as the music is playing, so I know the mic is receiving input.

However, if I put one of those combo splitters (like they use on smartphones/bb/etc) into the T410s jack, and THEN connect that male-to-male back onto itself, and then play some music on the computer, the mic volume level does not fluctuate. When I talk out loud, that mic volume level fluctuates, meaning the webcam mic is active, meaning maybe the system thinks nothing is plugged into the jack (but IT IS!). Does the computer get confused when one of those combo splitters are plugged in? Maybe it isn't a full duplex sound card? Can that combo jack process audio in and out simultaneously?

When I dock the T410s, I do not have this problem since the dock has dedicated audio in and out jacks. I can loop a male-to-male back into the dock and the mic volume level fluctuates when I play music on the computer, meaning the mic is receiving input.

Does the T410s get confused when I have one of those combo splitters in the jack? How can I get around this without using the dock's two jacks?

Thanks.

[apelin20]

Dude this is a software issue, and I have done that tons with my T61. When there was no Youtube to mp3 i used to record youtube output with software.

Audacity is what you're looking for. It does not record application sound, but the whole sound card that is playing.