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I have Google Fi as my phone service, so I can make and receive calls from my PC. I use OBS to record my important calls with big companies. I always smirk when

I have Google Fi as my phone service, so I can make and receive calls from my PC. I use OBS to record my important calls with big companies. I always smirk when I hear "this call may be recorded". You bet your ass it's being recorded. The recordings have saved me money and aggravation more than once.

jhugo 4y ago
Depending on where you live, this can backfire on you if you don't inform the other party that you're recording them. (IIRC, in some locations, "at least one" party needs to know the call is being recorded — so since you know, it's fine. In others, all parties need to be informed.)
- bjt 4y ago
  Yes. https://www.justia.com/50-state-surveys/recording-phone-calls-and-conversations/ https://www.justia.com/50-state-surveys/recording-phone-call...
Pakdef 4y ago
Ocenaudio can probably also do that
lovehashbrowns 4y ago
Gotta check recording laws, of course! But I’ve done the same. I recorded a transaction between me and another person using OBS. OBS made it easy to add in the discord chat overlayed with our zoom call. It recorded everything to disk in one file, audio video and the chat overlay. All in real time. OBS is just an amazing product.
- gwd 4y ago
  > Gotta check recording laws, of course! There's a weekly online meeting for work that I record, and the first thing on every recording is me saying, "Right, so I've started recording." Probably overkill, but it takes almost no effort, and prevents just about any possible misunderstandings. The only thing that's a bit of a pain is that the meeting app (understandably) doesn't reflect my own sound back to me; so I have to send the mic separately to OBS and to the meeting app, so that both the recording and the live meeting can hear my voice. That in turn means I have to mute in two places separately if I want neither one to (for instance) hear my crying toddler come into the room. That's not OBS's fault, and could probably be solved with yet another layer of software... but probably not worth it to me to set up at this point in time.
  - swyx 4y ago
    i think there's Loopback or something similar from Rogue Ameoba that does the sound reflection. have yet to try it myself.
    - gwd 4y ago
      Prompted by this discussion, I downloaded the trial version of Rogue Amoeba and played around with it yesterday. It looks like it is possible to set up some routing where there's a single button that will mute things to both. Now the question is whether it's worth it (to me) to pay for the full license.
- Tinkeringz 4y ago
  If an other party on the call states they are recording afaik you can record without the disclaimer.

jhugo 4y ago

Depending on where you live, this can backfire on you if you don't inform the other party that you're recording them. (IIRC, in some locations, "at least one" party needs to know the call is being recorded — so since you know, it's fine. In others, all parties need to be informed.)

bjt 4y ago
Yes. https://www.justia.com/50-state-surveys/recording-phone-calls-and-conversations/ https://www.justia.com/50-state-surveys/recording-phone-call...

Pakdef 4y ago

Ocenaudio can probably also do that

lovehashbrowns 4y ago

Gotta check recording laws, of course! But I’ve done the same. I recorded a transaction between me and another person using OBS. OBS made it easy to add in the discord chat overlayed with our zoom call. It recorded everything to disk in one file, audio video and the chat overlay. All in real time. OBS is just an amazing product.

gwd 4y ago
> Gotta check recording laws, of course! There's a weekly online meeting for work that I record, and the first thing on every recording is me saying, "Right, so I've started recording." Probably overkill, but it takes almost no effort, and prevents just about any possible misunderstandings. The only thing that's a bit of a pain is that the meeting app (understandably) doesn't reflect my own sound back to me; so I have to send the mic separately to OBS and to the meeting app, so that both the recording and the live meeting can hear my voice. That in turn means I have to mute in two places separately if I want neither one to (for instance) hear my crying toddler come into the room. That's not OBS's fault, and could probably be solved with yet another layer of software... but probably not worth it to me to set up at this point in time.
- swyx 4y ago
  i think there's Loopback or something similar from Rogue Ameoba that does the sound reflection. have yet to try it myself.
  - gwd 4y ago
    Prompted by this discussion, I downloaded the trial version of Rogue Amoeba and played around with it yesterday. It looks like it is possible to set up some routing where there's a single button that will mute things to both. Now the question is whether it's worth it (to me) to pay for the full license.
Tinkeringz 4y ago
If an other party on the call states they are recording afaik you can record without the disclaimer.