Enhanced Sound Card Driver Information

The Enhanced Sound Card Driver option for Replay Radio and Replay A/V has many benefits for improving audio recordings, and a few drawbacks. This page tells you what to expect when using this option, as well has how to use it.

Click here to Download and install the Enhanced Sound Card Driver.

IMPORTANT: The Enhanced Sound Card Driver requires Replay AV or Replay Radio 5.1 or later.

Advantages of the Enhanced Sound Card Driver

The Enhanced Sound Card Driver works by mimicking a sound card on your PC, trapping sounds, and then sending those sounds to the default sound card. In most cases, this works perfectly.

When recording with the Enhanced Sound Card Driver, you'll enjoy these bonuses:

  • Cleaner, distortion-free recordings.
  • Support for more sound cards.
  • Sounds from other programs, including system noises, are eliminated from recordings.
  • The Mute While Recording option will work on all PCs.


Disadvantages of the Enhanced Sound Card Driver

Here are some problems you may run into:

  • Recording is more processor intensive. Users with slower processors may find recordings that would work well using other Recording Sources may skip, or the VU meter and recording timer may not update as they should (rare).
  • Some unexplainable side-effects of these drivers have been noticed. Some programs may not run or install properly when the drivers are loaded (rare).
  • Won't support Windows Server 2003.
  • Can't be active when using Skype.


Using the Enhanced Sound Card Driver

Click here to Download and install the Enhanced Sound Card Driver.

Once you've installed the Enhanced Sound Card Drivers, you can use them by choosing Enhanced Sound Card Driver as an Audio Recording Method as follows:

  1. Open Replay Radio.
  2. Double-click on a show in your list.
  3. Next to Audio Recording Method, you should see "Enhanced Sound Card Driver" as an option at the top of the list.

This option is available no matter what Sound Card is set in Replay Radio's settings.

Note: When using the Test Methods button in Replay Radio, the Enhanced Sound Card Driver will not appear as a recommended recording method. This is normal. Just select it as your audio recording method as described above.

Using iTunes or Quicktime? Be sure to read this from the FAQ.

If you're going to be using Replay Radio's Quick Record feature, be sure to start the Quick record session before opening the playback program you are recording from.

IMPORTANT: The Enhanced Sound Card Driver option requires Replay AV or Replay Radio 5.1 or later.


Uninstalling the Enhanced Sound Card Driver

If you find the Enhanced Sound Card Driver does not work for you, you can uninstall it using Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.