This could be great if you tend to be forgetful, but it’s a bit annoying if you did not actually mean to disconnect. The program comes with a hang-up feature, so when a conversation ends, it automatically stops recording. The mp4 file includes the other side’s video on most of the screen, with your own video in a smaller frame on the bottom right corner-much like it appears on Skype itself. Video recording is also surprisingly good.

Note that if you change the default directory, you might find that it has reset itself when you restart the program. The program creates mp4 files for video calls and mp3 files for audio calls, which it automatically saves in the directory of your choosing. I got some pretty dismal audio recordings when using my laptop’s built-in microphone (although I received no complaints about poor audio during the call), but excellent ones when using my headset. The audio recording quality very much depends on the equipment you use. Pausing a session is seamless, creating a barely perceptible jump in the file. The stop button will save the file, and hitting record again will start a new one. If you want to stop recording for a while but keep the conversation on the same file, use the pause button. You cannot start recording before a conversation is live.

Skype will automatically launch as soon as you start the recorder, and after choosing your setting, you can start your conversation and hit the record button.

While recording, you can either pause or stop the recording at any time. You can, however, click the record button when video is off, and it will automatically start recording when it’s turned on. This means there’s no way to record your own video with the audio conversation, but I guess that makes some sense-chances are you don’t want a recording of your own video.

Upon my very first try with the first setting, I already encountered a slight limitation: You cannot record video at all if the other side didn’t turn video on. FVCR is a simple, lightweight program that comes with three different settings: Record all sides (picture-in-picture), Record other side only, and Record audio only.

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