Streaming Video attempt #1

I've had one heck of a time trying to get what I want from recording video from my computer. There are two things I want to do, and I can't do both from a single computer easily. I want to either record from my computer and record the audio coming out of my speakers or record from my microphone as I speak and show what's happening on the screen at the same time. Now, my Dell laptop is COMPLETELY incapable of doing the former idea. I have tried many ways, and searched the internet for help, but it seems that the sound card that came with my Dell E1505 just cannot record sound from the speakers directly to the internal microphone. I can record just fine from an external microphone, though, so that's easy.

On my school computer I can record from the speakers directly without a single problem, and I can easily hook up my microphone to record my voice, too. However, when trying to use Jing to record it, the free version only make Flash video files. Now, I love my school district; they pay me money to do band stuff. However, either they or the state of Delaware has eliminated Flash players from all computers on the system, so there is no way for me to view what I have done. So, did it work? I don't know. I will try to post what I did on here so I can view it later.

This is a video of a segment of Leaving on a Jetplane for the Glasgow Steel Band. It is being played by Finale 2007 music software and recorded by TechSmith's Jing software. If it works, I will be able to do more like this in the future where students will be able to follow along with the music and perhaps play along, too. It will help students learn their parts especially in the summer months when they are out of school for a long while.

Ok, so no luck uploading the video today. I'll try again from home if I can.

Update - 2/19/09, 9:17AM. I realize now that I was trying to upload a Flash file to blogger, and blogger doesn't accept movies in that format. That is why I was having difficulty and no success yesterday.