| Call Recorder for Skype

Using Pear Note with Call Recorder for Skype

Call Recorder for Skype is a plugin for Skype made by Ecamm that can record audio and video from Skype calls. For those who want to use Pear Note to take notes on Skype calls, I suggest you try out Call Recorder for Skype. Pear Note can integrate with Call Recorder by telling Call Recorder when to start and stop recording, then importing the recording created by Call Recorder into your Pear Note document. To use Pear Note with Call Recorder for Skype:

1. Make sure you've got Call Recorder for Skype installed. When you launch Skype, you should see Call Recorder for Skype's little window as well.
2. In Pear Note's Recording preferences, make sure "Use Call Recorder for Skype to record" is checked.
3. Initiate a Skype call, but do not start recording it yet.
4. Hit record in Pear Note. Pear Note will instruct Call Recorder to start recording.
5. When you're done, stop recording in Pear Note before hanging up your Skype call. Pear Note will tell Call Recorder to stop recording.
6. Select the recording file Call Recorder just created to bring it into your Pear Note document. Unfortunately, this is necessary as other restrictions prevent Pear Note from accessing the recording file without user intervention.

Now your Pear Note document will have a recording of your Skype conversation and all notes you took during it will be synced to the recording.

Call Recorder Settings

Feel free to choose whatever settings you like within Call Recorder, with a few exceptions:

- Audio encoding - you should stick with AAC Compression. Other options will likely work within Pear Note for Mac, but may not work on iOS.
- Video encoding - you should stick with H.264. Other options will likely work within Pear Note for Mac, but may not work on iOS.
- Record Calls Automatically - this must remain turned off. Otherwise, Pear Note will not be able to synchronize its timeline with the one in the Call Recorder recording.
- Save Recordings To - this can be set to wherever you like. Whenever you import a recording, Pear Note will remember where it came from and present that folder the next time you use Call Recorder with Pear Note.