To anyone viewing this video: I have since rectified all of the issues I was having while recording - my sound works just fine, my video quality's a bit better, and I'm having no issues anymore. Read on if you want to see what the old issue was.
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WaveoutGetSelectControl() failed. I can't seem to find a way to rectify this issue under Windows XP SP3. I'm not quite sure which Realtek HD Audio chipset I have. I'm thinking I might have to bite the bullet and buy another thing for this PC (a SB Audigy or something, I guess.)
This is Level 1 from a ZC quest I created back in 2009, entitled "Caballo." It was finished soon after the completion of A Link to the Shadows, and released exclusively on ZCRealm. It was a very short project, created entirely in the span of three hours.
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I did get audio recording to work somehow, but it's incredibly loud and distorted. Soundless is better.