On 5/1/07, Sergei Steshenko <steshenko_sergei@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 02 May 2007 00:19:06 +0100 > eespjl@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > It will depend on your sound card. I am able to select the "capture" > > to be the output mix using the alsa mixer (intel8x0). But this means > > (in my case) the signal goes into the analog domain and is not as clean > > as I would like. > > > > There are other ways to capture the sound, for example > > > > http://www.vsound.org/ > > > > It might not suit your case if several programs are generating the > > sound opening and closing /dev/dsp. > > > > > > Why not physically connect the output of your sound card to the input :-) > > You just need the right cable ? (Make sure the output is not > > monitoring the input to avoid feedback) > > > > > > cheers Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quoting Paul Fox <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > > hi -- googling, i can find quite a few people asking about this, > > > but no clear answers. > > > > > > is it possible to capture the mixed output? i.e., capture what i hear? > > > most people seem to want this in order to capture streamed sources, but > > > in my case it's simply to record the output of a script that generates > > > sound snippets separated by silence -- i need to preserve the overall > > > timing of the sequence. > > > > > > i'm guessing that the answer is "no", given that alsamixer won't let > > > me select the output channel as the capture device, but perhaps there's > > > a trick i don't know. > > > > > > thanks, > > > paul > > > =--------------------- > > > paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 59.7 degrees) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Alsa-user mailing list > > > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Alsa-user mailing list > > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > This a very frequently asked question - can't ALSA developers provide > a generic solution that would work with any card ? > > I've been thinking about 'ecasound' and JACK, for example, to use such > a chain (if I'm not mistaken): > > ALSA -> JACK -> ecasound --+--> JACK -> ALSA > | > \--> file > . > > Regards, > Sergei. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > This is the method I used to record from my radio card and streaming media: I used wmix (http://dockapps.org/file.php/id/58) to select the recording channel and set volume levels. I used audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) to record to file. When using wmix, the cyan colored box on top of the left/right arrows can be clicked. This sets the selected channel as the "recorded channel". Then fire up audacity and it will record that channel. Hope that helps. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
