For me eases solution is useing pulse audio. It hase nice alsa emulation and gives ability to grab sound from output mnoitor: AR=44100 CHANNELS=1 VQ=5 ASRC=$(pacmd list-sources \ | sed -n 's/name: <\(alsa_output.*monitor.*\)>/\1/p' \ | head -n 1) ffmpeg \ -f pulse -i $ASRC \ -ac $CHANNELS -ar $AR \ -acodec pcm_s16le \ ${OUTPUT}.a1.wav Also alsa has native 'file' plugin. You cab write your own .asoundrc with special device which copies sound from virtual audio card to actual audio card and to file writer. Look at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/alsa-lib/pcm_plugins.html And of course some sound cards has ability to route sound from output to input. Check "source" variable in you alsa mixer in recording mode. 2013/7/28 <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Regarding recording the speakers, I think the poster wants the equivalent of "what you hear" on windows machines. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics > Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics > Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. > Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- ===8@))-\-< http://akhil.ru ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user