Yes but pulse audio is not installed on my computer and each time I try to use it, it seems to be very complicated to use. In fact, I must use an other mixer than alsamixer, and I must run an other daemon at startup... I don't like this solution. I prefer your second solution using only ALSA and the ~/.asoundrc file. I have written this: pcm.mycopy { type copy slave MySlave file MyFile } So, this special device called "mycopy" copies sound. But I am not sure if it copies from virtual audio card to actual audio card and to file writer. Can you help me to correct this ~/.asoundrc file ? Also, I don't see this new device in my alsamixer. How to see if my new special device is now available ? On Sun, 28 Jul 2013 11:35:44 +0700 Ильдар Ахметгалеев <akhilman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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