> I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to capture the audio that my Ubuntu Linux PC is > playing and save it to a file. I don't want to capture from a URL. I also don't want > to capture through the microphone, or analog capture device. I simply want to > capture the bits that are being sent to the sound card. My system uses pulseaudio. try to record from the monitor device of the output pactl list | grep monitor shows which monitor devices are available, e.g. Monitor Source: alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor then record for the monitor using parec -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor --file-format=wav > rec.wav p. -- Peter Meerwald +43-664-2444418 (mobile)