Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] how to record streaming audio?
From: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki (rzewnickie_AT_rfa.org)
Date: Wed Sep 22 2004 - 01:06:19 EEST
On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 11:44:43PM +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Eric Dantan Rzewnicki hat gesagt: // Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 10:52:36AM -0700, airplays55_AT_yahoo.com wrote:
> > > I want to run a sound recorder like audacity to record
> > > what is coming thru my soundcard when playing
> > > streaming audio thru xmms.
> Why not use the xmms disk writer?
of course that would be the simple answer ...
> > > However audacity can't open the audio port /dev/dsp
> > > when streaming audio is playing. This is on knoppix
> > > 3.4 using the OSS driver.
> > > Would using ALSA make this possible?
> > yes. you would need to set up the dmix plugin in .asoundrc.
> But dmix won't help with recording, it's purely a playback mixer. Even
> dshare won't help here. However I had some success using the "tee" or
> even better, the "file" plugin.
doh. :-/ that's what I get for giving advice I wouldn't and haven't used
myself. oh well.
-Eric Rz.
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