capturing sound

klee12 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm running Slackware 12.0 and have an Asus P4P800-e motherboard with
> built in sound. I want to capture sound from the network.
>
> I connected to the sound source on the net with Firefox. Then I
> disconnected the line out jack from the speakers and plugged it into
> the line in jack in the computer. I gave the command
>
> rec -d /dev/sound/audio cpt.wav
>
> as root and I got the error message
>
> ALSA lib pcm.c:2144

snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM /dev/sound/
> audio
> sox: Failed reading /dev/sound/audio: cannot open audio device
>
> /dev/sound/audio does exist, by the way.
>
> What did I do wrong, or is the attempt fatally flawed. Thanks in
> advance.
>
> klee12

If you're using mplayer to get the audio stream try:
mplayer -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:fast:waveheader:file=outfile.wav URL

HIH

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Thanks again for the replies.

I think that Jessb has the easiest solution for me, namely using
aumix. I tried it and it worked. BTW, can someone explain the
difference between alsamixer and aumix. I was using alsamixer
controls and couldn't record; maybe that was because I don't know
about sound or mabe it was because aumix has functionality that
alsamixer doesn't. Anyway I think my problems are solved for now.

BTW. I'm getting a Mac laptop because I want a laptop, the Mac has
better software than Microsoft IMHO, and it's much more secure, IMHO.
It's more expensive, but I haven't found a Mac user who wasn't happy
with their Mac . I was also told it handles multimedia better than
Vista so I thought it might have the software I need, but Linux
evidently also has it.

Thanks again everyone

klee12

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