Re: [orca-list] Recording audio from the soundcard

[lsmithso hare demon co uk]

Is there a pulseaudio problem? Reboot and try "pactl list sources".

luciano de souza writes:
> After some days of tests, I have partial success.
>
> The first atempt to record sound from my soudcard is that gently explained here.
>
> parec -d 1 > recording.wav
>
> This command should work if I am using Pulse Audio. I don't knew if
> it's true, but regarding the fact I got an error, it's more probably I
> use Alsa. After the "parec" command, playing the wav with mplayer, I
> was informed the format is not recognized and format has not the lirc
> support.
>
> So I tried my second atempt:
>
> gst-launch pulsesrc device=1  ! autoaudiosink
> gst-launch pulsesrc device=1 ! wavenc ! filesink location=output.wav
>
> Yes, the sound is recorded as I wanted. I concluded the problem is
> solved. I made several records and everything is normal. However,
> after restart the computer, I think this is the event, but I am not
> sure,  the command "gst-launch pulsesrc device=1 ! wavenc ! filesink
> location=output.wav" produces a empty audio with the same message of
> unknown format and lack of lirc support.
>
> I think: perhaps I have to type the command "gst-launch pulsesrc
> device=1  ! autoaudiosink" each time I restart the computer. So I did
> it. After pasting the command on the terminal, a strange effect was
> produced. Orca starts to read the work "defining" and, after a
> fraction of second, a second voice, a third, a forth, a crowd of
> voices had been adding, increasing the volume in a crazy choir of
> Orcas. The result is that I can't record.
>
> I try:
>
> sudo apt-get purge gstreamer1.0
> sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0
>
> The first atempt failed, producing the choir of Orcas, the second
> atempt was successful, but after restarting the machine, the faile
> came out again.
>
> Yes, I know is very simple and good to record audio with Gstreamer,
> but I don't know  why gst-launch becomes crazy after the computer
> restarting. Does someone have any ideia?
>
> Thank you for the big advances I have up to now.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
>
> 2014/1/11, luciano de souza <luchyanus gmail com>:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have been trying to record sounds from my soundcard. I got a tip here:
> > http://jordilin.wordpress.com/2006/07/28/howto-recording-audio-from-the-command-line/
> > The intention is to capture an audio from Firefox.
> > By means of arecord, I can record sounds using the commandline.
> > But I don't know how to win a accessibility problem. Orca does not
> > behave very well in alsamixer dialog.
> > Before recording my audio with arecod, I should configure my input
> > with certain parameters.
> > I have tried also Audio-Recorder, but the áudio is always empty.
> > Does someone have a tip to record sounds from the soundcard using
> > terminal or a graphical application?
> > I have certain preference to do it by means of terminal, but any tip is
> > welcome!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Luciano de Souza
>
>
> -- 
> Luciano de Souza
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