On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 01:28:37PM -0400, Randy Kramer wrote: > I'm (still) using Debian 5.0 (Lenny, iirc). > > I want to capture some audio from a web page. > > Is there an application typically installed in Debian 5.0 that will help me > do > that. (krec does not seem to work--maybe Debian is using ALSA rather than > aRts?) > > OTOH, I started to try to use ffmpeg, but the instructions I was following > say > I need a version of ffmpeg compiled with ALSA support, and the version of > ffmpeg that is installed does not have ALSA support. > > Can somebody point me in the right (simple) direction?
I think I would start by looking at how the web page is playing the audio. If it's a simple background audio file (e.g. an <embed> or <object> tag), then you should be able to simply fetch the file yourself. If, however, the audio is being streamed by a flash/java/silverlight/etc player, then you will need to look deeper. > > Even answering (or telling me how to answer) some simple questions, like: > * is my system using aRts or ALSA? Conceivably, it could be using both. ALSA is the set of sound drivers that the kernel uses to talk to your sound card; aRts, esd and nowadays pulse are all audio managers that sit on top of OSS or ALSA. You can probably see what sound systems you have by playing a wav file through "play" (OSS), "aplay" (ALSA), "artsplay" (aRts), "esdplay" (ESounD) and "paplay" (Pulse). If any commands don't exist, or don't play the wav, then you're not using that system. > * is my system using gstreamer or pulseaudio? > * is there a precompiled (binary) version of ffmpeg for Debian 5.0 with > ALSA support compiled in? I would suggest using OSS (play, record etc). IIRC, Debian 5.0 would have been around the time that ALSA was supplanting OSS, so either you're still using OSS or you'll have ALSA with OSS compatibility enabled. > * ??? > > Thanks! > Randy Kramer > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206241328.37979.rhkra...@gmail.com > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120625121110.ga3...@darac.org.uk
