David writes:
> On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 at 23:23, Jack Dangler <tdl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 9/20/19 9:58 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > Jack Dangler wrote:
>
> > >> Wanted a utility for snipping youtube clips, recording skype, etc. and
> > >> someone suggested 'audio recorder' to me. I found some information for it
> > >> here -
> > >> https://mintguide.org/audio/267-audio-recorder-capture-and-record-audio-from-any-device-on-linux-mint.html
>
sox -t alsa hw:4,0 -t wav outfile.wav, where '4,0' is the audio
channel you want to record will make a Wave file of the audio going
through that channel. It can be played back with sox(1), also.
.
.
.
>
> One of the primary advantages of Debian is its central repository with
> thousands of software packages. If you're coming to Debian from
> another operating system, you might be used to installing software
> that you find on random websites. On Debian installing software from
> random websites is a bad habit. It's always better to use software
> from the official Debian repositories if at all possible. The packages
> in the Debian repositories are known to work well and install
> properly. Only using software from the Debian repositories is also
> much safer than installing from random websites which could bundle
> malware and other security risks.
Not to mention that programs in the Debian repositories are updated
frequently, and automatically updated with the apt-get(1)
utility. Maintaining programs scattered around the net is time
consuming, and usually doesn't get done.
John
--
John Conover, cono...@rahul.net, http://www.johncon.com/
