lou wrote: > Could you give me commands that record sound being played? > > i don't know how to use alsaloop > > Can arecord use mp3 format?
Nothing records directly into mp3; mp3 is a compressed format. ffmpeg or lame can turn the .wav or .au that you get from a recording system into an mp3. > ~$ amixer > Simple mixer control 'Master',0 > Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined > Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 > Mono: > Front Left: Playback 31609 [48%] [on] > Front Right: Playback 31609 [48%] [on] > Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 > Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined > Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right > Limits: Capture 0 - 65536 > Front Left: Capture 3479 [5%] [off] > Front Right: Capture 3479 [5%] [off] > > ~$ arecord -l > **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** > card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC272 Analog [ALC272 Analog] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Do you have a microphone plugged in? Try arecord test.wav and make some noise, then hit ctrl-c to stop the recording. Use aplay test.wav to play it back. If you need a more sophisticated interface, consider installing audacity. -dsr-
