Re: [Alsa-user] recording from /dev/dsp

[Lee R. <rlr...@jo...>]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 9:01 PM, James Shatto <Sha...@ea...> wrote:
> record -D copy -f cd -t wav outfile.wav
>
>  This does not seem to capture any of the sounds from /dev/dsp.
>
>  ecasound -i:/dev/dsp -o outfile.wav
>
>  Nor does this.
>
>  It's been a while since I've done this, what am I missing?  Or is there something about usb-audio the prevents this from working?

Whether this works will depend on your hardware.  Some devices support
capturing the audio output, some don't.

What is the output of "amixer" for the USB audio device?

Lee