How to record output to speakers?












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Is there a program for Ubuntu that can record sounds of only the output of the speaker and not any voices from outside the PC?










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    Why do you want to record sound from inside the computer??
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:48






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    there is a virtual piano website, and i want to play piano and record it while i'm listening to it from my headphones and not outloud.
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:56






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    So you just want to record the output sound of a website? I think almost everyone here thought you were talking about sounds of your computer components :D
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 17:42












  • My answer on this similar question might be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/167061
    – user76204
    Dec 21 '12 at 0:02






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    See also How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity. There this answer did work for me, unlike all answers given here.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 18 '17 at 10:52
















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Is there a program for Ubuntu that can record sounds of only the output of the speaker and not any voices from outside the PC?










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  • 1




    Why do you want to record sound from inside the computer??
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:48






  • 1




    there is a virtual piano website, and i want to play piano and record it while i'm listening to it from my headphones and not outloud.
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:56






  • 3




    So you just want to record the output sound of a website? I think almost everyone here thought you were talking about sounds of your computer components :D
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 17:42












  • My answer on this similar question might be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/167061
    – user76204
    Dec 21 '12 at 0:02






  • 2




    See also How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity. There this answer did work for me, unlike all answers given here.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 18 '17 at 10:52














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Is there a program for Ubuntu that can record sounds of only the output of the speaker and not any voices from outside the PC?










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  • 1




    Why do you want to record sound from inside the computer??
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:48






  • 1




    there is a virtual piano website, and i want to play piano and record it while i'm listening to it from my headphones and not outloud.
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:56






  • 3




    So you just want to record the output sound of a website? I think almost everyone here thought you were talking about sounds of your computer components :D
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 17:42












  • My answer on this similar question might be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/167061
    – user76204
    Dec 21 '12 at 0:02






  • 2




    See also How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity. There this answer did work for me, unlike all answers given here.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 18 '17 at 10:52














  • 1




    Why do you want to record sound from inside the computer??
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:48






  • 1




    there is a virtual piano website, and i want to play piano and record it while i'm listening to it from my headphones and not outloud.
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 15 '12 at 16:56






  • 3




    So you just want to record the output sound of a website? I think almost everyone here thought you were talking about sounds of your computer components :D
    – jPlatte
    Dec 15 '12 at 17:42












  • My answer on this similar question might be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/167061
    – user76204
    Dec 21 '12 at 0:02






  • 2




    See also How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity. There this answer did work for me, unlike all answers given here.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 18 '17 at 10:52








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Why do you want to record sound from inside the computer??
– jPlatte
Dec 15 '12 at 16:48




Why do you want to record sound from inside the computer??
– jPlatte
Dec 15 '12 at 16:48




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there is a virtual piano website, and i want to play piano and record it while i'm listening to it from my headphones and not outloud.
– AmirRazoR
Dec 15 '12 at 16:56




there is a virtual piano website, and i want to play piano and record it while i'm listening to it from my headphones and not outloud.
– AmirRazoR
Dec 15 '12 at 16:56




3




3




So you just want to record the output sound of a website? I think almost everyone here thought you were talking about sounds of your computer components :D
– jPlatte
Dec 15 '12 at 17:42






So you just want to record the output sound of a website? I think almost everyone here thought you were talking about sounds of your computer components :D
– jPlatte
Dec 15 '12 at 17:42














My answer on this similar question might be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/167061
– user76204
Dec 21 '12 at 0:02




My answer on this similar question might be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/167061
– user76204
Dec 21 '12 at 0:02




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See also How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity. There this answer did work for me, unlike all answers given here.
– Ruslan
Feb 18 '17 at 10:52




See also How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity. There this answer did work for me, unlike all answers given here.
– Ruslan
Feb 18 '17 at 10:52










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If I'm not wrong, then I guess you are talking about recording "Stereo Mix" or loopback Output.




In layman's terms, Recording Stereo Mix means recording sound from speaker output.




Here's how to do it:




  1. Install pavucontrol from Ubuntu Software Center.

  2. Install audacity from Ubuntu Software Center.

  3. Select pulse* as recording device in Audacity.

  4. Click Record Button.

  5. Open PulseAudio Volume Control (Search For PulseAudio Volume Control in Dash).

  6. Select Recording Tab.

  7. Now You Should see ALSA plug-in [audacity]. If you do not see ALSA plug-in [audacity], make sure you have clicked Record Button in audacity. You should be running recording in audacity while performing next step.

  8. Select "Monitor from *". See screen shot.
    Screen shot of PulseAudio Volume Control

  9. Now you should be able to record the sound you hear from speaker or headphones.



Note: Tested in Ubuntu 12.10

Reference PulseAudio - Ubuntu Wiki







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    i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 16 '12 at 16:47










  • @AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
    – 465544
    Dec 17 '12 at 15:05






  • 1




    Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
    – Drew Noakes
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:29






  • 1




    Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
    – 465544
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:34






  • 1




    Works on Linux Mint.
    – possumkeys
    Feb 20 '17 at 7:04



















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A very small, bare-bones software that does exactly what you need, is called (rather obviously) "Audio Recorder", installed like this:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audio-recorder


Files are saved automatically to the ~/Audio directory.



Ubuntu audio-recorder






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    It works like a charm, too! :)
    – conualfy
    Oct 10 '13 at 1:41






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    This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
    – karni
    Oct 10 '13 at 16:48










  • Very simple and neat tool!
    – SunLiWei
    Nov 12 '14 at 10:02






  • 2




    Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
    – poelinca
    Jun 11 '15 at 8:22










  • audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
    – Aleksander Alekseev
    Feb 26 '16 at 8:29



















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Command Line




  1. Install sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils lame mpg123

  2. Search for your speakers and tap into your speaker's monitor stream pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index' -e 'Speakers'enter image description here


  3. Play anything you want to record and type in parec -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3


  4. Hit ctrl+c to stop recording and play the recorded file mpg123 out.mp3



Minimalistic GUI



I fixed up a very simple GUI to do this. Pull all the files from here and run install.sh
Goto Dash and search for Record Speakers






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    Best solution... <3
    – Peque
    Dec 28 '16 at 23:55






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    Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 19 '17 at 7:37








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    Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
    – Peque
    Apr 5 '17 at 15:53






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    Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
    – Peter Thomassen
    Sep 21 at 17:07






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    you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
    – and-bri
    Oct 20 at 15:37



















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I just made a small alias to record the PC audio output with one single command and stored in opus format instead of mp3.





  1. Install the required packages:



    sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils opus-tools



  2. Edit your .bashrc file:



    nano ~/.bashrc


    Copy the line below and append it to the end of your ~.bashrc:



    alias recaudio="parec --monitor-stream="$(pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '$1 == "index:" {print $2}')" | opusenc --raw - $(xdg-user-dir MUSIC)/recording-$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S").opus"


    Save the file by pressing Ctrl+X (to close nano), then Y (for "Yes") and Enter (to confirm the file name).




  3. Now load the new ~/.bashrc (or simply open a new terminal):



    source $HOME/.bashrc



Then try, just type



recaudio


It will create a file in your Music home folder called recording-[DATE].opus.



Enjoy.






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  • What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 28 '17 at 4:27











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If I'm not wrong, then I guess you are talking about recording "Stereo Mix" or loopback Output.




In layman's terms, Recording Stereo Mix means recording sound from speaker output.




Here's how to do it:




  1. Install pavucontrol from Ubuntu Software Center.

  2. Install audacity from Ubuntu Software Center.

  3. Select pulse* as recording device in Audacity.

  4. Click Record Button.

  5. Open PulseAudio Volume Control (Search For PulseAudio Volume Control in Dash).

  6. Select Recording Tab.

  7. Now You Should see ALSA plug-in [audacity]. If you do not see ALSA plug-in [audacity], make sure you have clicked Record Button in audacity. You should be running recording in audacity while performing next step.

  8. Select "Monitor from *". See screen shot.
    Screen shot of PulseAudio Volume Control

  9. Now you should be able to record the sound you hear from speaker or headphones.



Note: Tested in Ubuntu 12.10

Reference PulseAudio - Ubuntu Wiki







share|improve this answer



















  • 1




    i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 16 '12 at 16:47










  • @AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
    – 465544
    Dec 17 '12 at 15:05






  • 1




    Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
    – Drew Noakes
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:29






  • 1




    Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
    – 465544
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:34






  • 1




    Works on Linux Mint.
    – possumkeys
    Feb 20 '17 at 7:04
















111














If I'm not wrong, then I guess you are talking about recording "Stereo Mix" or loopback Output.




In layman's terms, Recording Stereo Mix means recording sound from speaker output.




Here's how to do it:




  1. Install pavucontrol from Ubuntu Software Center.

  2. Install audacity from Ubuntu Software Center.

  3. Select pulse* as recording device in Audacity.

  4. Click Record Button.

  5. Open PulseAudio Volume Control (Search For PulseAudio Volume Control in Dash).

  6. Select Recording Tab.

  7. Now You Should see ALSA plug-in [audacity]. If you do not see ALSA plug-in [audacity], make sure you have clicked Record Button in audacity. You should be running recording in audacity while performing next step.

  8. Select "Monitor from *". See screen shot.
    Screen shot of PulseAudio Volume Control

  9. Now you should be able to record the sound you hear from speaker or headphones.



Note: Tested in Ubuntu 12.10

Reference PulseAudio - Ubuntu Wiki







share|improve this answer



















  • 1




    i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 16 '12 at 16:47










  • @AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
    – 465544
    Dec 17 '12 at 15:05






  • 1




    Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
    – Drew Noakes
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:29






  • 1




    Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
    – 465544
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:34






  • 1




    Works on Linux Mint.
    – possumkeys
    Feb 20 '17 at 7:04














111












111








111






If I'm not wrong, then I guess you are talking about recording "Stereo Mix" or loopback Output.




In layman's terms, Recording Stereo Mix means recording sound from speaker output.




Here's how to do it:




  1. Install pavucontrol from Ubuntu Software Center.

  2. Install audacity from Ubuntu Software Center.

  3. Select pulse* as recording device in Audacity.

  4. Click Record Button.

  5. Open PulseAudio Volume Control (Search For PulseAudio Volume Control in Dash).

  6. Select Recording Tab.

  7. Now You Should see ALSA plug-in [audacity]. If you do not see ALSA plug-in [audacity], make sure you have clicked Record Button in audacity. You should be running recording in audacity while performing next step.

  8. Select "Monitor from *". See screen shot.
    Screen shot of PulseAudio Volume Control

  9. Now you should be able to record the sound you hear from speaker or headphones.



Note: Tested in Ubuntu 12.10

Reference PulseAudio - Ubuntu Wiki







share|improve this answer














If I'm not wrong, then I guess you are talking about recording "Stereo Mix" or loopback Output.




In layman's terms, Recording Stereo Mix means recording sound from speaker output.




Here's how to do it:




  1. Install pavucontrol from Ubuntu Software Center.

  2. Install audacity from Ubuntu Software Center.

  3. Select pulse* as recording device in Audacity.

  4. Click Record Button.

  5. Open PulseAudio Volume Control (Search For PulseAudio Volume Control in Dash).

  6. Select Recording Tab.

  7. Now You Should see ALSA plug-in [audacity]. If you do not see ALSA plug-in [audacity], make sure you have clicked Record Button in audacity. You should be running recording in audacity while performing next step.

  8. Select "Monitor from *". See screen shot.
    Screen shot of PulseAudio Volume Control

  9. Now you should be able to record the sound you hear from speaker or headphones.



Note: Tested in Ubuntu 12.10

Reference PulseAudio - Ubuntu Wiki








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    i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 16 '12 at 16:47










  • @AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
    – 465544
    Dec 17 '12 at 15:05






  • 1




    Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
    – Drew Noakes
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:29






  • 1




    Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
    – 465544
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:34






  • 1




    Works on Linux Mint.
    – possumkeys
    Feb 20 '17 at 7:04














  • 1




    i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
    – AmirRazoR
    Dec 16 '12 at 16:47










  • @AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
    – 465544
    Dec 17 '12 at 15:05






  • 1




    Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
    – Drew Noakes
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:29






  • 1




    Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
    – 465544
    Aug 24 '14 at 16:34






  • 1




    Works on Linux Mint.
    – possumkeys
    Feb 20 '17 at 7:04








1




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i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
– AmirRazoR
Dec 16 '12 at 16:47




i did find "pulse" but i couldn't find "pulse:Mix:0" or anything like mix 0. i just went to preferences and then devices and i clicked on recording and it was only pulse there,where can i find pulse:mix:0?
– AmirRazoR
Dec 16 '12 at 16:47












@AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
– 465544
Dec 17 '12 at 15:05




@AmirRazoR Update to reflect current version of Ubuntu.
– 465544
Dec 17 '12 at 15:05




1




1




Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
– Drew Noakes
Aug 24 '14 at 16:29




Each step happens as you describe, but ultimately no audio is recorded in Audacity (Ubuntu 14.04). What does the * after pulse* mean?
– Drew Noakes
Aug 24 '14 at 16:29




1




1




Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
– 465544
Aug 24 '14 at 16:34




Haven't tried it in 14.04. pulse* here means anything that begin with pulse in it's name.
– 465544
Aug 24 '14 at 16:34




1




1




Works on Linux Mint.
– possumkeys
Feb 20 '17 at 7:04




Works on Linux Mint.
– possumkeys
Feb 20 '17 at 7:04













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A very small, bare-bones software that does exactly what you need, is called (rather obviously) "Audio Recorder", installed like this:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audio-recorder


Files are saved automatically to the ~/Audio directory.



Ubuntu audio-recorder






share|improve this answer



















  • 1




    It works like a charm, too! :)
    – conualfy
    Oct 10 '13 at 1:41






  • 1




    This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
    – karni
    Oct 10 '13 at 16:48










  • Very simple and neat tool!
    – SunLiWei
    Nov 12 '14 at 10:02






  • 2




    Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
    – poelinca
    Jun 11 '15 at 8:22










  • audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
    – Aleksander Alekseev
    Feb 26 '16 at 8:29
















49














A very small, bare-bones software that does exactly what you need, is called (rather obviously) "Audio Recorder", installed like this:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audio-recorder


Files are saved automatically to the ~/Audio directory.



Ubuntu audio-recorder






share|improve this answer



















  • 1




    It works like a charm, too! :)
    – conualfy
    Oct 10 '13 at 1:41






  • 1




    This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
    – karni
    Oct 10 '13 at 16:48










  • Very simple and neat tool!
    – SunLiWei
    Nov 12 '14 at 10:02






  • 2




    Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
    – poelinca
    Jun 11 '15 at 8:22










  • audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
    – Aleksander Alekseev
    Feb 26 '16 at 8:29














49












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49






A very small, bare-bones software that does exactly what you need, is called (rather obviously) "Audio Recorder", installed like this:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audio-recorder


Files are saved automatically to the ~/Audio directory.



Ubuntu audio-recorder






share|improve this answer














A very small, bare-bones software that does exactly what you need, is called (rather obviously) "Audio Recorder", installed like this:



sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install audio-recorder


Files are saved automatically to the ~/Audio directory.



Ubuntu audio-recorder







share|improve this answer














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    It works like a charm, too! :)
    – conualfy
    Oct 10 '13 at 1:41






  • 1




    This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
    – karni
    Oct 10 '13 at 16:48










  • Very simple and neat tool!
    – SunLiWei
    Nov 12 '14 at 10:02






  • 2




    Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
    – poelinca
    Jun 11 '15 at 8:22










  • audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
    – Aleksander Alekseev
    Feb 26 '16 at 8:29














  • 1




    It works like a charm, too! :)
    – conualfy
    Oct 10 '13 at 1:41






  • 1




    This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
    – karni
    Oct 10 '13 at 16:48










  • Very simple and neat tool!
    – SunLiWei
    Nov 12 '14 at 10:02






  • 2




    Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
    – poelinca
    Jun 11 '15 at 8:22










  • audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
    – Aleksander Alekseev
    Feb 26 '16 at 8:29








1




1




It works like a charm, too! :)
– conualfy
Oct 10 '13 at 1:41




It works like a charm, too! :)
– conualfy
Oct 10 '13 at 1:41




1




1




This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
– karni
Oct 10 '13 at 16:48




This is lovely, thank you! Very neat, and though Audacity setup works, if you just need to record audio (to ogg, wav, mp3, etc), this is the solution.
– karni
Oct 10 '13 at 16:48












Very simple and neat tool!
– SunLiWei
Nov 12 '14 at 10:02




Very simple and neat tool!
– SunLiWei
Nov 12 '14 at 10:02




2




2




Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
– poelinca
Jun 11 '15 at 8:22




Why would you go thru all the "hustle" with Audacity when this one does the job you need with a single click ... beats me.
– poelinca
Jun 11 '15 at 8:22












audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
– Aleksander Alekseev
Feb 26 '16 at 8:29




audio-recorder currently doesn't work in Ubuntu 14.04: audio-recorder: symbol lookup error: audio-recorder: undefined symbol: _gst_message_type
– Aleksander Alekseev
Feb 26 '16 at 8:29











24














Command Line




  1. Install sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils lame mpg123

  2. Search for your speakers and tap into your speaker's monitor stream pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index' -e 'Speakers'enter image description here


  3. Play anything you want to record and type in parec -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3


  4. Hit ctrl+c to stop recording and play the recorded file mpg123 out.mp3



Minimalistic GUI



I fixed up a very simple GUI to do this. Pull all the files from here and run install.sh
Goto Dash and search for Record Speakers






share|improve this answer



















  • 5




    Best solution... <3
    – Peque
    Dec 28 '16 at 23:55






  • 1




    Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 19 '17 at 7:37








  • 5




    Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
    – Peque
    Apr 5 '17 at 15:53






  • 1




    Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
    – Peter Thomassen
    Sep 21 at 17:07






  • 1




    you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
    – and-bri
    Oct 20 at 15:37
















24














Command Line




  1. Install sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils lame mpg123

  2. Search for your speakers and tap into your speaker's monitor stream pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index' -e 'Speakers'enter image description here


  3. Play anything you want to record and type in parec -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3


  4. Hit ctrl+c to stop recording and play the recorded file mpg123 out.mp3



Minimalistic GUI



I fixed up a very simple GUI to do this. Pull all the files from here and run install.sh
Goto Dash and search for Record Speakers






share|improve this answer



















  • 5




    Best solution... <3
    – Peque
    Dec 28 '16 at 23:55






  • 1




    Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 19 '17 at 7:37








  • 5




    Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
    – Peque
    Apr 5 '17 at 15:53






  • 1




    Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
    – Peter Thomassen
    Sep 21 at 17:07






  • 1




    you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
    – and-bri
    Oct 20 at 15:37














24












24








24






Command Line




  1. Install sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils lame mpg123

  2. Search for your speakers and tap into your speaker's monitor stream pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index' -e 'Speakers'enter image description here


  3. Play anything you want to record and type in parec -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3


  4. Hit ctrl+c to stop recording and play the recorded file mpg123 out.mp3



Minimalistic GUI



I fixed up a very simple GUI to do this. Pull all the files from here and run install.sh
Goto Dash and search for Record Speakers






share|improve this answer














Command Line




  1. Install sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils lame mpg123

  2. Search for your speakers and tap into your speaker's monitor stream pacmd list-sinks | grep -e 'name:' -e 'index' -e 'Speakers'enter image description here


  3. Play anything you want to record and type in parec -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3


  4. Hit ctrl+c to stop recording and play the recorded file mpg123 out.mp3



Minimalistic GUI



I fixed up a very simple GUI to do this. Pull all the files from here and run install.sh
Goto Dash and search for Record Speakers







share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer








edited Dec 11 at 20:17

























answered Nov 16 '16 at 16:49









b-ak

2,03541929




2,03541929








  • 5




    Best solution... <3
    – Peque
    Dec 28 '16 at 23:55






  • 1




    Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 19 '17 at 7:37








  • 5




    Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
    – Peque
    Apr 5 '17 at 15:53






  • 1




    Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
    – Peter Thomassen
    Sep 21 at 17:07






  • 1




    you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
    – and-bri
    Oct 20 at 15:37














  • 5




    Best solution... <3
    – Peque
    Dec 28 '16 at 23:55






  • 1




    Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
    – Ruslan
    Feb 19 '17 at 7:37








  • 5




    Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
    – Peque
    Apr 5 '17 at 15:53






  • 1




    Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
    – Peter Thomassen
    Sep 21 at 17:07






  • 1




    you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
    – and-bri
    Oct 20 at 15:37








5




5




Best solution... <3
– Peque
Dec 28 '16 at 23:55




Best solution... <3
– Peque
Dec 28 '16 at 23:55




1




1




Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
– Ruslan
Feb 19 '17 at 7:37






Of course it's for playback. It's also useful for testing loopback recording software that the software can intercept what is played back. And parec wasn't able to intercept aplay's playback in my test on Ubuntu 14.04.
– Ruslan
Feb 19 '17 at 7:37






5




5




Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
– Peque
Apr 5 '17 at 15:53




Consider removing the | lame [...] pipe and use --file-format=wav output.wav (for example). You can list the supported formats with parec --list-file-formats. Also, consider making a bit more clear the fact that you need to specify the device with the .monitor at the end. ^^
– Peque
Apr 5 '17 at 15:53




1




1




Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
– Peter Thomassen
Sep 21 at 17:07




Nice, as this can do stereo playback recording. Looks like audacity can't do that.
– Peter Thomassen
Sep 21 at 17:07




1




1




you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
– and-bri
Oct 20 at 15:37




you don't need necessarily the name of the source... you can also choose the index of the source : parec -d 0 | lame -r -V0 - out.mp3
– and-bri
Oct 20 at 15:37











2














I just made a small alias to record the PC audio output with one single command and stored in opus format instead of mp3.





  1. Install the required packages:



    sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils opus-tools



  2. Edit your .bashrc file:



    nano ~/.bashrc


    Copy the line below and append it to the end of your ~.bashrc:



    alias recaudio="parec --monitor-stream="$(pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '$1 == "index:" {print $2}')" | opusenc --raw - $(xdg-user-dir MUSIC)/recording-$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S").opus"


    Save the file by pressing Ctrl+X (to close nano), then Y (for "Yes") and Enter (to confirm the file name).




  3. Now load the new ~/.bashrc (or simply open a new terminal):



    source $HOME/.bashrc



Then try, just type



recaudio


It will create a file in your Music home folder called recording-[DATE].opus.



Enjoy.






share|improve this answer























  • What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 28 '17 at 4:27
















2














I just made a small alias to record the PC audio output with one single command and stored in opus format instead of mp3.





  1. Install the required packages:



    sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils opus-tools



  2. Edit your .bashrc file:



    nano ~/.bashrc


    Copy the line below and append it to the end of your ~.bashrc:



    alias recaudio="parec --monitor-stream="$(pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '$1 == "index:" {print $2}')" | opusenc --raw - $(xdg-user-dir MUSIC)/recording-$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S").opus"


    Save the file by pressing Ctrl+X (to close nano), then Y (for "Yes") and Enter (to confirm the file name).




  3. Now load the new ~/.bashrc (or simply open a new terminal):



    source $HOME/.bashrc



Then try, just type



recaudio


It will create a file in your Music home folder called recording-[DATE].opus.



Enjoy.






share|improve this answer























  • What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 28 '17 at 4:27














2












2








2






I just made a small alias to record the PC audio output with one single command and stored in opus format instead of mp3.





  1. Install the required packages:



    sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils opus-tools



  2. Edit your .bashrc file:



    nano ~/.bashrc


    Copy the line below and append it to the end of your ~.bashrc:



    alias recaudio="parec --monitor-stream="$(pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '$1 == "index:" {print $2}')" | opusenc --raw - $(xdg-user-dir MUSIC)/recording-$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S").opus"


    Save the file by pressing Ctrl+X (to close nano), then Y (for "Yes") and Enter (to confirm the file name).




  3. Now load the new ~/.bashrc (or simply open a new terminal):



    source $HOME/.bashrc



Then try, just type



recaudio


It will create a file in your Music home folder called recording-[DATE].opus.



Enjoy.






share|improve this answer














I just made a small alias to record the PC audio output with one single command and stored in opus format instead of mp3.





  1. Install the required packages:



    sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-utils opus-tools



  2. Edit your .bashrc file:



    nano ~/.bashrc


    Copy the line below and append it to the end of your ~.bashrc:



    alias recaudio="parec --monitor-stream="$(pacmd list-sink-inputs | awk '$1 == "index:" {print $2}')" | opusenc --raw - $(xdg-user-dir MUSIC)/recording-$(date +"%F_%H-%M-%S").opus"


    Save the file by pressing Ctrl+X (to close nano), then Y (for "Yes") and Enter (to confirm the file name).




  3. Now load the new ~/.bashrc (or simply open a new terminal):



    source $HOME/.bashrc



Then try, just type



recaudio


It will create a file in your Music home folder called recording-[DATE].opus.



Enjoy.







share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer








edited Dec 29 '16 at 17:16









Byte Commander

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answered Dec 29 '16 at 15:32









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  • What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 28 '17 at 4:27


















  • What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
    – Xen2050
    Nov 28 '17 at 4:27
















What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
– Xen2050
Nov 28 '17 at 4:27




What does the --monitor-stream=... part do/mean? My list-sink-inputs is zero unless something's actually playing sound, then it would return a number. So this would have to be started after the sound is already playing?
– Xen2050
Nov 28 '17 at 4:27


















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