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How to record output to speakers?

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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Generate white noise to calm a baby

I have a three week old baby. Occasionally she refuses to sleep. Some people tell me this is the way life is, some people tell me I need to buy things to fix it. This is becoming an alarmingly common ...
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How to Record Screen and internal Audio?

Is there a way to record my screen, as well as the internal audio? Like, if I were recording a game, it would record the screen, and the sounds from the game.
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Record a program's output with PulseAudio

I would like to record an output of a program with PulseAudio using command line/bash script. It is important not to record all output, but only the output from one specific program. I thought I ...
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How to record any internal sound in and out using Ubuntu and Audacity

How cna I record any internal sound like mic in and speaker out from the same PC running Ubuntu, using Audacity or something else? For example under Windows it can be done like this (I want to do ...
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Use phone as microphone in Linux

I have dual boot Windows and Ubuntu. Since I don't use any microphone on my desktop, I started using an app named "WO Mic" to connect my Android phone's microphone to my desktop in Windows. A good ...
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How to split an mp3 file by detecting silent parts?

I have a big mp3 file including more songs. Is there any way to split the file by detecting silent parts? I would prefer a command line tool (e.g. ffmpeg). Tried: youtube-dl --ignore-errors --format ...
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Too much noise while recording sound from mic on 14.04 LTS

I want to record sound from mic in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I do this with good quality in windows 7 or 8.1. I am using the pulse input(pulse audio) with audacity. It records voices but with lots of noises. ...
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How to Pass/Record audio output as an input device?

I used to use a mixer of some kind and I can't remember which... I would like to record audio from the output, without leaving the computer. I remember in the Jaunty days you could easily enable ...
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GUI program to record internet radio with songs tags (title, artist, etc.)?

In Windows I like Screamer Radio, and I know that are others like RarmaRadio, programs which can record radio music and also save the proper titles, artist names, etc. Is there such a program in ...
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How to convert .m4a audio files to .mp3 use command line?

How to convert .m4a audio files to .mp3 command line? (with no deterioration in quality, if possible). Ubuntu 16.04LTS media info: General Complete name : show.m4a Format ...
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How to set up Ubuntu PC as bluetooth headset to attend calls

I am trying to use a Bluetooth headset on an Ubuntu PC. I am able to connect phone to pc via BT. I can stream music to PC. But cannot hear call audio. I have checked in Android phone logs, and BT sco ...
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Recording phone calls in Ubuntu 20.04 - not just Skype

What is a good piece of software for recording calls? I am not just talking about Skype but Facebook calls, Google Hangouts, Meet, everything. I have been using Simple Screen Recorder but that only ...
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Screen recording applications are not detecting audio in ubuntu 20.04

Two days back I upgraded ubuntu 19.04 into 20.04 lts. However, I noticed that the update got stuck at a particular stage saying 'Removing gnome-logs snap'. This window stays forever Screenshot of the ...
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Recording audio from a cassette player

Does anyone know how to record from a cassette player directly into the computer (headphone output on the cassette player to the microphone socket on the computer) and be able to hear the output at ...
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Record audio output of one single application window only

I would like to record the audio output of a locally running application as mp3 file on my hard disk. However, I need to record only the audio of one single application, ideally only one single ...
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How to use Audio Recorder to record tracks in separate files?

I have installed Audio Recorder to record sounds played by my computer. sudo apt-add-repository ppa:osmoma/audio-recorder sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install audio-recorder I want it to create ...
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arecord has terrible quality

Im having trouble with the sound recorder app, so I tried arecord a.wav the recording sound is terrible.... I read the man page but did not see any provisions to change the sound recording parameters. ...
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recording audio or video from google hangouts

How can I record audio or video coming from a google hangouts session? Any recommended programs for linux and how to do it? PS: I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
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Is it possible to control the recording if Audacity is running in the background?

I would like to record audio while Audacity is running in the background, e.g. because I am focused on another window. Is it possible to control the start and stop of a recording using global keyboard ...
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sox and rec without the mic

I'm trying to record the output of my speakers, but when I do this, it also records from the microphone. I'd like to only record the non-microphone devices. Trying: $ (AUDIODEV=hw:0,0; rec test.mp3)...
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What is the best way to record audio into my desktop?

I asked yesterday about how to configure Audacity, which I found out doesn't work right with Pulse Audio. I have since removed them and am looking for the best way to set up a DAW on my desktop.
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Audio Recorder opening on startup in Ubuntu 16.04

I can't find a way to make the Audio Recorder not open up on startup. I don't remember where I got it from, it has a red icon and says: "Easy-to-use audio recording tool" on the description.
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Can I record playback with audacity without Pulseaudio?

I'm trying to record output (that which I can hear) with Audacity, but no sound is being recorded. I have found some instructions on how to record with Pulseaudio, but I have only Alsa. I can't see ...
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how can we record the screen with audio in ubuntu 22.04 LTS

in my computer i've got ubuntu 22.04 LTS I've tried many screen recording apps none of them work. only screen cast work but there no audio in it(nothing but only the video).
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High-pitched, accelerated voice with Logitech C270

I have some issues when recording/videocalling with Logitech C270 USB webcam: my voice is high-pitched, accelerated, squeaky. The odd thing is that this happens sometimes, not always, and ...
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How do I record streaming audio with audacity?

I am new to Ubuntu and am just feeling my way around. The first few days have certainly been bumpy, and one of the issues I am facing is that I can't record streaming audio on Audacity. How can I do ...
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What's a good Soundflower replacement for Ubuntu?

I just made the switch from OS X to Ubuntu a couple days ago. On OS X, I relied on Soundflower in conjunction with Audacity to help me flawlessly record audio from my computer's speakers to a new MP3 ...
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Delay while recording piano input

I connected my digital piano to my laptop via a JACK cable and an USB sound card adapter. After running pactl load-module module-loopback latency_msec=1 I am able to hear live sounds from piano. Also,...
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How to digitize old vinyl records? [closed]

Out with the old stuff. I want to digitize my old vinyls. What would be necessary to do that?
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Is there a software to record audio with GUI?

While there are many ways to record audio from the microphone over the command line, is there such a software which has a GUI, and has a simple interface? I am looking for something that has a record ...
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Software to record audio for a long time (days) in Ubuntu

We have an experiment wherein we need to record audio for a couple of days. Audacity seems to freeze after a few hours. Any other alternative?
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How can I record audio in & mic in as 1 channel in Audacity?

I am trying to record my podcast, which I do using Google Hangouts & Audacity. I recently switched from Windows 8.1 to Ubuntu. In Windows I was using the software Virtual Cable + VoiceMeeter to ...
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What is the right parameter for ffmpeg to record audio+video simultaneously?

I have been searching the internet on how to record a streaming playback with video and audio. I found this recipe: ffmpeg -video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 25 -f x11grab -i :0.0 -f pulse -ac 2 -i ...
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How to add additional .m4a plugin to gstreamer1.0-plugins-*?

In the app. called Audio Recorder, I can't record in .m4a format. The app says, "Please install additional plugins(from gstreamer1.0-plugins-* package) to support the m4a format" How do I ...
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How to record voice for a slide in LibreOffice Impress?

I am using Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. I want to record my voice for a slide in LibreOffice Impress. I searched but I didn't get it. Please, anyone, help me!
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How to retrieve sound from a turntable via USB

I have a turntable which has a USB made for digitalizing Vinyl records via USB (usb A to usb B not audio to usb). It came with a disk that had "EZ Vinyl/Tape Archiver" which requires itunes to run. ...
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How can I record the audio output using sox?

I want to record the output of Google Text to speech to a mp3 file. I need a command that I can use in Terminal. I read sox can record audio, however don't know how to set up it to record the output ...
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Low Latency Kernel Downsides? [duplicate]

I'm considering moving from stock Ubuntu to Ubuntu Studio. My only concern is the low latency kernel. I've looked into what exactly it is, and know it will be great for my audio work, but I am ...
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Audio-recorder "start if sound" not working 14.04

Audio-recorder worked great for me in 13.04. Now, in 14.04 when I include the option start if sound as a timer in audio-recorder, then audio-recorder will just start recording on is own, and as soon ...
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Microphone recording through flashplayer on Ubuntu

My USB headset and my USB webcam are functioning normally. I can use Skype without any problem. However, even when I allow Flash to record through my webcam and microphone, still I can't record my ...
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Smaller file size for Audio-Record Ogg profile?

I would like to create a new recording profile for Audio Recorder. The one I currently use is the following: ogg, CD Quality, Lossy 44KHz audio/x-raw,rate=44100,channels=2 ! vorbisenc name=enc ...
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How to record from 2 microphones to create a virtual environment (Binaural Recording)

I wish to make a recording using 2 microphones positioned at a distance as described in this wikipedia article on binaural recording so I can make a "3D sound" recording. How can I configure Ubuntu or ...
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record soundcard with arecord (not microphone)

I'm trying to record what my soundcard is sending to my speakers (from the command line), so I've read HOWTO: Recording audio from the command line However, when I do: arecord -f cd -t raw | lame -...
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How to record "stereo mix" with VLC?

I would like to record a stereo mix (basically what I hear through the speakers connected to my sound card) from VLC. However, I haven't been able to figure out exactly how to do this. Under the "...
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Best video recording & mixing software for Ubuntu

I'm searching for a quality software for recording video streams and mixing 3 cameras' streams and photos. I need it also for online streaming on a website. It could be a commercial software, doesn'...
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Recording audio: What is the best volume setting?

follow-up question: What can be considered too high or too low volume? I've been using Ubuntu to record some screencasts (kinda. Khan-style lectures, really) I want to know what volume setting I ...
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Recording screen and audio on muted PC

Do you know if there is chance to somehow catch audio from one card (for example: skype conversation) and mute my laptop without losing audio? I would like concurrently record two separate calls (...
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How to record an audio CD with track information in Brasero?

I use the following process: I select the tracks on my PC and add the files to Brasero. Brasero then burns the CD correctly but, when I play the CD in a commercial CDJ Pioneer or in another player ...
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Sound Recorder does not show "record as" option

I am setting up a Lubuntu box to install in a local classroom where people are not super tech-savvy. I need an audio recording application for them to record things using the microphone and save in a ...
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