<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Thanks for your response.  I will attempt your recommendation.  > > pacat -r -d alsa_input.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo | pacat -p -d > > alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor > > This will certainly not work. YOu are trying to record from your input > device (mic) and then play it back via another input device (the monitor > of you output is an input!). That's what I thought that command was doing, but I didn't have the confidence of a good knowledge base to rule it out.  > This means that you will effectively be recording both your mic and the > output of your sound card and playing back both streams on the null > sink. As it is a null sink you wont be able to hear it, but you should > be able to see the VU meter in the playback tab of pavucontrol. When you say I won't be able to hear it, do you mean the recorded stream, or do you mean everything even my VoIP conversation?  Thanks. > > Dear PulseAudio community, > > > > My apologies if this is either a double post or simply a stupid > > question. As the subject line suggests I'm interested in recording > > something like a Skype conversation. I say something like a Skype > > conversation because I work with some similar voip teleconferencing > > programs other than Skype. > > > > I've been looking in several places for some information. Hopefully I'm > > close to having a solution, but I'm not quite there. > > > > pacat -r -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor > > > > I've used the above command to capture audio passing through my sound > > server. > > Good so far. > > > I've also added a virtual device in my > > /etc/alas/pulse-default.conf file. So I can also capture that audio > > with other programs such as Audacity. > > THis is not really correct. For one you should not really edit the > system files, but instead edit your own users' ~/.asoundrc file. > > Secondly, what definition did you add here? In theory you should need > none. You generally should just tell audacity to "use pulse" then when > it is recording fire up an application like pavucontrol, go to the > "Recording tab" and locate the Audacity recroding stream, then move it > so that it is recording from the monitor device you want. This choice > will be remembered for next time. > > > > So I need to include my > > microphone to the recording. > > > > I've found the following command, which doesn't work for me, to pass two > > streams: > > > > pacat -r -d alsa_input.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo | pacat -p -d > > alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor > > This will certainly not work. YOu are trying to record from your input > device (mic) and then play it back via another input device (the monitor > of you output is an input!). > > If you were to play it back properly, it would sound awful to the person > speaking on the VoIP app in question. > > I'll outline my recommendation below. > > > The above results in: > > > > Stream error: No such entity > > write() failed: Broken pipe > > > > for me. > > > > So, is there a way to combine my two devices? I'm assuming something > > like a pacmd script will do the trick, but I don't yet understand how > > the module-combine statements work. > > Well module-combine is technially module-combine-sink. i.e. is allows > you to combine multiple outputs, but not multiple inputs. > > What you want to do is take two inputs (your mic and the monitor of your > output) and combine then and record them. There is not (currently) a > module-combine-source so this is impossible. > > However you can do soemthing that approximates this. > > Firstly load a null sink: > > pactl load-module module-null-sink sink_name='foo' > > Then load two module loops backs: > > pactl load-module module-loopback > pactl load-module module-loopback > > > Using pavucontrol, connect the output of the two loopbacks to the null > sink. Connect the input of the two loopbacks to: > alsa_output.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo.monitor > and > alsa_input.pci-0000_00_14.2.analog-stereo > > This means that you will effectively be recording both your mic and the > output of your sound card and playing back both streams on the null > sink. As it is a null sink you wont be able to hear it, but you should > be able to see the VU meter in the playback tab of pavucontrol. > > Then in order to record the combined result, you will simply select > foo.monitor. > > pacat -r -d foo.monitor > > > Jobs a good 'un! :p > > HTHs > > Col > > > -- > > Colin Guthrie > gmane(at)colin.guthr.ie > http://colin.guthr.ie/ > > Day Job: > Tribalogic Limited [http://www.tribalogic.net/] > Open Source: > Mandriva Linux Contributor [http://www.mandriva.com/] > PulseAudio Hacker [http://www.pulseaudio.org/] > Trac Hacker [http://trac.edgewall.org/] > > _______________________________________________ > pulseaudio-discuss mailing list > pulseaudio-discuss@mail.0pointer.de > https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss <hr />Get a free e-mail account with Hotmail. <a href='http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/' target='_new'>Sign-up now.</a></body> </html>