[pulseaudio-discuss] why do I use pacat/parec to record monitor device always at the same volume?

[guest271314]

I have used parec to capture system audio and have not noticed that volume
is always the same. The resulting volume of the recording is reflective of
the system volume, for example, set at pavucontrol.

On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 5:26 AM Chengyi Zhao <zhaochengyi at uniontech.com>
wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> Would you please tell me why I use pacat/parec to record monitor device
> always at the same volume?
>
> I use pacat/parec to record the sound played by the video player, but
> the volume is always the same. Is there any way to make the recording
> volume consistent with the playback volume?
>
> Example:
> pacat --record -d alsa_output.pci-0000_01_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor >
> dump.raw
>
> Thanks you very much!
>
> Best Regards,
> Chengyi
>
>
>
>
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