Re: Capture An Audio Stream In Linux

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Moshe Goldfarb.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:47:23 +0100, Andrew Halliwell wrote:

> Denigris <cola@teamtuxedo.com> wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> I use Audio Hijack with my Mac. This is a program that allows you to
>> capture *any* audio source and save it to a file. You can save streaming
>> internet audio, the audio track of a DVD or video game, etc. It also
>> allows the easy filtering and modifying of the sound. I would like to know
>> if a similar open source application is available for linux, and if so,
>> where I can go to get it.
>
> What I've always done is simply use
> mplayer -ao pcm:file=output.wav thingyouwanttocapture.avi
>
> Then edit the resulting wav file in audacity.
> Mplayer can do this with most things, bbc radio streams, dvd, vcd, avi, etc.
> The only limit is DRM, I think.

A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.

Thanks for taking the time........

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He enjoys engendering conflict between newsgroups devoted to competing
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Linonut <linonut@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
> * Moshe Goldfarb. peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
> On behalf of "Moshe Goldfard", who has appropriated the name of a
> survivor of the Sobibor concentration camp, I wish to apologize to the
> non-advocacy newsgroups for "Moshe"'s unjustified cross-posting.
>
> He enjoys engendering conflict between newsgroups devoted to competing
> operating systems.
>
Indeed. Scum of the earth, flatfish and friends are.
And in case it escaped flatty's attention... DRM is dying.
People are coming to the realisation that DRM media suppliers cannot be
trusted as one by one, companies shut down their DRM license repositories.

Yahoo is the latest one to drop it, meaning people who bought (rented
really) music from one of these places will find themselves cut off and
unable to play it on any machine not already licensed.

Buy a new machine?
ooo, touch luck, you'll just have to buy it again.

Followups reset to JUST COLA.
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In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb.
<brick_n_straw@gmail.com>
wrote
on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:03:43 -0400
<tmbnr8kx964u$.pnyig9r25b3q$.dlg@40tude.net>:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:47:23 +0100, Andrew Halliwell wrote:
>
>> Denigris <cola@teamtuxedo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I use Audio Hijack with my Mac. This is a program that allows you to
>>> capture *any* audio source and save it to a file. You can save streaming
>>> internet audio, the audio track of a DVD or video game, etc. It also
>>> allows the easy filtering and modifying of the sound. I would like to know
>>> if a similar open source application is available for linux, and if so,
>>> where I can go to get it.
>>
>> What I've always done is simply use
>> mplayer -ao pcm:file=output.wav thingyouwanttocapture.avi
>>
>> Then edit the resulting wav file in audacity.
>> Mplayer can do this with most things, bbc radio streams, dvd, vcd, avi, etc.
>> The only limit is DRM, I think.
>
> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>
> Thanks for taking the time........
>

Exactly right, unless one is indeed a professional who
knows what he's doing. But there are other ways to capture
audio -- the simplest I can think of is Audacity.

One can also look into 'sox', which has no GUI to speak
of so Moshe will probably lambaste it to death, but it
does have a number of converters.

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Andrew Halliwell wrote:
> Linonut <linonut@bollsouth.nut> wrote:
>> * Moshe Goldfarb. peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>> On behalf of "Moshe Goldfard", who has appropriated the name of a
>> survivor of the Sobibor concentration camp, I wish to apologize to
>> the non-advocacy newsgroups for "Moshe"'s unjustified cross-posting.
>>
>> He enjoys engendering conflict between newsgroups devoted to
>> competing operating systems.
>>
> Indeed. Scum of the earth, flatfish and friends are.
> And in case it escaped flatty's attention... DRM is dying.
> People are coming to the realisation that DRM media suppliers cannot
> be trusted as one by one, companies shut down their DRM license
> repositories.
>
> Yahoo is the latest one to drop it, meaning people who bought (rented
> really) music from one of these places will find themselves cut off
> and unable to play it on any machine not already licensed.
>
> Buy a new machine?
> ooo, touch luck, you'll just have to buy it again.
>
> Followups reset to JUST COLA.

Fixored.


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Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>
> Thanks for taking the time........
>

And you think Windoze is so smart? Today a plugged a USB memory stick
into a windows PC - a screen comes up to say new hardware drtected then
it disappears. It gives no clue what drive this device is or a means to
access. Plugging the same stick into my Ubuntu PC and far more quickly
that the Windoze one, it detects it and opens a file browser showing the
contents of the device.

Later I was using a USB printer on the windows PC, its the default
printer for that system but is not always plugged in. Plug it in an
power on the printer and Windoze is mute - fair enough. Print a document
from another app and all well and good the printer is there in the drop
down menu and works. So now I want to unplug it or turn it off - do
either of these and Windoze moans about 'unsafe disconnection' of a
device. How pathetic is that - Ubuntu handles connection and
disconnection of USB printers transparently and simply lists the
printers it knows about and their status - including if they are not
connected.

Windoze has a long way to go to achieve even the basic functionality of
Linux.

Cheers

Ian
 
Linonut wrote:
> Moshe Goldfarb. peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
> On behalf of "Moshe Goldfard", who has appropriated the name of a
> survivor of the Sobibor concentration camp, I wish to apologize to
> the non-advocacy newsgroups for "Moshe"'s unjustified cross-posting.
>
> He enjoys engendering conflict between newsgroups devoted to
> competing operating systems.

Goldfarb is a known troll. He always cross-posts to four
newsgroups to generate maximum trouble. Please always ensure that
you cut your replies down to one newsgroup, or set followups to
that single group.

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Try the download section.
 
* Ian Thompson-Bell peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>>
>> Thanks for taking the time........
>
> And you think Windoze is so smart? Today a plugged a USB memory stick
> into a windows PC - a screen comes up to say new hardware drtected then
> it disappears. It gives no clue what drive this device is or a means to
> access. Plugging the same stick into my Ubuntu PC and far more quickly
> that the Windoze one, it detects it and opens a file browser showing the
> contents of the device.

XP does the same thing (and you have other choices available).

> Windoze has a long way to go to achieve even the basic functionality of
> Linux.

In some functions, that is true!

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Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>
>> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>
> And you think Windoze is so smart? Today a plugged a USB memory
> stick into a windows PC - a screen comes up to say new hardware
> drtected then it disappears. It gives no clue what drive this
> device is or a means to access. Plugging the same stick into my
> Ubuntu PC and far more quickly that the Windoze one, it detects
> it and opens a file browser showing the contents of the device.

Goldfarb is a known troll. He attempts to create trouble. Best
to ignore him. If you do answer please ensure that you replace
the heavy cross-posting with a follow-up to a single newsgroup.

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Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:58:43 +0100, Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>>>
>>> Thanks for taking the time........
>>>
>> And you think Windoze is so smart? Today a plugged a USB memory stick
>> into a windows PC - a screen comes up to say new hardware drtected then
>> it disappears. It gives no clue what drive this device is or a means to
>> access. Plugging the same stick into my Ubuntu PC and far more quickly
>> that the Windoze one, it detects it and opens a file browser showing the
>> contents of the device.
>
> Doesnt work like that on my machines.
> A box opens up and asks what you want to do based open the types of files
> on the device. Or you can select the view files/folder selection as well.
>
> Sounds like someone somewhere along the line checked the box that says
> "Always use this Option" and then selected "Do Nothing"...
> Subsequently you won't see any dialog box when you plug the device in.
>
> Looks like pilot error to me.

No it is a stock install, completely unaltered.

>
>
>> Later I was using a USB printer on the windows PC, its the default
>> printer for that system but is not always plugged in. Plug it in an
>> power on the printer and Windoze is mute - fair enough. Print a document
>> from another app and all well and good the printer is there in the drop
>> down menu and works. So now I want to unplug it or turn it off - do
>> either of these and Windoze moans about 'unsafe disconnection' of a
>> device. How pathetic is that - Ubuntu handles connection and
>> disconnection of USB printers transparently and simply lists the
>> printers it knows about and their status - including if they are not
>> connected.
>
> Duhhh...It's protecting you from yourself.
>

You reckon, so how do I unplug a USB printer? - USB is meant to hot plug
you know or can't Windoze do that yet.


I tried the test again but this time check the 'safely unplug hardware'
tray thingy before doing it. No mention of a printer there at all. After
repeating several times I discovered dozy Windows thinks my printer is a
'USB mass storage device'

That's not protecting me from myself that's just plain crap.

Cheers

Ian
 
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:04:48 +0100, Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:

> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:58:43 +0100, Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>>
>>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for taking the time........
>>>>
>>> And you think Windoze is so smart? Today a plugged a USB memory stick
>>> into a windows PC - a screen comes up to say new hardware drtected then
>>> it disappears. It gives no clue what drive this device is or a means to
>>> access. Plugging the same stick into my Ubuntu PC and far more quickly
>>> that the Windoze one, it detects it and opens a file browser showing the
>>> contents of the device.
>>
>> Doesnt work like that on my machines.
>> A box opens up and asks what you want to do based open the types of files
>> on the device. Or you can select the view files/folder selection as well.
>>
>> Sounds like someone somewhere along the line checked the box that says
>> "Always use this Option" and then selected "Do Nothing"...
>> Subsequently you won't see any dialog box when you plug the device in.
>>
>> Looks like pilot error to me.
>
> No it is a stock install, completely unaltered.
>
>>
>>
>>> Later I was using a USB printer on the windows PC, its the default
>>> printer for that system but is not always plugged in. Plug it in an
>>> power on the printer and Windoze is mute - fair enough. Print a document
>>> from another app and all well and good the printer is there in the drop
>>> down menu and works. So now I want to unplug it or turn it off - do
>>> either of these and Windoze moans about 'unsafe disconnection' of a
>>> device. How pathetic is that - Ubuntu handles connection and
>>> disconnection of USB printers transparently and simply lists the
>>> printers it knows about and their status - including if they are not
>>> connected.
>>
>> Duhhh...It's protecting you from yourself.
>>
>
> You reckon, so how do I unplug a USB printer? - USB is meant to hot plug
> you know or can't Windoze do that yet.
>
>
> I tried the test again but this time check the 'safely unplug hardware'
> tray thingy before doing it. No mention of a printer there at all. After
> repeating several times I discovered dozy Windows thinks my printer is a
> 'USB mass storage device'
>
> That's not protecting me from myself that's just plain crap.
>
> Cheers
>
> Ian

It sounds like you don't know what you are doing.
Sorry.

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Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
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Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:04:48 +0100, Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:58:43 +0100, Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>>>> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for taking the time........
>>>>>
>>>> And you think Windoze is so smart? Today a plugged a USB memory stick
>>>> into a windows PC - a screen comes up to say new hardware drtected then
>>>> it disappears. It gives no clue what drive this device is or a means to
>>>> access. Plugging the same stick into my Ubuntu PC and far more quickly
>>>> that the Windoze one, it detects it and opens a file browser showing the
>>>> contents of the device.
>>> Doesnt work like that on my machines.
>>> A box opens up and asks what you want to do based open the types of files
>>> on the device. Or you can select the view files/folder selection as well.
>>>
>>> Sounds like someone somewhere along the line checked the box that says
>>> "Always use this Option" and then selected "Do Nothing"...
>>> Subsequently you won't see any dialog box when you plug the device in.
>>>
>>> Looks like pilot error to me.
>> No it is a stock install, completely unaltered.
>>
>>>
>>>> Later I was using a USB printer on the windows PC, its the default
>>>> printer for that system but is not always plugged in. Plug it in an
>>>> power on the printer and Windoze is mute - fair enough. Print a document
>>>> from another app and all well and good the printer is there in the drop
>>>> down menu and works. So now I want to unplug it or turn it off - do
>>>> either of these and Windoze moans about 'unsafe disconnection' of a
>>>> device. How pathetic is that - Ubuntu handles connection and
>>>> disconnection of USB printers transparently and simply lists the
>>>> printers it knows about and their status - including if they are not
>>>> connected.
>>> Duhhh...It's protecting you from yourself.
>>>
>> You reckon, so how do I unplug a USB printer? - USB is meant to hot plug
>> you know or can't Windoze do that yet.
>>
>>
>> I tried the test again but this time check the 'safely unplug hardware'
>> tray thingy before doing it. No mention of a printer there at all. After
>> repeating several times I discovered dozy Windows thinks my printer is a
>> 'USB mass storage device'
>>
>> That's not protecting me from myself that's just plain crap.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ian
>
> It sounds like you don't know what you are doing.
> Sorry.
>

But Moshe, is that not EXACTLY for whom Windoze is designed!!!!

CHeers

Ian
 
Ian Thompson-Bell <ruffrecords@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> It sounds like you don't know what you are doing.
>> Sorry.
>>
>
> But Moshe, is that not EXACTLY for whom Windoze is designed!!!!

Don't you just love the double standards.
"linux is too hard, no-one can use it without a degree in computer science,
windows is easy, people don't want to learn how to use a computer, they just
want to use it and get their work done" from one side of the mouth....

"Windows doesn't work well... Look at what happened to my USB printer"
"You don't know what you're doing, didn't you know you need to edit the
registry manually in order to use USB" with the other...

(paraphrased the last bit, because, how else would you get enough control
over USB to get it to identify things correctly if it can't by itself?)

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* The Ghost In The Machine peremptorily fired off this memo:

> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb.
>>
>> A perfect example of why Linux is ignored by the general public.
>
> One can also look into 'sox', which has no GUI to speak
> of so Moshe will probably lambaste it to death, but it
> does have a number of converters.

By the time this timorous lump of meat, "Moshe", has gotten into his
Google search for a suitable GUI application, I can write a short script
that will convert a whole directory of raw PCM files into Windows wave
files /or/ MP3 files, and run it.

In fact, the running of it takes far less time than the writing, say
maybe a second or two. The writing takes a couple minutes, including a
test echoing of the command to see if it is going to do what I expect.

(Just did this yesterday.)

sox is also available on Windows:

http://sox.sourceforge.net/

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* Ian Thompson-Bell peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>> Doesnt work like that on my machines.
>> A box opens up and asks what you want to do based open the types of files
>> on the device. Or you can select the view files/folder selection as well.
>>
>> Sounds like someone somewhere along the line checked the box that says
>> "Always use this Option" and then selected "Do Nothing"...
>> Subsequently you won't see any dialog box when you plug the device in.
>>
>> Looks like pilot error to me.
>
> No it is a stock install, completely unaltered.

Plus, that check-box has never listened to me when I tell it to "Always
use this option." The box always comes back the next time I plug in a
different brand of dongle.

Idiocy.

> I tried the test again but this time check the 'safely unplug hardware'
> tray thingy before doing it. No mention of a printer there at all. After
> repeating several times I discovered dozy Windows thinks my printer is a
> 'USB mass storage device'
>
> That's not protecting me from myself that's just plain crap.

Of course it is. Everyone knows the USB team is the stupidest team in
Microsoft (if I may be forgiven for using a Bill Gates expression.)

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-- Evan Esar
[ And why not? For why does she have his hat on? Ed.]
 
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:48:32 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:


> Not when you answer dialog boxes with "Always do This" and forget about
> it..
> I tried 3 different keys on 3 different XP systems and got the dialog
> box. Then I checked the "Always do this /Do nothing" box and tried the
> key again and got the same result you are getting.
>
> Bottom line, somewhere along the line you checked that box and you don't
> remember doing it.....


How do you fix that, though? uninstall and re-install the printer driver?


-Thufir
 
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:43:27 -0700, relic wrote:


> _YOUR_ installation of Windows is farkled. USB Device connections don't
> work that way with a good installation of Windows.
>
> Format and Clean Install.


Awesome. And contact the OEM for a disc?


-Thufir
 
thufir wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:43:27 -0700, relic wrote:
>
>
>> _YOUR_ installation of Windows is farkled. USB Device connections
>> don't work that way with a good installation of Windows.
>>
>> Format and Clean Install.
>
>
> Awesome. And contact the OEM for a disc?

No, if you don't have one, *BUY* one. God, linfuxes are cheap.
 
Damian <nospam@rabid-dog.net> wrote:
> thufir wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:43:27 -0700, relic wrote:
>>
>>
>>> _YOUR_ installation of Windows is farkled. USB Device connections
>>> don't work that way with a good installation of Windows.
>>>
>>> Format and Clean Install.
>>
>>
>> Awesome. And contact the OEM for a disc?
>
> No, if you don't have one, *BUY* one. God, linfuxes are cheap.

You have to BUY a disk to reinstall windows even though you've already PAID
for windows?

That's not cheap on the part of linux users, that's outright fraud from
microsoft!
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