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Posted on June 4, 2010 by ruchi 27 Comments
This how-to should show the steps required to record whatever audio is playing on your computer , similar to recording "stereo mix" in windows. This
makes recording audio played by any application, including flash videos, possible.
We are using the Sound Recorder application that comes in standard Ubuntu installations. To set this up using other programs (like audacity) just
substitute it in these instructions.
1. Install pavucontrol (PulseAudio Volume Control ) using apt-get or the Ubuntu Software Center.
2. Open PulseAudio Volume Control. It should be in the applications menu under Sound and Video.
3. Open Sound Recorder and start recording. Playing any sound at this point would be helpful, as your level indicator should react once you have
finished.
4. Go to the "Recording" tab in the PulseAudio Volume Control window.
5. Make sure that "Applications" is selected in the drop down menu on the "Recording" tab.
6. Choose "Monitor of Internal Audio Analog Atereo" from the "Record Stream from" menu in the Sound Recorder entry of the application list.
This appears to be persistent so that you will only have to do this once, but you will have to repeat these steps to record in another application.
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27 thoughts on How to Recording Internal Audio in Ubuntu

Boratsuckdev on June 4, 2010 at 1:31 pm said:
Easier way here:
Steps:
1. Install all restricted multimedia packages.
2. System> Preferences-> Sound
3. Hardware tab, select ANALOG STEREO OUTPUT in PROFILES.
4. Play any music or flash vid from web.
5. Open Default Gnome sound recorder, Set to CD quality lossless [flac] or any format of ur preference.
6. Click RECORD.
7. Stop Recording and save file , use audacity or any program to edit and save in your favourite format.!!!!
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ducdorleans Reply:
November 29th, 2011 at 5:21 pm

muchas gracias, Boratsuckdev

line 3 was the important one, and did it (ie produce sound !) for me
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Vivek Kapoor on June 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm said:
Thank you much for this tip. It was effortless and I was able to do it in first shot (though it looked a bit difficult to achieve initially).
Wish it was there by default rather than requiring the need of installing another application. But nevertheless, it works well so its worth it.
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rm24 on June 7, 2010 at 2:00 pm said:
Just beware of this:
http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/consumer-alert-sound-mix-intentionally-crippled-laptops/
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eha1990 on June 8, 2010 at 2:59 am said:
Thanks for this article. At least Ive solved how to record audio from my sound card now in Ubuntu. I still cant figure out how to record with Audacity
though. Linux really needs to fix the problems with recording audio. Your article is a step in the right direction, but recording audio should work out of the
box.
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eha1990 on June 8, 2010 at 3:06 am said:
@Boratsuckdev your solution solved my problem with recording in Audacity. Thanks a lot to everyone for contributing. I really appreciate helping me
figure this out with your tips and suggestions.
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MetEditor on June 9, 2010 at 8:34 am said:
Thanks for publishing this tutorial! I was searching for a something like this to record streaming audio.. @Boratsuckdevs method is effortless
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m on July 29, 2010 at 12:01 am said:

thanks, trying to solve this has been driving me nuts for an hour!
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D. on December 28, 2010 at 12:40 am said:

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@Boratsuckdev , thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!

I spent hours reading lots of different instructions, I thought I was going to have to install and configure a different sound system but with your advice in
less than 3 minutes I was recording from the sound card!
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GG on January 17, 2011 at 12:16 pm said:
Thanks soooomuuuch, after installing a million and one apps

finally sound recoder worked with above instartuction!

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khroustaliov on March 21, 2011 at 1:31 pm said:

Thanks. It works fine (after experimenting alternative solutions

for about 10 hours)

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John on July 2, 2011 at 11:07 pm said:

Sadly doesnt work for me (nor does anything else). Only way I can record is in Windows. This linux sound really is a mess
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Andrew P. on December 16, 2011 at 1:01 pm said:

Boratsuckdevs solution worked perfectly for me on the first try on my Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS system, running on a Shuttle XPC machine with 2.4 GHz AMD
Athlon processor. Although .flac isnt the most useful file format, Audacity for Linux works fine for cropping, normalizing and generating either .wav or
.mp3 files. This had stumped me since I started playing with Linux nearly three years ago, and whenever I needed to capture audio from the Net, I was
always forced to resort to a clunky, old Windows 98SE machine and Creative Sound Blaster Platinum card. One more tie to the world of Microsoft just got
snipped. Thanks!
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Andrew P. on December 23, 2011 at 6:37 pm said:
For those who might have problems with Boratsuckdevs abbreviated description, Ive expanded it in excruciating detail and changed the order of the
steps slightly. Although it may look daunting at first, once youve done it a time or two it becomes second nature.
The following description pertains to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Your installation may vary slightly.
Before you can capture internal audio, you must first install all restricted multimedia packages. In the top menu tab, click System > Administration >
Software Sources and in the Ubuntu Software tab, check the box labeled Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse). Close the
Software Sources dialog box and run System > Administration > Update Manager to install the needed packages.
Recording procedure:
In the top menu tab, click System > Preferences > Sound.
In Sound Preferences, note the current setting in the Profile drop-down menu, so you can restore it later.
In Sound Preferences Hardware tab, select Analog Stereo Output in the Profile drop-down menu.
Launch GNOMEs default Sound Recorder. In the Record as drop-down menu, select CD Quality, Lossless (.flac type), or other format of your
choice.
Click the round red button in Sound Recorder or press Ctrl+R to begin recording.
Play music or flash video from the Web or a file on your hard drive.
When the audio stream ends, click the square gray button in Sound Recorder or press Ctrl+X to stop. Save the file (click on hard drive icon or press
Ctrl+S).
Use Audacity or other audio editing program to crop unwanted data from start and end of recording, normalize levels, and so on. Export edited data in
your favorite format (.wav signed 16-bit PCM for recording to CD-Audio or .mp3 for use on portable media players). For .mp3 format, click on the Options
button at the bottom of the Export File dialog to select the bit rate and compression quality before clicking the Save button. Constant 128 kbps Stereo
works for nearly all portable MP3 devices and produces fair audio quality for both music and speech, but you may choose other settings for higher audio
quality or smaller file size.
When finished with audio capture, reset Sound Preferences Hardware setting as Analog Stereo Duplex in Profile to return to normal microphone and
speaker configuration. (If you noted a different setting before starting the audio capture session, use that instead.)
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Vikas on January 28, 2012 at 4:07 am said:

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Very nice. @Boratsuckdev, perfect steps. Thanks guys.

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Brazilian on March 17, 2012 at 11:07 am said:

Thanks soooomuuuch. You are the man!
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cauxang on April 10, 2012 at 12:47 pm said:

Thank you Borat,
worked for me, I only had to select ANALOG STEREO OUTPUT. I guess the gstreamer packages were enough.
I am on an ASUS Eee PC 1000 running Ubuntu 11.10
And Thank you Andrew P for the very useful excruciating detail.
I will just mention that I am using Ubuntu 11.10 because it can see my Vietel dcom modem and Ubuntu 10.04 could not.
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OneMoreTime on June 8, 2012 at 9:27 am said:
For years but only occasionally I have recorded and edited audio that is playing. Every now and then I have to restudy how to do the capturing.
Is it that new Sound, Volume Control or Audacity versions always reset the configuration.
With Ubuntu 12.04 and Audacity 2.0 I this time managed to get the recording to work with following steps:
1. In sound settings (click the speaker icon in Unity menu bar) the Play sound through select Analog Output.
2. In Audacity Edit -> Preferencies -> Recording the device select default:Mic:0 (you can alternatively set it at the microphone icon)
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Mike on June 17, 2012 at 6:00 pm said:
Brilliant in its simplicity.
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dave on July 5, 2012 at 1:19 pm said:

yeah! got recording working on my Asus board. Line #3 did the trick.
thanks!
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Christopher on July 14, 2012 at 5:32 pm said:
I havent had a problem getting my mike to work; its the background hiss and odd heartbeat sounds in Sound Recorder that make it of poor quality.
Its somewhat better recording with Audacity, and its easy to remove the noise.
Im using Precise and have been using pulseaudio for years. It fixes intermittent issues with my AudioHub as well.
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Anja on September 3, 2012 at 11:33 pm said:
works for me when selecting all streams, not application as suggested in step 5. above
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Nagasadhu on December 21, 2012 at 3:05 pm said:

Brilliant. Many thanks for this.
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humpty on February 12, 2013 at 8:02 pm said:

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step 6 should read PulseAudio Volume Control instead of Sound Recorder.

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Kiat Huang on April 15, 2013 at 10:48 pm said:

Excellent tip. Works for me on Quantal, where I could choose to record what was streaming into my bluetooth headset. I then edited the ogg file with
Audacity to cut before and after cruft.
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Zid on September 13, 2013 at 8:13 pm said:
7. Check if this monitoring works
Go to PulseAudio Volume Control -> Input Devices Tab -> At the bottom, choose to show ALL input Devices
Check if Monitor of Internal Audio Analog Stereo is not muted and the volume going up and down as you play the audio!!
8. Use Audio Recorder
[How To] Record Audio Streams to MP3 in Ubuntu
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/audio-recorder-for-linux-easily-record-audio-streams-to-mp3
Audio Recorder to record Audio Source= Internal Audio Analog Stereo(Audio Output)
Also check command alamixer -> Tab to Playback section > Go go Capture and Capture1
> Press Space button so the red Capture is shown > Adjust the volume
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Fz on November 16, 2013 at 6:30 pm said:
Thank you! I was already about to give up, but this worked like a charm.
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