I think part of your problem is that you are playing application which are using pulseaudio but trying to record them using alsa.
If the application you want to record is playing to an alsa output device then waveinput should use the alsa device "pulse" and arecord in the conf file If the application you want to record is playing to a pulseaudio then waveinput should use a pulse audio monitor device such as "alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor" and use parecord in the conf file >From your description I tiunk you are mainly using pulseaudio appl;ication so first find the relevant monitor device. When the application is playing to a speaker try the following command pactl list short | grep RUNNING This will show the running devices and then look for the monitor device applicable to your output device. If the monitor device is alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor try the following command to check output is being recorded parec -v -d alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor --file-format=flac recording.flc This will record the stream in Flac format into the file recording.flc Then you can update the waveinput conf file to Code: -------------------- # # wavin # wavin pcm * * # R [parec] --channels=2 --format=s16le --rate=44100 --file-format=raw -D $FILE$ wavin mp3 * * # RB:{BITRATE=-B %B} [parec] --file-format=wav -d $FILE$ | [lame] --silent -q $QUALITY$ -v $BITRATE$ - - wavin flc * * # R [parec] --file-format=flac -d $FILE$ -------------------- and create a Favorite for the pulse audio monitor wavin:alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo.monitor I iony tested this with VLC and Flac output format - but it worked OK on Ubuntu with 4 sec delay. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104680 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list Squeezecenter@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter