How to record music off of the Internet...???

[sdavmor]

On 04/12/2011 01:07 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 13:23 -0500, Larry Shields wrote:
>> On 04/12/2011 12:23 PM, sdavmor wrote:
>>> On 04/12/2011 09:17 AM, Larry Shields wrote:
>>>> *By any chance has anyone recorded music off of the INTERNET not using
>>>> a MIC!...
>>>> If so I'd like to know how you went about it, and which program that
>>>> you used...
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Larry
>>>
>>> Audacity (in the repository).  Took me about 10 mins to set it up to
>>> record an internet radio stream last week after reading the relevant
>>> infomation in the help manual. I had my volume set a bit too low, but
>>> that's easy enough to fix after the fact and I'll set it higher next
>>> time.
>>>
>>> If you get stuck contact me here: sdavmor at systemstheory dot net.
>> *Ok well I tried using Audicity, but the audio is very very low when
>> trying too record the music guess it was the same for you...Now my
>> question is how does one increase the audio level so it can be recorded
>> like what I hear right off the Internet...???
>
> First, check alsamixer to be sure alsa is set correctly, then open
> pavucontrol and check the settings there. Alsa first, pavucontrol for
> pulse second. Ric

Good ideas.  That would have solved it for me too.
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