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From: Dave <freebsd01@dgmm.net>
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Subject: Re: How to capture audio with FreeBSD?
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On Wednesday 13 December 2017 15:17:33 Jan Beich wrote:
> "Onno K." <onno.k@gmx.com> writes:
> 
> > # aplay -l
> > aplay: device_list:273: no soundcards found...
> > # arecord -l
> > arecord: device_list:273: no soundcards found...
> 
> ALSA on FreeBSD doesn't support direct hardware access, it uses plugins
> such as OSS, Jack, PulseAudio. Try instead:
> 
> $ pkg install ffmpeg
> $ ffmpeg -f oss -i /dev/dsp foo.wav
> <Type Q or Ctrl+C to quit>
> $ ffmpeg -i foo.wav -f oss /dev/dsp
> <Type Q or Ctrl+C to quit>

But do be aware that FFMPeG doesn't do mp3 encoding out of the box
if that is required.  You need to make config install and select lame or
twolame options.