[nflug] Recording audio output

[Joe]

Cyber Source wrote:
> try removing any ~/.audacity stuff you might have
>
> Joe wrote:
>> Joe wrote:
>>  
>>> Cyber Source wrote:
>>>      
>>>> I'm a huge fan of audacity, it's been around forever and works great.
>>>>
>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>          
>>>>> I'm using kubuntu gutsy.  When I click on the speaker icon in my
>>>>> panel,
>>>>> it brings up kmix.  Everything works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I play a flash audio from a website, the audio shows up and is
>>>>> controlled by kmix (the pcm slider).
>>>>>
>>>>> When, at the same time, I run
>>>>>
>>>>> arecord -c 2 -f dat -v -v fubar.dat
>>>>>
>>>>> I get a very large wav file with nothing but crosstalk background
>>>>> noise
>>>>> on it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to get arecord (or something similar) to capture
>>>>> this or
>>>>> other audio streams from the web?
>>>>>
>>>>> TIA
>>>>>
>>>>> Joe
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>>> When I start audacity, I get Error Locking Temporary Folder.
>>> What do I look for to fix this?
>>>
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>> I just got the error log:
>>
>> 11:28:02 AM: Failed to create a temporary file name (error 13:
>> Permission denied)
>> 11:28:02 AM: can't open user configuration file.
>>
>> So what do I have to do to get it pointed to somewhere it can write to,
>> etc.?
>>
>> Joe
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Thanks.  That fixed it.  ~/.audacity-data was root:root for some
reason.  Weird.

Joe