On 13/03/2021, David Wright <d***s@l***n.co.uk> wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: [?]Are Realtek Audio Drivers for Linux available for use > From: David Wright <d***s@li***n.co.uk> > Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:08:10 -0600 > Message-id: <[🔎] 2***6...@axis.corp> > Reply-to: debian-user@lists.debian.org > ... ... [snipped] ... ... > [snipped] ... ... > I (≠OP) don't use pulseaudio as a matter of course. It's meant to > give benefits, but can add undesired complexity. So I generally > stick with ALSA. ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ...
It's nice to hear from you, Mr. Wright. I remember your support. > Most of the time, this doesn't matter, as I have developed several > techniques over the years for capturing Transport Stream files from > the cache, and assembling them into seamless live video, and even > slurping files out of the browser's /proc/<PID>/fd thingies when > youtube_dl fails to download a video. This sounds interesting. May be you could teach the technique, if you are willing to share your ideas, and I know by my experience that you are. > But nowadays, there are some audio links that play quite happily > without leaving any trace that I can find. Which leaves only the > option of recording the soundcard output. ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ... This is the problem with the word Proprietary in Proprietary software. So far as the Collective, Mutually Empowering Choice offered us humans with the advent of FSF GNU-Linux, we missed the boat of Empowering the Social Contract collectively. I continue to lament our poor choice for this illusory threat of theft of personal information (or Zero Sum Hawk-Dove Power Games?), which only in a minority of cases, could be justified. It is only because of a few individuals who still believe in the robustness in the FSF and Open Source architecture that we remain what we were supposed to be. > ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ... > Any idea what technologies are being used by these websites? > I don't want to give examples as I'm not sure they condone > recording their output, and some of the credentials I use are > decidedly ancient and technically should have been expired. > (I think of myself as a visiting alumnus.) ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ... I am totally ignorant, because of my limited experience in the innards of digital computing. > I've read that PA is supposed to be able to make connections in > software that aren't offered by the hardware, rather like JACK > is also meant to do. I'm guessing that might be the OP's interest. ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ... Yes, true. I shall seek this opportunity to explain with snapshots, as deloptes too wanted to know in his own unique restless (no hurt intended) way. The snapshots have been uploaded here: http://bit.do/PA_SndRec_Stream ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ... > I hope my use case is close enough to the OP's to be a useful sidebar. ... ... [snipped] ... ... [snipped] ... ... Not sidebar, but as an addition to the main issue. We might as well have a new thread on this topic. BOTTOMLINE: There isn't a problem with the laptop, as I had observed my daughter use the same in Doze installed on the laptop earlier. Which is why I asked for Realtek Audio drivers for Linux in the first place. Best