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Alex
Asked: 2019-01-03 01:44:35 +0800 CST

How to capture audio in Ubuntu from a stereo device?

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I have a stereo device on which I can play a casette tape (the old magnetic storage devices before CD's). I want to capure the audio from the stereo (from the headphone jack; the only possibility) and record it digitally with a Ubuntu computer (with just a headphone output and USB connections).

How to do that?

I guess I need some external USB device to capture the audio and to be able to record it on the Ubuntu device. But what is the name of such a device?

Or is there another possibility?

sound headphones usb

1 Answers

  1. You probably want a USB Audio Interface. Not all of them work equally well on Linux though, it may be worth checking here if there is driver support:

    http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Main

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