[dundee] vsound?

[James Le Cuirot]

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:48:48 +0100
"Dan Bolser" <dan.bolser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone make vsound work?
> 
> I'm trying things like "vsound xmms" but it always fails with the
> message:

I've never heard of vsound before but using XMMS these days is a
liability. It's just too old. Please use Audacious instead, it looks
just the same but is actively maintained and less buggy.

I've looked at vsound. It seems to be just as ancient. There is probably
a much better way of doing what you're trying to do. For starters, it
seems to use OSS rather than ALSA. OSS emulation should work here and
there is nothing wrong with OSS itself but you're probably using ALSA
and so an ALSA-based solution would be preferable in this case.
Audacious (and XMMS) have a file writer plugin. This bypasses the sound
system entirely and is therefore a much more reliable solution. Most
people do this kind of thing with ffmpeg or mplayer though. What is it
that you're trying to record and what format do you want it to be in?

James