I use this to capture the line-in on my soundcard, to which a radio is connected. rawrec -t 7500 | oggenc -r -Q -q 5 - > foo.ogg You need an oggenc more recent than comes with Debian stable iirc -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at gllug.org.uk http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug