Here are some common question asked by many Ubuntu users. How to record
Audio Recorder is the revamped version of Gnome applet ‘Audio Rec’. It is an easy to use but extremely powerful app that caters to all of your audio recording needs in Ubuntu Unity and Gnome 3. Let’s see how to install Audio Recorder in Ubuntu.
Installing Audio Recorder
You can watch this video to see how to use Audio Recorder.
You can use a PPA to install Audio Recorder in Ubuntu and Linux Mint. Use the following commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audio-recorderFor other Linux distributions, it is available as an unofficial Snap package in beta mode:
sudo snap install audio-recorder --beta
Alternatively, you can download the source code from launchpad. Once installed, you can start the application from Unity Dash.
Features of Audio Recorder:
Records all kind of sound from various kind of sources:
Audio Recorder records all kind of sound your computer makes. It records audio played through your system’s soundcard, microphones, browsers, webcams and more. In other words; it records even if your system sneezes (given that you want to record it). It gives you the option of selecting the recording device such as webcam, microphone, Skype etc.
To record the streaming music, select the appropriate source. For example, if you are playing streaming radio in Rhythmbox then select Rythmbox.
Record at your own convenience:
Audio Recorder also gives you the option of setting timer. You can start, stop or pause recording at a given clock time or at a defined interval of time. You can also set the limit on the recorded file size. Moreover, you can choose to pause (and stop) when their is no audio (or very low sound) and resume it when sound comes back. All you have to do is to edit the text in the Timer panel. Comment out the “rules” that you don’t want to apply and edit the one as per your requirement.
Save the recorded music file in various file format:
Another gem. You can save the recorded file in your favourite file format. Supported type of file format are OGG audio, Flac, MP3, SPX and WAV. You can choose whichever format you prefer. For a good quality recording, MP3 is ideal. The saved files are stored in ~/Audio i.e. Home-><Username> directory.
How good is Audio Recorder?
I used Audio Recorder in Ubuntu to record the music played on YouTube. I saved a 2 minute video in MP3 format that took 934 KB of space. But I must stay I was not expecting the recorded sound quality to be so good. Honestly, I could not distinguish it from the original YouTube song.
So, if you looking for a way to record sound in Ubuntu, Audio Recorder is definitely one of the must-have Linux applications for all your audio recording needs. How do you find Audio Recorder? Do let me know. :)
Too bad it doesn’t work. Press record, level meters show activity yet no file. Another OS POS, collect the set.
So, I’m trying to record in mp3 format on Linux Mint and a popup saying install extra multimedia plugins shows. The plugins are gstreamer 1.0 plugings-ugly, ugly (i386), bad, and bad (i386). I have tried to download them individually as well as all as once and no dice. There is a yellow ! bubble so I tried varying my location through my VPN, still nothing. What can I do? Thanks.
Thank you. This by far the best solution. I’ve used and attempted other stream recorders and this was easiest to setup. Ubuntu will most likely not add it to their repositories for legal concerns. It can be used to record youtube content and risk copy right infringement. They will not want to take the risk.
Great! Thanks, installed recently and I’m loving it 👍
Hi all!
I’m on Mint 18.2. I have an older(slower) system and am trying to record 720p30 gameplay with voice over, which is obviously a big ask. But think I’ve found what might be the sweetspot, using Simple Screen Recorder to capture OpenGL and game audio directly, and Audio Recorder to capture my microphone. Then I use Audacity to clean up noise in the voice track(my microphone sux too) and Blender to edit and composite the two tracks.
I’m still just getting used to the workflow/pipeline. I’ve been using Simple Screen Recorder for a while and have got my settings tweaked to do a real nice job of quickly capturing video. Control-R, Control-R will quickly toggle recording and start a new file. I’ve set up system hotkeys for “audio-recorder –command stop”(Ctrl-T) and “audio-recorder –command start”(Ctrl-F). So Control-R,T,F,R will toggle everything and start a new “segment.” Then, with the Audio Recorder timestamped filename set to match the screen recorder naming, simply sorting a folder view by filename puts everything in proper order, with corresponding video and audio tracks next to each other.
I know this sounds like some kind of humble-brag or something, but I wish I’d have seen someone else say this, 3 months ago. It really is a truly low overhead capture setup.
That is all. Carry on.