[vorbis] Encode on fly from device?

[ben-extra at MIT.EDU]

>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:03:52 -0800 (PST)
>From: Bryan Koschmann - GKT <gktnews at gktech.net>
>
>I am looking for a way to encode everything from the soundcard into a
>.ogg, on the fly. Basically I want to be able to record and convert
>directly to a compressed file. Since this will be running constantly, I
>would also like to be able to listen to the file during this time.
>

I have had good luck using brec which is part of the Debian
distribution.  It will read from the sound card and output to stdout.  It
was given very good performance for me.  As to listening as you record,
couldn't you use the ogg-playing program of your choice directly on the
.ogg file?

-Ben Blout
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