Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:47:33 -0700, klee12 did catÂ*:

> Hello,
>
> I can listen to some programs over the internet using firefox, but I'm
> not able to pause or rewind. I would like to capture that sound on a
> audio file for later playback. When listening to the sound (with Gxine I
> think) I have to wait several minutes while it is buffering. I
> conjecture it is downloading the whole sound file. If that is correct
> all I have to do is to make a copy of that sound file. The questions
> are:
>
> 1. If I'm correct that the whole file is downloaded where is it?

in the xine temporary bucket, you'll find some leaks from time to
time in your $HOME when xine crashes.

> 2. If for some reason its not completely downloaded, can I capture the
> sound as it is being played with fiddling with cables.

Yes. but the solution is extremly dependant on what is the
source format, capturing a stream is not like capturing a sound source.

> 3. If for some reason (1) and (2) are not possible, can I run a cable
> from the audio out into an audio in jack. I'm sure that can be done, but
> maybe someone can give me pointers as I have never used alsamixer or
> whatever to capture sound.

for "actual" sound capture you may use arecord, it'll
probably involve you in reading the docs.

for actual or streaming sound capture i'd recommend to use
the -dumpaudio or dumpstream options off mplayer.
for actual sound you may also use directly mencoder.

to transmute streams into actual sound files (so you can
use proper pause, rewind, ffw, etc.) you'll have to
chose the correct tool, most of the time mencoder will
be the one.