[X-Unix] Record Audio from Terminal

[William H. Magill]

On 24 Jun, 2004, at 00:17, Sephee wrote:
> Would anyone know of a Unix application or another way to record audio 
> from a microphone from within a the terminal? Or is there a way of 
> controlling another audio app via the terminal to record? I have a 
> kind of unique setup where I think this capability would be the best 
> way to go. I dont know if I did the best job of explaining that 
> clearly but, please let me know if you know anything.

WireTap is probably the easiest way to go...
            http://www.ambrosiasw.com

pick the tab: utilities

click on "freebies" right under the tabs.


A) it will record any audio passing through the Mac
B) it can be AppleScripted
        it has a couple of sample scripts included

Once you have an applescript application just "open" it from the 
command line.

open <appname>

Note that you can use open to "double click" any Mac OS X application 
from the command line. Keep in mind, "open" may simply launch a GUI, 
depending upon the way the application is written. But it works.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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