Add Sound Recorder app

Botspot · Mar 19, 2024 · dfeffed · theofficialgman · Mar 19, 2024 · Botspot
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+Record audio from the microphone
+This is a very simple app but it gets the job done easier than a more complicated choice such as VLC or Audacity.
+You have to plug in an audio input device such as a webcam or USB microphone or USB sound card, then make sure it is set as default by right-clicking on the microphone icon on your taskbar.
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+To run: Menu -> Sound & Viceo -> Sound Recorder
+To run in a terminal: gnome-sound-recorder
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+Tips:
+1. In testing, the recorded audio quality was just a loud buzzing sound and impossible to hear anything else. If this happens to you, try changing the Audio Channel to Mono instead of Stereo.
+2. You are supposed to leave the recorded audio in the app, and to actually save the audio somewhere, you are supposed to "export" it to a folder of your choice. But pro users may just want to access the audio right where it is, so here is the folder for saved recordings: ~/.local/share/org.gnome.SoundRecorder
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+gnome-sound-recorder libgtk-4-media-gstreamer
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+https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SoundRecorder
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 Snapdrop|Tools
 Snap Store|Tools
 Sonic Pi|Multimedia
+Sound Recorder|Multimedia
 SpeedTest-CLI|Internet
 Sphero SDK|Programming
 StackEdit|Programming
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		gnome-sound-recorder libgtk-4-media-gstreamer
This comment has been minimized. Sign in to view Copy link theofficialgman Mar 19, 2024 Collaborator libgtk-4-media-gstreamer why this additional dependency? that limits it to jammy+ and bookworm+ (no gtk4 on older releases). It isn't clear what installing this dependency enhances in the application. This comment has been minimized. Sign in to view Copy link Botspot Mar 19, 2024 Author Owner Libs installed by `libgtk-4-media-gstreamer` were being searched for when running this app with `strace`. I added it in an attempt to fix the audio crackling issue as mentioned in the description. I was unaware that `libgtk-4-media-gstreamer` was only in newer OS'es. What is your process fgor checking this? It can be removed. This comment has been minimized. Sign in to view Copy link theofficialgman Mar 19, 2024 • edited Loading Collaborator What is your process fgor checking this? It can be removed. in general, https://packages.ubuntu.com/ and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages But in this case I didn't even need to check since I already know that GTK4 isn't available on older distros (but I did anyway).