Recording Internal Audio?

Hi, sorry if this is a newbish question, but it is possible to record internal audio from the macbook air's speakers? (ex: the audio from a certain part of a video on youtube) I've tried Quicktime Pro and Audacity, but both use the external microphone, so I can hear myself cough, but not the audio from the computer. On windows there was an option in sound to switch to built in audio which would allow a program like camstudio to record the internal audio, is this possible on mac?

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In order to record sound and video from my desktop, I installed RecordMyDesktop (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RecordMyDesktop) and followed the instructions from post #4 and #6 on a thread about "Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop" (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 3#p1359593). When I try to record with "recordmydesktop --device looprec", it will not start recording and closes with the following error:
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**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC663 Analog [ALC663 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 1: ALC663 Digital [ALC663 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Loopback [Loopback], device 0: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 7/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
card 1: Loopback [Loopback], device 1: Loopback PCM [Loopback PCM]
Subdevices: 8/8
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
Subdevice #4: subdevice #4
Subdevice #5: subdevice #5
Subdevice #6: subdevice #6
Subdevice #7: subdevice #7
I can record from the microphone with with the command "recordmydesktop". I succeeded in recording the internal audio with audacity by choosing the device "looprec" for recordings. I'm not sure why RecordMyDesktop gives an error while Audacity does not. Below is my ~/.asoundrc, which I copied from the aforementioned thread. I am not knowledgeable, but I guess there is a mistake in it? Would you please assist me solving this error? Thank you for your time.
pcm.!default {
type asym
playback.pcm "LoopAndReal"
#capture.pcm "looprec"
capture.pcm "hw:0,0"
pcm.looprec {
type hw
card "Loopback"
device 1
subdevice 0
pcm.LoopAndReal {
type plug
slave.pcm mdev
route_policy "duplicate"
pcm.mdev {
type multi
slaves.a.pcm pcm.MixReale
slaves.a.channels 2
slaves.b.pcm pcm.MixLoopback
slaves.b.channels 2
bindings.0.slave a
bindings.0.channel 0
bindings.1.slave a
bindings.1.channel 1
bindings.2.slave b
bindings.2.channel 0
bindings.3.slave b
bindings.3.channel 1
pcm.MixReale {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
rate 48000
#rate 44100
periods 128
period_time 0
period_size 1024 # must be power of 2
buffer_size 8192
pcm.MixLoopback {
type dmix
ipc_key 1025
slave {
pcm "hw:Loopback,0,0"
rate 48000
#rate 44100
periods 128
period_time 0
period_size 1024 # must be power of 2
buffer_size 8192
Last edited by rayanamukami (2014-07-05 14:05:20)

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[Solved] Recording internal audio with alsa and recordmydesktop

I record Let's Plays and wanted to record them with recordmydesktop.
I first tried to record using ALSA but after reading much threads about that problem I decided to use pulseaudio because it seems to be easier.
But I want ALSA back so I decided to ask here if anyone knows a solution for the ALSA sound server.
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Last edited by TheRatze94 (2012-08-31 19:25:42)

modprobe snd-aloop
should give you another virtual sound card with an input connected to an output.
Then set up a /~.asoundrc that let you play the stream to the loopback interface and the real speakers too, i used this in the past and it worked:
pcm.!default {
type asym
playback.pcm "LoopAndReal"
#capture.pcm "looprec"
capture.pcm "hw:0,0"
pcm.looprec {
type hw
card "Loopback"
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type multi
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bindings.1.slave a
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pcm.MixReale {
type dmix
ipc_key 1024
slave {
pcm "hw:0,0"
rate 48000
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periods 128
period_time 0
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buffer_size 8192
pcm.MixLoopback {
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Last edited by kokoko3k (2012-08-31 20:00:00)

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