[SOLVED] Make 2 sound sources into 1

What I want to do is take two sound sources (plughw:0,0 & plughw:1,0) and make them into either one plug or a whole new (virtual) sound card with a plug...
I am using ALSA (no PulseAudio, JACK or OSS), system updated to latest kernel, etc...
My goal is to have just 1 device that, when recorded, streams both System Sound and Microphone sound...
Help is appreciated!
Last edited by Nobabs27 (2014-12-27 02:47:46)

You might be able to do that directly with your recording software. ffmpeg should be able to do that with custom filter chains and the amix filter
http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#amix
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions … b-possible
Last edited by progandy (2014-12-26 09:44:25)

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