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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:25:10 +0200
From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
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Hello,

Is there some way to do a recording of the sound of any application
running and using der FreeBSD sound system, i.e. /dev/dsp*, regardles of
the application. For example (but not limited to) to record a Skype
audio conversation.

I'm running 10-CURRENT if this matters.

Thanks

	matthias
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