Recording audio from browser or music streaming software into Audacity

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I would like to record the audio coming out from my browser or any software into Audacity.

I am using pipewire and ALSA for sound.

Thanks

➜  ~ hwinfo | grep audio
snd_hda_codec_conexant: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.6/hdaudioC1D0
snd_hda_codec_hdmi: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.1/hdaudioC0D0
Can play audio:	
  P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.1/hdaudioC0D0
  E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.1/hdaudioC0D0
  E: SUBSYSTEM=hdaudio
  E: MODALIAS=hdaudio:v1002AA01r00100700a01
  P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.6/hdaudioC1D0
  E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.6/hdaudioC1D0
  E: SUBSYSTEM=hdaudio
  E: MODALIAS=hdaudio:v14F11F86r00100100a01
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.1/hdaudioC0D0
/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:04:00.6/hdaudioC1D0
  <6>[    4.164771] snd_pci_acp3x 0000:04:00.5: ACP audio mode : 1
  <6>[    4.431401] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client
  <6>[    4.524169] snd_hda_intel 0000:04:00.1: bound 0000:04:00.0 (ops amdgpu_dm_audio_component_bind_ops [amdgpu])
  <6>[    4.560805] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0: CX8070: BIOS auto-probing.
  <6>[    4.561394] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0: autoconfig for CX8070: line_outs=1 (0x17/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0) type:speaker
  <6>[    4.561401] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0:    speaker_outs=0 (0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
  <6>[    4.561404] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0:    hp_outs=1 (0x16/0x0/0x0/0x0/0x0)
  <6>[    4.561407] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0:    mono: mono_out=0x0
  <6>[    4.561409] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0:    inputs:
  <6>[    4.561410] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0:      Internal Mic=0x1a
  <6>[    4.561413] snd_hda_codec_conexant hdaudioC1D0:      Mic=0x19
  ledtrig_audio 16384 1 snd_hda_codec_generic, Live 0x0000000000000000

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From your screenshot, you could try to change “Devices” → “Recording” → “Device” to Pipewire too.

Update:

Just in case above still not works, you could install “pavucontrol” . Open pavucontrol then on very bottom right window make sure “Show: All Streams” selected. Open Browser and Audacity then click the record button. Back to pavucontrol and go to tab “Recording”. There should show device with [audacity] name. Select from the drop down to “Monitor …” of any current sound card that currently playing the sound.

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After that, next time we record using Audacity, it should remember the selection.