## alsasrc alsasrc — capture audio from an alsa device |

## Synopsis

                        GstAlsaSrc;

## Object Hierarchy

      GObject
       +----GstObject
             +----GstElement
                   +----GstBaseSrc
                         +----GstPushSrc
                               +----GstBaseAudioSrc
                                     +----GstAudioSrc
                                           +----GstAlsaSrc

## Implemented Interfaces

GstAlsaSrc implements GstImplementsInterface and GstMixer.

## Properties

      "device"                   gchararray            : Read / Write
      "device-name"              gchararray            : Read

## Description

This element reads data from an audio card using the ALSA API.

### Example pipelines

Record from a sound card using ALSA and encode to Ogg/Vorbis.

    gst-launch -v alsasrc ! audioconvert ! vorbisenc ! oggmux ! filesink location=alsasrc.ogg

Last reviewed on 2006-03-01 (0.10.4)

### Element Information

plugin | alsa
author | Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
class | Source/Audio

### Element Pads

name | src
direction | source
presence | always
details | audio/x-raw-int, endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, signed=(boolean){ true, false }, width=(int)32, depth=(int)32, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ]; audio/x-raw-int, endianness=(int){ 1234, 4321 }, signed=(boolean){ true, false }, width=(int)16, depth=(int)16, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ]; audio/x-raw-int, signed=(boolean){ true, false }, width=(int)8, depth=(int)8, rate=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ], channels=(int)[ 1, 2147483647 ]

## Details

### GstAlsaSrc

    typedef struct _GstAlsaSrc GstAlsaSrc;

Opaque data structure

## Property Details

### The "`device`" property

      "device"                   gchararray            : Read / Write

ALSA device, as defined in an asound configuration file.

Default value: "default"

### The "`device-name`" property

      "device-name"              gchararray            : Read

Human-readable name of the sound device.

Default value: ""

## See Also

alsasink, alsamixer