My end goal is to create a music visualizer, however the resources I have found online use the microphone or audio files as audio input. However I would like for the audio input be any audio from the system. Such as audio from youtube or audio from a game etc.
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What OS are you running on? – Green Cloak Guy May 18 '21 at 02:56
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im running windows – keepcs May 18 '21 at 03:15
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For Windows, these two Q&A's may help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23295920/loopback-what-u-hear-recording-in-python-using-pyaudio and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26573556/record-speakers-output-with-pyaudio – ViennaMike May 18 '21 at 03:19
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The problem is, those are not "audio inputs". Those are "audio outputs". There is no built-in way to capture what's being sent to the speakers. If you are using Linux, it's possible to use "loopback recording" to capture what's going to the speakers. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/record_system_sound
If you're running Windows, it's harder.
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