ffmpeg get all sound devices(input/output)

audio command-line ffmpeg device

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arecord is the command-line sound recorder and player for the ALSA soundcard driver which is available on Linux.

On Windows you can list the dshow devices with:

ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy

See the Windows section of https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop

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Updated on June 04, 2022

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Abanoub almost 2 years
I have downloaded the static build of ffmpeg for Windows and am trying to get all my sound devices (input/output) I have googled and found this command to retrieve audio devices , but when I use it ffmpeg arecord -l, it shows this error
```
Unrecognized option 'l'.
Error splitting the argument list: Option not found
```
what am missing here?
- rogerdpack over 8 years
  
  what operating system?
- aergistal over 8 years
  
  arecord is a separate command, you do just arecord -l.
Chenming Zhang about 5 years

how about linux? i end up with Unknown input format: 'dshow'
aergistal about 5 years

@ChenmingZhang trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/ALSA for example. You can find the supported devices in the documentation: ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-devices.html
Chris Stryczynski almost 4 years

Unrecognized option 'list_devices'. Error splitting the argument list: Option not found
Keith Bennett over 3 years

"avfoundation" can be used instead of "dshow" on Mac OS, but I'm still looking for what I can use on Linux.