From 212191648c5e71c054d5324d9c6dac8045316bcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Payne Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:39:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add a note about format --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bdf1177..0865d16 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # AudioTee -AudioTee captures your Mac's system audio output and writes chunks of it to `stdout`, either in base64-encoded JSON (good for humans and easy on terminals) or binary (good for other programs). It uses the [Core Audio taps](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreaudio/capturing-system-audio-with-core-audio-taps) API introduced in macOS 14.2 (released in December 2023). You can do whatever you want with this audio - stream it somewhere else, save it to disk, visualize it, etc. +AudioTee captures your Mac's system audio output as PCM audio data and writes it to `stdout`, either in base64-encoded JSON (good for humans, easy on terminals) or binary (good for other programs). It uses the [Core Audio taps](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreaudio/capturing-system-audio-with-core-audio-taps) API introduced in macOS 14.2 (released in December 2023). You can do whatever you want with this audio - stream it somewhere else, save it to disk, visualize it, etc. By default, it taps the audio output from **all** running process and selects the most appropriate audio chunk output format to use based on the presence of a tty. Tap output is forced to `mono` (not configurable) and preserves your output device's sample rate unless you pass a `--convert-to` flag. Only the default output device is currently supported.