Recording Backends

Voxclip supports multiple recording backends and automatically selects the best available one.

Linux backend order

1. pw-record (PipeWire) — preferred
2. arecord (ALSA utils) — fallback
3. ffmpeg — last resort

macOS backend

1. ffmpeg (avfoundation)

Diagnostics

Use voxclip devices to see which backends are available and which devices are detected:

voxclip devices

Forcing a backend

Use --backend to override automatic selection:

voxclip --backend pw-record --language en
voxclip --backend arecord --language en
voxclip --backend ffmpeg --language en