Writing audio device loopback on MacOS with Xamarin (C#)

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I am developing cross platform (Windows, Mac) desktop application that will be able to catch desktop sound. I already achieved this with NAudio on Widnows, but I have problems with OSX.

From what I have found, there is MonoMac implementation that have AudioUnit class that is able to catch sound recording, but due to lack of documentation and samples I am not able to determin wheather it works only for microphone or for whole desktop (loopback device).

Also I found that there is possibility of writing AudioDevice and AudioEngine (like in example from this book, chapter 12), but it brings new problems like wrapping c++ to c#.

Is there any other better alternative? Or do I have to stick to finding that I already have? Can someone cast some light on this issue?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '13 at 15:18

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If I understood correctly, you need something like BASS Lib, it's also cross platform.

answered May 27 '13 at 15:18

nemelianov

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Does it support loopback device, any examples? I tried on pc, but had some major problems with integration over mac. Dll did not work. – Jakub Szczygieł May 27 '13 at 17:59
I can't say for sure, but you can see the specifications on their off site [link was in answer] – nemelianov May 27 '13 at 18:43

Writing audio device loopback on MacOS with Xamarin (C#)

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