LANG=en_US gst-launch-0.10 alsasrc ! filesink location=/home/matze/Profisport/Test1/audio/test.ogg Setting pipeline to PAUSED ... ERROR: Pipeline doesn't want to pause. ERROR: from element /pipeline0/filesink0: Could not open file "/home/matze/Profisport/Test1/audio/test.ogg" for writing. Additional debug info: gstfilesink.c(265): gst_file_sink_open_file (): /pipeline0/filesink0: system error: No such file or directory Setting pipeline to NULL ... FREEING pipeline ...