Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Do you have more than one soundcard? have you try -c 1, -c 2 etc ...? also I've read we must have the IGAin control all the way up to 100 ... you can change this with aumix. But we still need to control the AC97 level ... hope someone is able to see this and give us a hand. On 25/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with amixer -c 0 is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Daniel, With amixer -c n where the card number (n) is 0, I get usage messages . . aumix -q gives me: vol 97, 97, P pcm 100, 100 speaker 0, 0 line 0, 0, P mic 100, 100, R cd 0, 0, P igain 100, 100 line1 0, 0, P dig1 0, 0 phin 0, 0, P phout 100, 100, P video 100, 100, P Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 09:20 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Do you have more than one soundcard? have you try -c 1, -c 2 etc ...? also I've read we must have the IGAin control all the way up to 100 ... you can change this with aumix. But we still need to control the AC97 level ... hope someone is able to see this and give us a hand. On 25/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with amixer -c 0 is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Try alsamixer -c n ... You must get more than 1 control. On 26/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, With amixer -c n where the card number (n) is 0, I get usage messages . . aumix -q gives me: vol 97, 97, P pcm 100, 100 speaker 0, 0 line 0, 0, P mic 100, 100, R cd 0, 0, P igain 100, 100 line1 0, 0, P dig1 0, 0 phin 0, 0, P phout 100, 100, P video 100, 100, P Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 09:20 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Do you have more than one soundcard? have you try -c 1, -c 2 etc ...? also I've read we must have the IGAin control all the way up to 100 ... you can change this with aumix. But we still need to control the AC97 level ... hope someone is able to see this and give us a hand. On 25/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with amixer -c 0 is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Daniel, ?? alsamixer -c n gives wrong -c argument 'n' - why should there be more than one card? Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 12:08 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Try alsamixer -c n ... You must get more than 1 control. On 26/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, With amixer -c n where the card number (n) is 0, I get usage messages . . aumix -q gives me: vol 97, 97, P pcm 100, 100 speaker 0, 0 line 0, 0, P mic 100, 100, R cd 0, 0, P igain 100, 100 line1 0, 0, P dig1 0, 0 phin 0, 0, P phout 100, 100, P video 100, 100, P Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 09:20 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Do you have more than one soundcard? have you try -c 1, -c 2 etc ...? also I've read we must have the IGAin control all the way up to 100 ... you can change this with aumix. But we still need to control the AC97 level ... hope someone is able to see this and give us a hand. On 25/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with amixer -c 0 is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
try alsamixer -c 0 ... I wasn't sure if you had more than one soundcard. On 26/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, ?? alsamixer -c n gives wrong -c argument 'n' - why should there be more than one card? Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 12:08 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Try alsamixer -c n ... You must get more than 1 control. On 26/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, With amixer -c n where the card number (n) is 0, I get usage messages . . aumix -q gives me: vol 97, 97, P pcm 100, 100 speaker 0, 0 line 0, 0, P mic 100, 100, R cd 0, 0, P igain 100, 100 line1 0, 0, P dig1 0, 0 phin 0, 0, P phout 100, 100, P video 100, 100, P Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 09:20 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Do you have more than one soundcard? have you try -c 1, -c 2 etc ...? also I've read we must have the IGAin control all the way up to 100 ... you can change this with aumix. But we still need to control the AC97 level ... hope someone is able to see this and give us a hand. On 25/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with amixer -c 0 is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH -
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Daniel, I have already looked at that setup (see earlier posts) and it seems to be fine - what are you getting at? I was responding to your original post about a lack of an AC97 control and demonstrating it with the results of: amixer -c 0 ie, the only thing I see with AC97 in it is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 12:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: try alsamixer -c 0 ... I wasn't sure if you had more than one soundcard. On 26/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, ?? alsamixer -c n gives wrong -c argument 'n' - why should there be more than one card? -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with amixer -c 0 is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
any ideas? ... anyone? On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: *For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). *I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it?* * On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Hi All, Here's an update in the situation ... When I do arecord -d 10 -f S16_LE -r 48000 -c 2 -t wav foobar.wav and I literally put one of the speaker at full volume in one of my ears I can hear a very vere low volume version of myself. Here's the Kmix settings currently in use (kmix is what I'm using to control my sound settings but any suggestions are more than welcome): Output: No problems here as I can listen to music and sounds without problems. Input: Mic is unmuted (bright green led) and selected for recording (bright red led) with slider all the way to the top. Capture is selected for recording (bright red light) with slider all the way to the top however every time I quit kmix I can see that the slider gets lowered to the minimum so I'm not sure if my changes are being saved. Everything else here is muted and not selected for recording. Switches: Mic Boost, External Amplifier and Stereo Mic are all enabled (bright yellow led) and the rest is disabled. Sorround Jack Mode=Shared, Mic Select=Mic2, Mono Output Select=Mix, Channel Mode=2ch, Downmix=Off, _REFOUT=High-Z I feel I'm a bit closer to get this solved and it's the only thing that's stopping me from doing a full migration from windows to linux at home (all right, I'll have to sort out the webcam as well but I asked my wife for some credit here) Any comments that could help me to boost my mic volume are highly appreciated. Daniel On 15/02/2008, Phil Rhoades [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daniel, I have the same configuration and problem as you . . but I'm still stuck too . . it would be nice to get this sorted out . . Phil. On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 07:43 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Hi All, I'm very new to ALSA and in fact I've never had the need to change the default setting before. However in this occasion and with my desktop PC I've trying to configure my mic in order to use programs like skype but no luck. I'm running fedora 8 and KDE 3.5. I hear sounds fine but my mic is not working (I use a record to test it and all I hear is silence). The soundcard detection utility gives me the following details: Vendor: Intel Corporation Model: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (IHC6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller Module: snd-intel8x0 What I noticed is that in Kmix under the input tab if try to put the capture slider to the top it gets down to 0 every time I quit the app. Also and since the PC is Dell Dimension 5000 I have two mic connectors (one at the front and the other at the back of the PC) and they appear to be listed in kmix as mic1 and mic2 but none of them is working. My /etc/modprobe.conf below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 b44 alias scsi_hostadapter libata alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix alias scsi_hostadapter2 usb-storage alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 alias wlan0 ath5k [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i alsa alsa-utils-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.15-2.fc8 alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.3.rc1.fc8.2 bluez-utils-alsa-3.20-4.fc8 I have no ~/.asoundrc ... Any help is extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance, Daniel - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
When I do arecord -d 10 -f S16_LE -r 48000 -c 2 -t wav foobar.wav and I literally put one of the speaker at full volume in one of my ears I can hear a very vere low volume version of myself. That's always a good sign. _REFOUT=High-Z High-Z is high impedence(Mega Ohms). Generally meant for guitars that plug directly in for recording. Put that on a mic and if you don't have awesome gain, it's gonna make that signal very weak. If you can change that setting, then do. That is if you're not playing electric guitar as the input source. $ aumix -q That's what I normally use to show me my settings. Mic + iGain need to have values other than 0. At least that how it used to work for me. Aumix doesn't seem to play well with multiple soundcards. So I don't use it much anymore. $ amixer scontents A bit verbose, but it should give you some details. Check out the Capture, Mic, and Mic Boost settings. $ alsactl store (or restore) To save or restore whatever settings you've adjusted. My distro(debian) checks for these stored settings before it'll even think of restoring them from some other app like aumix. Basically if /etc/asound.state exists, mixer settings are restored from there. $ alsamixer -c 0 To adjust mixer settings the alsa way(F1 for hotkey list). For some settings, it's the only way to access them. At least that was the case for some headphone jacks on dell laptops. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Hey James, Thanks a lot for your reply. I've checked the setting as suggested but the result is the same [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ aumix -q vol 81, 81, P pcm 52, 52 speaker 100, 100 line 100, 100, P mic 100, 100, R cd 0, 0, P pcm2 74, 74 igain 100, 100 line1 0, 0, P phin 0, 0, P phout 74, 74, P video 100, 100, P [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ amixer scontents Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 65536 Mono: Front Left: Playback 52852 [81%] [on] Front Right: Playback 52852 [81%] [on] Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 65536 Front Left: Capture 65536 [100%] [on] Front Right: Capture 65536 [100%] [on] When I do alsamixer -c 0 and while viewing all channels these are the values presented: Item: Master [dB gain=-9.00, -9.00] Item: Master Mono [dB gain=-12.00] Item: Headphone [dB gain=-12.00, -12.00] Item: Headphone Jack Sense [Off] Item: PCM [dB gain=-10.50, -10.50] Item: Surround [dB gain=-46.50, -46.50] Item: Surround Jack Mode [Shared] Item: Center [dB gain=0.00] Item: LFE [dB gain=-46.50] Item: Line [dB gain=12.00, 12.00] Item: Line Jack Sense [Off] Item: CD [dB gain=-4.50, -4.50] Item: Mic [dB gain=12.00, 12.00] Item: Mic Boost (+20dB) Item: Mic Select [Mic2] Item: Phone [dB gain=-34.50] Item: PC Speaker [dB gain=0.00] Item: Aux [dB gain=-34.50, -34.50] Item: Mono Output Select [Mix] Item: Capture [dB gain=22.50, 22.50] Item: Channel Mode [2ch] Item: Downmix [Off] Item: Exchange Center/LFE [Off] Item: Exchange Front/Surround [Off] Item: Exchange Mic/Line In [Off] Item: External Amplifier Item: Spread Front to Surround and Center/LFE [Off] Item: Stereo Mic Item: V_REFOUT [0 V] What else can I try? I'm I missing something obvious here? Cheers, Daniel On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I do arecord -d 10 -f S16_LE -r 48000 -c 2 -t wav foobar.wav and I literally put one of the speaker at full volume in one of my ears I can hear a very vere low volume version of myself. That's always a good sign. _REFOUT=High-Z High-Z is high impedence(Mega Ohms). Generally meant for guitars that plug directly in for recording. Put that on a mic and if you don't have awesome gain, it's gonna make that signal very weak. If you can change that setting, then do. That is if you're not playing electric guitar as the input source. $ aumix -q That's what I normally use to show me my settings. Mic + iGain need to have values other than 0. At least that how it used to work for me. Aumix doesn't seem to play well with multiple soundcards. So I don't use it much anymore. $ amixer scontents A bit verbose, but it should give you some details. Check out the Capture, Mic, and Mic Boost settings. $ alsactl store (or restore) To save or restore whatever settings you've adjusted. My distro(debian) checks for these stored settings before it'll even think of restoring them from some other app like aumix. Basically if /etc/asound.state exists, mixer settings are restored from there. $ alsamixer -c 0 To adjust mixer settings the alsa way(F1 for hotkey list). For some settings, it's the only way to access them. At least that was the case for some headphone jacks on dell laptops. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
BTW, Does anyone know why the outputs of amixer scontents and amixer -c 0 scontents are different? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ amixer -c 0 scontents Simple mixer control 'Master',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 30 [97%] [-1.50dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 30 [97%] [-1.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Master Mono',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 23 [74%] [-12.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Headphone Jack Sense',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'PCM',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 16 [52%] [-10.50dB] [on] Front Right: Playback 16 [52%] [-10.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Surround',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Surround Jack Mode',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Shared' 'Independent' Item0: 'Shared' Simple mixer control 'Center',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 31 [100%] [0.00dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'LFE',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-46.50dB] [off] Simple mixer control 'Line',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Line Jack Sense',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [off] Simple mixer control 'CD',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 20 [65%] [-4.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 20 [65%] [-4.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [on] Front Right: Playback 31 [100%] [12.00dB] [on] Capture [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost (+20dB)',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Simple mixer control 'Mic Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mic1' 'Mic2' Item0: 'Mic2' Simple mixer control 'Video',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Phone',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Mono: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'PC Speaker',0 Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined Playback channels: Mono Limits: Playback 0 - 15 Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [0.00dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Aux',0 Capabilities: pvolume pswitch cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Playback 0 - 31 Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off] Capture [off] Simple mixer control 'Mono Output Select',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'Mix' 'Mic' Item0: 'Mix' Simple mixer control 'Capture',0 Capabilities: cvolume cswitch Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Limits: Capture 0 - 15 Front Left: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] Front Right: Capture 15 [100%] [22.50dB] [on] Simple mixer control 'Mix',0 Capabilities: cswitch cswitch-exclusive Capture exclusive group: 0 Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right Front Left: Capture [off] Front Right: Capture [off] Simple mixer control
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I read the following: Comment from reader: *For me, the instructions above did not still cut it. I had to turn a control AC97 to 100% (in addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). *I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it?* * On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't seem to make a difference. On 16/02/2008, James Shatto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 Capabilities: enum Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' Item0: '0 V' What type of mic are we talking? Electret type mics(the kind that most PC style mics seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias voltage, or plug-in power for voice recorders). Without the voltage you need a battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z would be my last choices. HTH - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
Re: [Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Daniel, I have the same configuration and problem as you . . but I'm still stuck too . . it would be nice to get this sorted out . . Phil. On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 07:43 +, Daniel Sanabria wrote: Hi All, I'm very new to ALSA and in fact I've never had the need to change the default setting before. However in this occasion and with my desktop PC I've trying to configure my mic in order to use programs like skype but no luck. I'm running fedora 8 and KDE 3.5. I hear sounds fine but my mic is not working (I use a record to test it and all I hear is silence). The soundcard detection utility gives me the following details: Vendor: Intel Corporation Model: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (IHC6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller Module: snd-intel8x0 What I noticed is that in Kmix under the input tab if try to put the capture slider to the top it gets down to 0 every time I quit the app. Also and since the PC is Dell Dimension 5000 I have two mic connectors (one at the front and the other at the back of the PC) and they appear to be listed in kmix as mic1 and mic2 but none of them is working. My /etc/modprobe.conf below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 b44 alias scsi_hostadapter libata alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix alias scsi_hostadapter2 usb-storage alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 alias wlan0 ath5k [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i alsa alsa-utils-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.15-2.fc8 alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.3.rc1.fc8.2 bluez-utils-alsa-3.20-4.fc8 I have no ~/.asoundrc ... Any help is extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance, Daniel - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
[Alsa-user] can't get mic to work on snd-intel8x0
Hi All, I'm very new to ALSA and in fact I've never had the need to change the default setting before. However in this occasion and with my desktop PC I've trying to configure my mic in order to use programs like skype but no luck. I'm running fedora 8 and KDE 3.5. I hear sounds fine but my mic is not working (I use a record to test it and all I hear is silence). The soundcard detection utility gives me the following details: Vendor: Intel Corporation Model: 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (IHC6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller Module: snd-intel8x0 What I noticed is that in Kmix under the input tab if try to put the capture slider to the top it gets down to 0 every time I quit the app. Also and since the PC is Dell Dimension 5000 I have two mic connectors (one at the front and the other at the back of the PC) and they appear to be listed in kmix as mic1 and mic2 but none of them is working. My /etc/modprobe.conf below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 b44 alias scsi_hostadapter libata alias scsi_hostadapter1 ata_piix alias scsi_hostadapter2 usb-storage alias snd-card-0 snd-intel8x0 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-intel8x0 index=0 alias wlan0 ath5k [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i alsa alsa-utils-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio-1.0.15-2.fc8 alsa-lib-1.0.15-1.fc8 alsamixergui-0.9.0-0.3.rc1.fc8.2 bluez-utils-alsa-3.20-4.fc8 I have no ~/.asoundrc ... Any help is extremely appreciated. Thanks in advance, Daniel - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
