Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 12:38 AM Jack wrote: > Mainly out of curiosity, have you tried connecting to the mike in > instead of the line in on your sound card? Yes, no difference!

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jack
On 2020.04.13 18:10, Adam Carter wrote: On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:48 AM Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:52 PM Michael wrote: > > > > > > ## arecord -l > > > List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices > > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 11:10 PM Adam Carter wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:48 AM Jorge Almeida wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:52 PM Michael wrote: >> > >> >> > > ## arecord -l >> > > List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices >> > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: Generic

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Adam Carter
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 4:48 AM Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:52 PM Michael wrote: > > > > > > ## arecord -l > > > List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices > > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic Analog] > > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > > Subdevice

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:52 PM Michael wrote: > > > ## arecord -l > > List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: Generic Analog [Generic Analog] > > Subdevices: 1/1 > > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: Generic

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Michael
On Monday, 13 April 2020 18:09:25 BST Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 4:29 PM Michael wrote: > > Yes, the first step would be to reduce or set to zero the Mic Boost in > > alsamixer and adjust the Capture volume. However, noise with arecord is > > usually a result of incorrect

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 4:29 PM Michael wrote: > > Yes, the first step would be to reduce or set to zero the Mic Boost in > alsamixer and adjust the Capture volume. However, noise with arecord is > usually a result of incorrect bitrate? > > You could try: > > arecord -fdat -r 48 test.wav OK, I

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 4:23 PM Alexandru N. Barloiu wrote: > > I am not familiar with those products. Sorry. All I can say about it is > that there are 2 types of volumes. The ones for playback, and the ones > for capture. (see F4 in alsa mixer). Also see F6 to select the right > sound card if

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Michael
On Monday, 13 April 2020 16:13:57 BST Jorge Almeida wrote: > Trying to record with arecord produces a file that yields > noise or silence with aplay. I tried changing stuff in alsamixer... Yes, the first step would be to reduce or set to zero the Mic Boost in alsamixer and adjust the Capture

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Alexandru N. Barloiu
On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 16:13 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: > > I mean I can't record sound (or I can't play it). Probably because I > don't know what I'm doing (see above, Documentation). I have a micro > which connects to an interface via a XLR cable (it works; I can hear > sound through

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:22 PM Alexandru N. Barloiu wrote: > > > 3)? Wrong? > > It was gpl. Then they moved it to proprietary. Then they become > insignificant and changed it back. For me, that's sign enough that I > don't want anything to do with it. > OK, I understand... > > > > why would

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Alexandru N. Barloiu
On Mon, 2020-04-13 at 15:18 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:07 PM Alexandru N. Barloiu > wrote: > > OSS4 is a set of proprietary patches. You would need support in > > kernel, > > That's the problem... > > > and support at an application level to use it. Not sure if

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 3:07 PM Alexandru N. Barloiu wrote: > > OSS4 is a set of proprietary patches. You would need support in kernel, That's the problem... > and support at an application level to use it. Not sure if USE=oss will > work with OSS4, but one thing I know for sure is that you

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Alexandru N. Barloiu
OSS4 is a set of proprietary patches. You would need support in kernel, and support at an application level to use it. Not sure if USE=oss will work with OSS4, but one thing I know for sure is that you would need to get the patches from 4front technologies. And given that they keep moving the

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:47 PM wrote: > > > > There is this link: > >https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OSS > > That seems to say you can still install the real OSS. > > The first step is to build a kernel with it included: > >Device Drivers ---> > Sound card support ---> >

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-13 Thread elu6-u259
    On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:16 PM Dale wrote:     I wasn't sure about it either. I was hoping it would provide     kernel     modules that could be used or something like that. Might be worth     installing and then doing a equery f alsa-oss and see just     what it does

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-12 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:16 PM Dale wrote: > > I wasn't sure about it either. I was hoping it would provide kernel > modules that could be used or something like that. Might be worth > installing and then doing a equery f alsa-oss and see just what it does > include. If it won't help,

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-12 Thread Dale
Jorge Almeida wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 9:57 PM Dale wrote: >> Jorge Almeida wrote: >>> Is it possible to install it? >>> Every random page I could find that was gentoo+oss4 related seemed >>> old. I know the kernel does not support oss4 at all, any more than >>> portage does, but I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-12 Thread Jorge Almeida
On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 9:57 PM Dale wrote: > > Jorge Almeida wrote: > > Is it possible to install it? > > Every random page I could find that was gentoo+oss4 related seemed > > old. I know the kernel does not support oss4 at all, any more than > > portage does, but I don't know whether that

Re: [gentoo-user] OSS4

2020-04-12 Thread Dale
Jorge Almeida wrote: > Is it possible to install it? > Every random page I could find that was gentoo+oss4 related seemed > old. I know the kernel does not support oss4 at all, any more than > portage does, but I don't know whether that means it is impossible to > install. > Anyone using it? > >