Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > >> The mixer seems to work as advertized, volume and muting work OK. I've > >> tried activating recording, which (I think) is indicated by a red light > >> below the volume sliders for a number of diffreent inputs with no effect: > > > >Are you using alsamixer to set the capture channel or another mixer app? > >Not all of them work correctly with alsa drivers. So it is best to use > >the native applications first. > > This seems to be at least part of the problem. After setting the input > using alsamixer, I was able to record sound with both arecord and rec. > > Also alsamixer always shows "line" as the active channel, as indicated > by "CAPTURE" in red above the level indicator, possibly in addition to > whatever other channel I select. >
Sounds like a bug for alsa-devel.. > And I still can't get audacity (a rather nice sound editor I'm using) to > record anything. But this is very likely audacity's problem. > Get it working with arecord first before you contact audacity-devel. You can find the arecord howto in the LAU guide. (see below) > BTW: Is there any documentation about what is the meaning of each of the > very large number of channels that alsamixer displays? In particular > what are "EMU10K1 PCM", "EMU10K1 PCM 0".."EMU10K1 PCM 31", and the e> what does "pcm" stand for? (I have found audio cards to be the h > documented and most confusing of any hardware I have worked with.) > Yes. You can use this command: cat ~/alsa-driver/doc/ControlNames or just read that file ;-] > Thanks very much: Your welcome. > Jonathan Ryshpan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice. > "If you weren't mad, you wouldn't have > come here," said the Cat. > --Lewis Carrol > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com - For the discerning hardware connoisseur. http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/Linux_Audio_Users_Guide/ ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
