On an Audigy 2 Value SB0400 I'm unable to record from the microphone. Sound output is working fine. I plugged the microphone into the red jack and tried to record using audacity, but get no response.
# arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]], device 0: emu10k1 [ADC Capture/Standard PCM Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]], device 1: emu10k1 mic [Mic Capture] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: Audigy2 [Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]], device 2: emu10k1 efx [Multichannel Capture/PT Playback] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 # lsmod | grep snd snd_pcm_oss 46368 0 snd_mixer_oss 14848 5 snd_pcm_oss snd_emu10k1 110084 4 snd_rawmidi 21344 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_ac97_codec 98492 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_ac97_bus 2560 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm 78600 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec snd_seq_device 7440 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi snd_timer 20360 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 8656 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_util_mem 4032 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_hwdep 8264 1 snd_emu10k1 snd 49056 9 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_seq_device,snd_timer,snd_hwdep # amixer controls | grep Capture numid=8,iface=MIXER,name='PCM Capture Volume' numid=9,iface=MIXER,name='Synth Capture Volume' numid=17,iface=MIXER,name='Line2 Capture Volume' numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Volume' numid=21,iface=MIXER,name='Aux2 Capture Volume' numid=15,iface=MIXER,name='IEC958 Optical Capture Volume' numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Analog Mix Capture Volume' numid=13,iface=MIXER,name='Audigy CD Capture Volume' numid=32,iface=PCM,name='Captured FX8010 Outputs',device=2 # amixer -c 0 cset numid=11 50%,50% unmute cap numid=11,iface=MIXER,name='Mic Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=100,step=0 : values=50,50 # amixer -c 0 cget numid=19 numid=19,iface=MIXER,name='Analog Mix Capture Volume' ; type=INTEGER,access=rw---,values=2,min=0,max=100,step=0 : values=50,50 I run this while talking into the microphone: # arecord -d 5 -N -vvv foobar.wav Recording WAVE 'foobar.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono Plug PCM: Linear conversion PCM (S16_LE) Its setup is: stream : CAPTURE access : RW_INTERLEAVED format : U8 subformat : STD channels : 1 rate : 8000 exact rate : 8000 (8000/1) msbits : 8 buffer_size : 2048 period_size : 1024 period_time : 128000 tick_time : 1000 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 1024 xfer_align : 1024 start_threshold : 1 stop_threshold : 2048 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'Audigy 2 Value [SB0400]' device 0 subdevice 0 Its setup is: stream : CAPTURE access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED format : S16_LE subformat : STD channels : 1 rate : 8000 exact rate : 8000 (8000/1) msbits : 16 buffer_size : 2048 period_size : 1024 period_time : 128000 tick_time : 1000 tstamp_mode : NONE period_step : 1 sleep_min : 0 avail_min : 1024 xfer_align : 1024 start_threshold : 1 stop_threshold : 2048 silence_threshold: 0 silence_size : 0 boundary : 4611686018427387904 Max peak (1024 samples): 0x00000001 # 0% Max peak (1024 samples): 0x00000001 # 0% No sound input appears to be detected. When I play the file, I get a low-level static: # aplay foobar.wav Playing WAVE 'foobar.wav' : Unsigned 8 bit, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono Suggestions? Am I looking at the wrong channels? David _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
