Recording in stereo

["Sridhar M.A." <mas@uomphysics.net>]

Hi,

I am facing some problem while recording from my tape player. My set up
is as follows:
 
   Kernel 2.4.18, Debian woody, 
   alsa 0.9beta10
   Sound card: Yamaha ymfpci
   
I can play mp3 files fine. I have plugged the stereo out of my tape
player to the line in of the sound card. I used rec (from sox package) 
to record the audio. It is being recorded in mono. When I try the
command 

   $ rec -c 2 test.wav

nothing is heard; only silence. Has anybody faced a similar problem? Any
suggestions would be helpful. Similar thing happens even when I use
arecord, the recording program of alsa-utils package.

Regards,

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Sridhar M.A.                                mas at uomphysics dot net

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