Re: Sound recording problems

[Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org>]

Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> writes:

> On Saturday 02 April 2005 05:52 pm, Carl Johnson wrote:
> > Hal Vaughan <hal@thresholddigital.com> writes:
> > > On Saturday 02 April 2005 12:55 pm, Carl Johnson wrote:
> >
> > I just meant that the volume can't be at 0 (I use about 80%).  It
> > sounds like it should be working, since I often record from the
> > line-in on my soundblaster card.  I have a slow computer, so I don't
> > use a pipe, but instead use brec to create a .wav file and then use
> > oggenc on that file.
> 
> Okay.  I just wanted to be sure you weren't referencing some other volume 
> adjustment somewhere I didn't know about.
> 
> Right now I'm using Audacity, since all I have to do is click on Record, and 
> it'll show me a graph of the input, so I get fast feedback on whether there's 
> anything there or not.  I'll look at brec once I'm sure it is working, since 
> I'm not using it for a lot of recording, usually just the one show a week, 
> but sometimes a few other shows from time to time, so if recording first, 
> then encoding it lightens the CPU load, that might help.
> 
> It just puzzles me why this won't record.  I can hear the radio and files I 
> play on the output, I can control it with the mixer (aumix or KMix, and I 
> know KMix is OSS), including turning an input or output on or off, I can't 
> see why it won't record.  Does it make a difference if I'm using OSS or ALSA?

I use OSS and don't know anything about ALSA, but I don't think it
should be different.  I have run out of ideas, since it sounds like
you are already doing the same as I do.  If you can hear what you want
to record, and that input channel is selected for record, then it
seems that it should record.  I just checked and it appears that both
/dev/audio and /dev/dsp work for record for me.
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Carl Johnson		carlj@peak.org