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Re: How to record with onboard sound card?



--- LMa <ludovicmarchetti@web.de> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am a relatively new Linux user.
> I have the following major problem: trying to record
> with Audacity (among others) doesn't work with 
> my on-board VIA ac97 sound card.
> 
> I know Audacity prety well (I wrote a User's manual
> for specific tasks with Audacity).
> I tried all the settings, all the combinations (in
> Files, settings: all sources, mono-stereo, etc.).
> I'm defeated. Although it worked perfectly fine with
> Win2000, it never worked either with Knoppix 3.4.
> So I guess, if I want to have a chance of solving
> the problem, I've got to get under the bonnet...
> 
> I sport:
> Software: Debian 3.1 ("Sarge") Kernel 2.4.27
> with KDE 3.3.2
> Audacity 1.2.3
> 
What about frequency? I'm using an onboard sound chip
with Audacity, but it only works with 8kHz, the lowest
frequency setting. That's good enough for me. I think
the default is 44kHz, though.

Robert "Tim" Kopp
http://analytic.tripod.com/



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