Re: testing microphone - how?
Rick Pasotto wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote:
>> Alex Samad wrote:
>>>
>>> arecord, aplay - command-line sound recorder and player for ALSA
>>> soundcard driver
>> Yes, I second that.
>>
>> Try with the following command (duration is in seconds):
>> ~$> arecord -D plug:hw:1 --duration=60 audio_sample.wav
>>
>> It will record from the device specified by "-D". You can list (to see
>> which device number to use) your devices using:
>>
>> ~$ arecord -l
>
> Interesting but I have no idea what the output is telling me:
>
> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
> card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]
> Subdevices: 1/1
> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>
Try with plug:hw:0. I admit I am clear about how to specify the devices
to arecord. If that doesn't work, try with plug:hw:1. If these do not
work, try with just "hw:0" or "hw:1".
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