Re: testing microphone - how?
H.S. wrote:
> 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".
>
>
>
meant to type "... admit I am not clear ..."
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