Re: ALSA problem?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-04-03 19:19, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Ron Johnson [100403 18:55 -0500]
> > On 2010-04-03 18:38, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > > * Stephen Powell [100403 19:06 -0400]
> > > > On Sat, 3 Apr 2010 15:00:11 -0400 (EDT), Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > > > > Stephen Powell wrote:
> > > > > > That can't be right.  What's the output of amixer?
> > > > > The udev system recoognized a usb webcam as an audio device
> > > > > (snd-usb-audio) and it becomes soundcard 0 in ALSA's card devices.
> > > > >
> > > > > alsamixer by default uses soundcard 0. See alsamixer(1). Webcams
> > > > > don't have a mixer device.
> [...]>
> > That doesn't answer why udev thinks webcam is an audio card.
>
> Are there webcams with an intergrated microphne flying around?

Dunno, since I don't have a webcam.  Every other cheap POS is 
integrated, though, so I shouldn't be surprised.

Would make for better audio/video synchronization. too.

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> woulb be useful for ekiga (skype), isn't it?

Yeah, it would.

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