> > You don't need to set up anything special in the mixer to record from > the card. For simple recording, just record from the default device or > from plughw:0 like: > > $ arecord -f cd something.wav > $ arecord -f cd -D plughw:0 something.wav
I tried those options on my main box, which has a pretty much identical installation as the secondary one but with an SB Audigy soundcard and obtained a playable wav file. Doing the same thing on the secondary box results in a wav file but when I try to play it I get no sound. I get the same result with those files both on SUSE and Windows on the main box, so I don't know what's going wrong. > > I think, older versions of Audacity don't support ALSA, so you should > use the OSS-compatibility layer with Audacity. Make sure the module > snd-pcm-oss is loaded, then Audacity should work out of the box as > well. I have that module loaded and can point Audacity to use the OSS layer it doesn't find a useable recording level. > > As the Audiophiles hardware is a bit trick, most OSS-mixer software > won't work, so with Audacity you may not be able to set the recording > volume. I would recommend to just set the level once with > envy24control and leave it at that. I find the envy24control very confusing, can you tell me how to set that level ? > > For more advanced recording, just fire up jackd and use Ardour. I don't want advanced recording I just want to be able to record stuff, basically BBC radio using either Krecord or Audacity in real time. I can do that with the SB card and the onboard chip on the other box. I got the Maudio card to give me the best possible sound output from a pc to my hi fi system. Which is what it does, so the recording thing is a side issue, but I did assume it would be a simple matter to enable. > > And finally for recording the BBC: Are you talking about recording the > net stream? Streams should actually not pass through the soundcard at > all when recording, IMO. Try something like streamripper instead. You > can also grab mp3/ogg-streams with a simple downloader like "wget". > Another solution is the monitor-PCM mentioned in another post. Above comment refers as far as BBC is concerned, I'll now try the monitor-PCM stuff. Best Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
