On Wed January 3 2007 07:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 04:45:25AM +0100, Benjam? Villoslada wrote: > > El Diumenge 31 Desembre 2006 23:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > > > Can anyone tell me how to get audio input without disbling the rest of > > > the sound system? ?That's what I thought I needed /dev/dsp for. I need > > > to rip cassette tapes of church services to post on the church web > > > site. > > > > Maybe with alsaconf (as root) and then look for mute channels with > > alsamixer. > > The problem is that the recordin programs I've used say they cannot open > /dev/dsp, and, indeed, when I ls /dev I find that there is no /dev/dsp/ > making the changes mentioned a few posts ago does indeed give me a > /dev/dsp, but then none of the usual audio programs (like xmms and > kaffeine) provide any sound. Would the existence of /dev/dsp set all > the volume controls to zero? And would they mysteriously reset to > their usable values when I undo the changes and reboot without a > /dev/dsp? > > There's something I don't understand here.
Alsa's mixer settings are all muted and set to zero by default, why I don't know. I always run aslamixer and set them to good values and then run "alsactl store" to save them, but kmix or any other mixer can be used also. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]