On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 08:12:35AM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote: > 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.
To avoid blowing up loudspeakers, I've been told. > 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. I run alsaconf. It sets them to usable values. But it didn't help when I had /dev/dsp in existence. - hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]