On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Robert Ames <roberta...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I'm having problems trying to record from a sound card under > 8.1-RELEASE. The last time I tried this was many releases ago, > possibly 4.x-RELEASE. Back then I would do something like "cat > /dev/dsp > file" but now when I try it I just end up with a 0 byte > file. I'm using a different sound card than before so maybe that > has something to do with it. Or possibly I just don't know which > device to use. Playing sounds using "cat file.wav > /dev/dsp0.0" > works fine, but I can't get recording to work. Does anyone have > any suggestions? Thanks. > > $ cat /dev/sndstat > FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm: 32bit 2009061500/i386) > Installed devices: > pcm0: <Creative CT5880-C> (play/rec) default > > $ sysctl -a | egrep '(snd|pcm|sound)' > hw.snd.vpc_reset: 0 > hw.snd.vpc_0db: 45 > hw.snd.vpc_autoreset: 1 > hw.snd.latency_profile: 1 > hw.snd.latency: 5 > hw.snd.report_soft_matrix: 1 > hw.snd.report_soft_formats: 1 > hw.snd.compat_linux_mmap: 0 > hw.snd.feeder_eq_exact_rate: 0 > hw.snd.feeder_eq_presets: > PEQ:16000,0.2500,62,0.2500:-9,9,1.0:44100,48000,88200,96000,176400,192000 > hw.snd.feeder_rate_quality: 1 > hw.snd.feeder_rate_round: 25 > hw.snd.feeder_rate_max: 2016000 > hw.snd.feeder_rate_min: 1 > hw.snd.feeder_rate_polyphase_max: 183040 > hw.snd.feeder_rate_presets: 100:8:0.85 100:36:0.92 100:164:0.97 > hw.snd.vpc_mixer_bypass: 1 > hw.snd.verbose: 0 > hw.snd.maxautovchans: 16 > hw.snd.default_unit: 0 > hw.snd.version: 2009061500/i386 > hw.snd.default_auto: 0 > dev.pcm.0.%desc: Creative CT5880-C > dev.pcm.0.%driver: pcm > dev.pcm.0.%location: slot=9 function=0 > dev.pcm.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x1274 device=0x5880 subvendor=0x1274 > subdevice=0x2003 class=0x040100 > dev.pcm.0.%parent: pci0 > dev.pcm.0.eapd: 1 > dev.pcm.0.play.vchans: 1 > dev.pcm.0.play.vchanmode: fixed > dev.pcm.0.play.vchanrate: 48000 > dev.pcm.0.play.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 > dev.pcm.0.rec.vchans: 1 > dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanmode: fixed > dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanrate: 48000 > dev.pcm.0.rec.vchanformat: s16le:2.0 > dev.pcm.0.buffersize: 4096 > dev.pcm.0.bitperfect: 0 > dev.pcm.0.spdif_enabled: 0 > dev.pcm.0.latency_timer: 32 > dev.pcm.0.polling: 0 > > $ mixer > Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer mic is currently set to 73:73 > Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer rec is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer igain is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50 > Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75 > Mixer phin is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer phout is currently set to 0:0 > Mixer video is currently set to 75:75 > Recording source: mic
What does ls /dev/dsp* yield? _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
