Hi Mick, Thanks for your suggestions, my results are below, and I will send a plate of chocolate brownies to Mick or anyone who can tell me what I'm (still) doing wrong! :)
>> adevice=/dev/dsp >> Is the the onboard or is this the other sound card? I think /dev/dsp should be the correct one (PCI card), because if I run "aumix" with no arguments, the pcm slider controls the volume of the PCI card. but maybe I'm wrong about this ... >> ls -l /dev/dsp* Gives me /dev/dsp, /dev/dsp1, /dev/dsp2, /dev/dsp3; [2 and 3 were created by btaudio when I loaded it in my failed efforts earlier, so shouldn't be relevant now that I'm doing the patch cable, right?]. >> The play around with aumix -D >> /dev/pickyours Aumix reports the exact same info whether I use "aumix -d /dev/dsp -q" or "aumix -d /dev/dsp1 -q" according to aumix, mic is set to record at 100, igain at 100 or whatever value I set. but, if I point mencoder to adevice=/dev/dsp1, mencoder halts with "unable to open /dev/dsp1: invalid argument" "this audio format not recognized or supported" error message. >> To find which sound card your meant to be refferencing.. >> Thats about it.. Make sure 'capture' us unmuted and volume is turned up.. How do I unmute "capture"? [P.S., when using mplayer through the sound card, turning "mic" all the way up in aumix allows me to hear sound thru patch cable, so I assume that means I should start my mencoder string with "aumix -m 100 -m R -i 1" but it still gives no sound in the recorded file. I've experimented with different levels for igain and using "line" rather than "mic" but that gives no sound either.] I'm sure there is something simple going on, I'm just not getting it ... thanks in advance for any suggestions! Mary Mck On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 06:00, Mary Strimel wrote: > Hi again, > sorry to be a bother, I'm feeling a bit stupid that I cant seem to get > sound on my tv recording, after studying the wiki and trying to follow > it very carefully: > > btaudio will just not work for me, the driver loads correctly but > mencoder crashes when I try to use it. > > attempting the OSS / line in method, I plugged my patch cable in and > tried: > > aumix -1 80 -1 R -i 1; mencoder -tv > on:driver=v4l:input=0:norm=NTSC:channel=5:width=320:height=240:adevice > =/dev/dsp:audiorate=32000:forceaudio:forcechan=1:buffersize=128 -oac > mp3lame -lameopts br=128:cbr:mode=3 -ovc lavc --ffourcc divx -o > /home/mary/movies/recorded/fox.avi tv:// > > on the above command mencoder will record a video, and report that a > sound file has been created of X size, but the recording is > silent!!!!! mplayer plays tv properly with audio thru the patch cable. > the one wrinkle in my setup is that I am trying to use the PCI sound > card rather than the onboard VIA controller ... but should that > matter? xmms and mplayer use the PCI card just fine. maybe my "aumix" > line needs a tweak to point it to the correct sound card some how? > I'm just at a loss, I don't want to give up on freevo yet but can't > get used to watching recorded shows without sound :( > > thanks in advance, > Mary > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle > 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Freevo-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users --__--__-- Message: 2 From: Peter Svensson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mary Strimel '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'[EMAIL PROTECTED] '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'freevo mailing list post '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SV: [Freevo-users] still no sound on recording, almost ready to t hrow in towel ... Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 10:13:21 +0200 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mary, maybe someone already mentioned this, or it might not be = applicable. However, I also had a problem with no sound from tv, and noticed after = a while that the sound channels where forced to zero. I then used this = script in the beginning of my /usr/bin/freevo script; -- aumix -m+70 xmodmap /root/.xmodmaprc xset s noblank -- The two last lines are only for loading my own keymappings in X and to = turn off screensaver. The first line sets the microphone line-in to 70% = since I have to get tv-out sound into the sound card. /PS -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fr=E5n: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Till: freevo mailing list post Skickat: 2004-04-30 00:00 =C4mne: [Freevo-users] still no sound on recording, almost ready to = throw in towel ... Hi again, sorry to be a bother, I'm feeling a bit stupid that I cant seem to get sound on my tv recording, after studying the wiki and trying to follow it very carefully: btaudio will just not work for me, the driver loads correctly but mencoder crashes when I try to use it. attempting the OSS / line in method, I plugged my patch cable in and=20 tried: aumix -1 80 -1 R -i 1; mencoder -tv on:driver=3Dv4l:input=3D0:norm=3DNTSC:channel=3D5:width=3D320:height=3D2 = 40:adevice=3D/ dev/dsp:audiorate=3D32000:forceaudio:forcechan=3D1:buffersize=3D128 = -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=3D128:cbr:mode=3D3 -ovc lavc --ffourcc divx -o /home/mary/movies/recorded/fox.avi tv:// on the above command mencoder will record a video, and report that a sound file has been created of X size, but the recording is silent!!!!! = mplayer plays tv properly with audio thru the patch cable. the one wrinkle in my setup is that I am trying to use the PCI sound card = rather than the onboard VIA controller ... but should that matter? xmms and mplayer use the PCI card just fine. maybe my "aumix" line needs a = tweak to point it to the correct sound card some how? I'm just at a loss, I don't want to give up on freevo yet but can't get used to watching recorded shows without sound :( thanks in advance, Mary ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
