On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 23:09 +0200, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > Does anybody have a good link how to capture audio from SPDIF? > > When I connect the audio to my SPDIF-IN I can hear the the voice on > > the speakers but when I try to record using KDE "KRec" nothing is > > captured. I suppose the KRec is not configured correctly. > > Anybody has good link how to do it. > > if your SPDIF input is supported by ALSA, the following steps are > necessary: > > * Even if you hear the noise thru the speakers, this does *not* mean > that the audio signal has left the card and went into RAM. This is > called monitoring: incoming signal being routed back to the outputs > immediately > > * If your SPDIF input is supported, you have to select the SPDIF input > of your card as capture source (use a mixer to do so, maybe alsamixer > in console mode) > > * If you have done so ensure the gain level for this source isn't muted > and it is opened > > * NOw signal should arrive at ALSA. Krec uses artsd, the KDE > soundserver. So you should go to the control center and set up artsd to > use the right device > > Recommendation: Use qarecord in ALSA mode. It has a nice levelmeter so > you immediately can see if there's audio coming in or not. > > > Best regards
Thank you for the pointers. Do I have to have SPDIF enable in kernel? I don't see any PCM IN supports in arts or alsamiser. #Joseph -- #Joseph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
