[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I just tested again. In Hardy (well, gNewSense): asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => error about multimedia settings In Intrepid: asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => no error Recording from input Capture works. So it looks like it's fixed in Intrepid. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
does anybody still get the issue in intrepid or jaunty? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I am new and lost... I have the same problem. This is what I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf set-default-card rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:01.664087000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa conf.c:3949:snd_config_expand: alsalib error: Unknown parameters 0 0:00:01.664454000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa control.c:909:snd_ctl_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Invalid CTL default:0 0:00:01.664611000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsamixer.c:69:gst_alsa_mixer_open: Cannot open mixer for sound device 'default:0': Invalid argument [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 defaults.pcm.ipc_gid audio defaults.pcm.ipc_perm 0660 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Please try some lower-level access to your soundcard (I suppose that gnome-sound-recorder goes over ESD?), by running "speaker-test" (http://linux.die.net/man/1/speaker-test): speaker-test -c 2 (This should output some white noise on your left/right speaker) if this works, please try also: speaker-test -c 2 -Ddefault (this should use the "default" alias for your soundcard) In case the above tests didn't work, please try to manually set the "default" alias in .asoundrc.asoundconf: # Make a backup of .asoundrc: cp .asoundrc.asoundconf .asoundrc.asoundconf.bak # Overwrite it with the following content: !defaults.pcm.card rev20 defaults.ctl.card rev20 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks! I got it to work but I am not sure how. I think what I did was: System -> Preferences -> Sound Then, in the Sound Prefrences, I went to "Audio conferencing " and selected "ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture" However, the mic sound is not good, it is very soft. I played with the volume and gain, it is better but still not normal. This is what I get when I save and then play: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:02.794622000 11574 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:06.408507000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:06.539519000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 sh: jackd: not found 0:00:06.760597000 11574 0x80974e0 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:06.760755000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:428:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Jack client open error (status 1) Then I installed jackd, but that didn't help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:03.875385000 11785 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:10.447041000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:10.574366000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm] 0:00:10.935946000 11785 0x8093668 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:10.936225000 11785 0x8093668 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:425:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Cannot connect to the Jack server (status 17) Thanks Patricio -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had this message in Ubuntu 8.04 when I tried to launch Applications > Sound & Video > Sound Recorder. I went to System > Preferences > Sounds and in 'Audio Conferencing' I changed the option 'ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' to 'PulseAudio Sound Server'. Anyway, most end users (including me) do not have an idea of what is all about and documentation is not very clear. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
could anybody having the issue send it to bugzilla.gnome.org? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
It is very usuful to launch gnome-source-record with debug options: gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.315261000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Dispositivo ó recurso ocupado 0:00:00.315482000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:558:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.315643000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:596:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Device 'default:0' is busy At least you can see what it is going wrong. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Let me add another reason that it is an unhelpful error message: *** What is meant by "in the Multimedia settings"? *** I am running LInux Mint 4.0 (basically Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon with extra codecs), and my Gnome menu doesn't list any program called "Multimedia." So what am I supposed to fiddle with? We do have Administration / Services / Audio settings management (alsa-utils), and Preferences / Sound, and a whole Sound and Video submenu ... or I could open gnome- volume-control, which allows me to tweak Alsa mixer settings, from the right-click menu of the volume control icon on the panel ... At a minimum, could someone fix the error message to tell us which of these to fiddle with? The particular details of my situation are perhaps off-topic for a bug about an error message, but just to flesh out the picture: This bug comes and goes for me, without my attaching any other hardware. Sound Recorder can be working fine, but then crashes with this message when I try to open a new file in it. (Yes, software sound mixing is turned on.) Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the error message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Here's the bug trace today (thanks, Alvaro): $ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.202968000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Invalid argument 0:00:00.203016000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:606:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.203065000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:600:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Recording open error on device 'default': Invalid argument This seems perhaps consistent with ^rooker's diagnosis above. However, his or her solution doesn't work in my case: $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: Intel $ asoundconf set-default-card Intel -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wrote: > Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the > error > message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Well, that turns out to be because I already had another copy of Sound Recorder running (oops). So a more helpful error message in this case would be "You have another copy of Sound Recorder running." :-) (Or better, yet, just tell the existing copy to open a new window, and return immediately -- many applications behave this way now.) -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Finally I have it working selecting in the Audio Capture in System->Settings, Alsa. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: ICH6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.ctl.card ICH6 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 I think it is the first time I have gnome-source-record working like an angel. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-media + + This "bug" was found in dapper, with all of the latest updates as of + 2006-09-18. After fiddling with the volume control application, switching the managed device and "tracks to be visible" (Edit -> Preferences), gnome- sound-recorder started giving this error message (the one in the bug summary). gnome-sound-recorder opened successfully just before fiddling around with this. I eventually managed to get gnome-sound-recorder to open properly again, after messing with the volume control a little more, although I'm not at all sure what change I made that caused the error message to go away. Anyhow, surely gnome-sound-recorder knows a little more about these "invalid" settings and can be a little more specific. A few threads with related discussion: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-211601.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-147778.html -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks for your bug. Do you have a better suggestion for that message? ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wish I did have a better suggestion! I still don't know what I "did wrong" to make this error message begin to appear. In any case, the message should reflect what is wrong and perhaps what I need to do to make gnome-sound-recorder work again. (Don't you think?) Would you like me to forward this bug upstream, as it most likely is an upstream problem? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This may sound silly but I was hit by this annoying error message until I enabled "Software Sound Mixing (ESD)" under System->Preferences-->Sound-->Sounds Tab. The sound recorder didn't work for me without this option. Now everything is fine! Using Gutsy! -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I found this link ( http://l10n-status.gnome.org/gnome-2.18/PO/gnome- media.HEAD.pot ) when googl'ing, which may help to trace the problem back to the source code that actually uses it. I will do so myself if time permits... -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had the same problem and I think I know how I produced it: Hardware: IBM Thinkpad X24 with Onboard soundcard "Intel 82801CA-ICH3", running Ubuntu 6.06.1 Audio was working properly until I attached an external USB headset. I've tried 2: One Logitech and one from CMedia. Logitech didn't work, but CMedia did - so I selected CMedia headset as sound device from "System > Preferences > Sound Preferences" I only had this headset attached temporarily. Now sound in gnome is behaving quite strange: - sound during boot: yes - sound in Totem: yes - sound recorder: no (with error) - audacity: no errors, but recording is broken and played back in other players with bad resampling artefacts. I'm still having this error so maybe I'm lucky and can find out how to fix it. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I fixed it. The problem was that the ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf entry for the "default" soundcard was broken: # BROKEN !defaults.pcm.card default defaults.ctl.card default defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 # WORKING -- !defaults.pcm.card I82801CAICH3 defaults.ctl.card I82801CAICH3 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 Here's how I fixed it: (lines starting with $ are shell commands) === $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: I82801CAICH3 $ asoundconf set-default-card I82801CAICH3 === -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This issue is a little similar to bug 67998. I solved another problem (see my message on that bug report) by issuing (essentially) the same commands as you did, ^rooker. These are not the same bug, though, as this report refers to the lousy error message given by gnome-sound-recorder. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Sorry. In that case, I should say here that IF the errormessage would have been similar to the one I got from "alsamixer", I would have solved things faster: "Cannot find soundcard 'default'..." Because that told me that my system was trying and failing to resolve some card labeled "default". -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and there is nothing called "Multimedia settings". Furthermore, why shouldn't it tell me exactly what it considers invalid. I can't get it to record anything. It's a useless program for me. I have no idea what to set to what to get it to work. I follow the instructions and click File->New and get this insane message. How am I supposed to know what is invalid? A good idea, but needs work. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
FYI, this bug is trivially reproducible by doing the following on the command line: asoundconf set-default-card foo Just to save the time of whoever winds up looking into this. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This bug is definitely reproducible. ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Also affects: gnome-media (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
^rooker - It might make sense to file a separate bug for the USB headset issue, which would probably affect anyone who is removing a sound device that is set as the "default". Resolving this bug may ease the problems of USB headset users, but it may not make things entirely intuitive yet. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
The USB headset was just an example. This bug report here is actually about the errormessage in "gnome-sound- recorder", but the problem causing this error to appear occurs *very* often - and it might be more important to fix the source than the symptom, so bug-details about "what causes it" maybe should go somewhere else (gnome sound settings?). I certainly agree that errormessages should be more meaningful - in general. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Regarding Ubuntu/Gnome, it's currently even *if* I am aware of un-sane
sound device settings, the only existing frontent (gnome sound settings)
suggests that it can be used to select/change the default device, but in
fact does nothing in most of the cases.
Maybe I should check if there's some bug-report regarding that filed
there already...
However, returning to the actual topic, here's my suggestion for the
errormessage ("Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct
them in the Multimedia settings")
What about: "Unable to find/use device XXX. Please correct this in the
Multimedia settings"
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[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had this message in Ubuntu 8.04 when I tried to launch Applications > Sound & Video > Sound Recorder. I went to System > Preferences > Sounds and in 'Audio Conferencing' I changed the option 'ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' to 'PulseAudio Sound Server'. Anyway, most end users (including me) do not have an idea of what is all about and documentation is not very clear. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
does anybody still get the issue in intrepid or jaunty? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
could anybody having the issue send it to bugzilla.gnome.org? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This may sound silly but I was hit by this annoying error message until I enabled "Software Sound Mixing (ESD)" under System->Preferences-->Sound-->Sounds Tab. The sound recorder didn't work for me without this option. Now everything is fine! Using Gutsy! -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I am new and lost... I have the same problem. This is what I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf set-default-card rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:01.664087000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa conf.c:3949:snd_config_expand: alsalib error: Unknown parameters 0 0:00:01.664454000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa control.c:909:snd_ctl_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Invalid CTL default:0 0:00:01.664611000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsamixer.c:69:gst_alsa_mixer_open: Cannot open mixer for sound device 'default:0': Invalid argument [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 defaults.pcm.ipc_gid audio defaults.pcm.ipc_perm 0660 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Please try some lower-level access to your soundcard (I suppose that gnome-sound-recorder goes over ESD?), by running "speaker-test" (http://linux.die.net/man/1/speaker-test): speaker-test -c 2 (This should output some white noise on your left/right speaker) if this works, please try also: speaker-test -c 2 -Ddefault (this should use the "default" alias for your soundcard) In case the above tests didn't work, please try to manually set the "default" alias in .asoundrc.asoundconf: # Make a backup of .asoundrc: cp .asoundrc.asoundconf .asoundrc.asoundconf.bak # Overwrite it with the following content: !defaults.pcm.card rev20 defaults.ctl.card rev20 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks! I got it to work but I am not sure how. I think what I did was: System -> Preferences -> Sound Then, in the Sound Prefrences, I went to "Audio conferencing " and selected "ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture" However, the mic sound is not good, it is very soft. I played with the volume and gain, it is better but still not normal. This is what I get when I save and then play: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:02.794622000 11574 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:06.408507000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:06.539519000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 sh: jackd: not found 0:00:06.760597000 11574 0x80974e0 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:06.760755000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:428:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Jack client open error (status 1) Then I installed jackd, but that didn't help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:03.875385000 11785 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:10.447041000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:10.574366000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm] 0:00:10.935946000 11785 0x8093668 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:10.936225000 11785 0x8093668 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:425:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Cannot connect to the Jack server (status 17) Thanks Patricio -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I just tested again. In Hardy (well, gNewSense): asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => error about multimedia settings In Intrepid: asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => no error Recording from input Capture works. So it looks like it's fixed in Intrepid. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
It is very usuful to launch gnome-source-record with debug options: gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.315261000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Dispositivo ó recurso ocupado 0:00:00.315482000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:558:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.315643000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:596:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Device 'default:0' is busy At least you can see what it is going wrong. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Let me add another reason that it is an unhelpful error message: *** What is meant by "in the Multimedia settings"? *** I am running LInux Mint 4.0 (basically Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon with extra codecs), and my Gnome menu doesn't list any program called "Multimedia." So what am I supposed to fiddle with? We do have Administration / Services / Audio settings management (alsa-utils), and Preferences / Sound, and a whole Sound and Video submenu ... or I could open gnome- volume-control, which allows me to tweak Alsa mixer settings, from the right-click menu of the volume control icon on the panel ... At a minimum, could someone fix the error message to tell us which of these to fiddle with? The particular details of my situation are perhaps off-topic for a bug about an error message, but just to flesh out the picture: This bug comes and goes for me, without my attaching any other hardware. Sound Recorder can be working fine, but then crashes with this message when I try to open a new file in it. (Yes, software sound mixing is turned on.) Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the error message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Here's the bug trace today (thanks, Alvaro): $ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.202968000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Invalid argument 0:00:00.203016000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:606:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.203065000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:600:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Recording open error on device 'default': Invalid argument This seems perhaps consistent with ^rooker's diagnosis above. However, his or her solution doesn't work in my case: $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: Intel $ asoundconf set-default-card Intel -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wrote: > Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the > error > message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Well, that turns out to be because I already had another copy of Sound Recorder running (oops). So a more helpful error message in this case would be "You have another copy of Sound Recorder running." :-) (Or better, yet, just tell the existing copy to open a new window, and return immediately -- many applications behave this way now.) -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Finally I have it working selecting in the Audio Capture in System->Settings, Alsa. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: ICH6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.ctl.card ICH6 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 I think it is the first time I have gnome-source-record working like an angel. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had the same problem and I think I know how I produced it: Hardware: IBM Thinkpad X24 with Onboard soundcard "Intel 82801CA-ICH3", running Ubuntu 6.06.1 Audio was working properly until I attached an external USB headset. I've tried 2: One Logitech and one from CMedia. Logitech didn't work, but CMedia did - so I selected CMedia headset as sound device from "System > Preferences > Sound Preferences" I only had this headset attached temporarily. Now sound in gnome is behaving quite strange: - sound during boot: yes - sound in Totem: yes - sound recorder: no (with error) - audacity: no errors, but recording is broken and played back in other players with bad resampling artefacts. I'm still having this error so maybe I'm lucky and can find out how to fix it. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I fixed it. The problem was that the ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf entry for the "default" soundcard was broken: # BROKEN !defaults.pcm.card default defaults.ctl.card default defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 # WORKING -- !defaults.pcm.card I82801CAICH3 defaults.ctl.card I82801CAICH3 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 Here's how I fixed it: (lines starting with $ are shell commands) === $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: I82801CAICH3 $ asoundconf set-default-card I82801CAICH3 === -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This issue is a little similar to bug 67998. I solved another problem (see my message on that bug report) by issuing (essentially) the same commands as you did, ^rooker. These are not the same bug, though, as this report refers to the lousy error message given by gnome-sound-recorder. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Sorry. In that case, I should say here that IF the errormessage would have been similar to the one I got from "alsamixer", I would have solved things faster: "Cannot find soundcard 'default'..." Because that told me that my system was trying and failing to resolve some card labeled "default". -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I found this link ( http://l10n-status.gnome.org/gnome-2.18/PO/gnome- media.HEAD.pot ) when googl'ing, which may help to trace the problem back to the source code that actually uses it. I will do so myself if time permits... -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and there is nothing called "Multimedia settings". Furthermore, why shouldn't it tell me exactly what it considers invalid. I can't get it to record anything. It's a useless program for me. I have no idea what to set to what to get it to work. I follow the instructions and click File->New and get this insane message. How am I supposed to know what is invalid? A good idea, but needs work. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
FYI, this bug is trivially reproducible by doing the following on the command line: asoundconf set-default-card foo Just to save the time of whoever winds up looking into this. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This bug is definitely reproducible. ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Also affects: gnome-media (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
^rooker - It might make sense to file a separate bug for the USB headset issue, which would probably affect anyone who is removing a sound device that is set as the "default". Resolving this bug may ease the problems of USB headset users, but it may not make things entirely intuitive yet. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
The USB headset was just an example. This bug report here is actually about the errormessage in "gnome-sound- recorder", but the problem causing this error to appear occurs *very* often - and it might be more important to fix the source than the symptom, so bug-details about "what causes it" maybe should go somewhere else (gnome sound settings?). I certainly agree that errormessages should be more meaningful - in general. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Regarding Ubuntu/Gnome, it's currently even *if* I am aware of un-sane
sound device settings, the only existing frontent (gnome sound settings)
suggests that it can be used to select/change the default device, but in
fact does nothing in most of the cases.
Maybe I should check if there's some bug-report regarding that filed
there already...
However, returning to the actual topic, here's my suggestion for the
errormessage ("Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct
them in the Multimedia settings")
What about: "Unable to find/use device XXX. Please correct this in the
Multimedia settings"
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[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I just tested again. In Hardy (well, gNewSense): asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => error about multimedia settings In Intrepid: asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => no error Recording from input Capture works. So it looks like it's fixed in Intrepid. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
does anybody still get the issue in intrepid or jaunty? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Finally I have it working selecting in the Audio Capture in System->Settings, Alsa. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: ICH6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.ctl.card ICH6 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 I think it is the first time I have gnome-source-record working like an angel. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I am new and lost... I have the same problem. This is what I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf set-default-card rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:01.664087000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa conf.c:3949:snd_config_expand: alsalib error: Unknown parameters 0 0:00:01.664454000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa control.c:909:snd_ctl_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Invalid CTL default:0 0:00:01.664611000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsamixer.c:69:gst_alsa_mixer_open: Cannot open mixer for sound device 'default:0': Invalid argument [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 defaults.pcm.ipc_gid audio defaults.pcm.ipc_perm 0660 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Please try some lower-level access to your soundcard (I suppose that gnome-sound-recorder goes over ESD?), by running "speaker-test" (http://linux.die.net/man/1/speaker-test): speaker-test -c 2 (This should output some white noise on your left/right speaker) if this works, please try also: speaker-test -c 2 -Ddefault (this should use the "default" alias for your soundcard) In case the above tests didn't work, please try to manually set the "default" alias in .asoundrc.asoundconf: # Make a backup of .asoundrc: cp .asoundrc.asoundconf .asoundrc.asoundconf.bak # Overwrite it with the following content: !defaults.pcm.card rev20 defaults.ctl.card rev20 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks! I got it to work but I am not sure how. I think what I did was: System -> Preferences -> Sound Then, in the Sound Prefrences, I went to "Audio conferencing " and selected "ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture" However, the mic sound is not good, it is very soft. I played with the volume and gain, it is better but still not normal. This is what I get when I save and then play: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:02.794622000 11574 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:06.408507000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:06.539519000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 sh: jackd: not found 0:00:06.760597000 11574 0x80974e0 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:06.760755000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:428:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Jack client open error (status 1) Then I installed jackd, but that didn't help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:03.875385000 11785 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:10.447041000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:10.574366000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm] 0:00:10.935946000 11785 0x8093668 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:10.936225000 11785 0x8093668 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:425:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Cannot connect to the Jack server (status 17) Thanks Patricio -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had this message in Ubuntu 8.04 when I tried to launch Applications > Sound & Video > Sound Recorder. I went to System > Preferences > Sounds and in 'Audio Conferencing' I changed the option 'ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' to 'PulseAudio Sound Server'. Anyway, most end users (including me) do not have an idea of what is all about and documentation is not very clear. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
could anybody having the issue send it to bugzilla.gnome.org? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This may sound silly but I was hit by this annoying error message until I enabled "Software Sound Mixing (ESD)" under System->Preferences-->Sound-->Sounds Tab. The sound recorder didn't work for me without this option. Now everything is fine! Using Gutsy! -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
It is very usuful to launch gnome-source-record with debug options: gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.315261000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Dispositivo ó recurso ocupado 0:00:00.315482000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:558:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.315643000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:596:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Device 'default:0' is busy At least you can see what it is going wrong. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Let me add another reason that it is an unhelpful error message: *** What is meant by "in the Multimedia settings"? *** I am running LInux Mint 4.0 (basically Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon with extra codecs), and my Gnome menu doesn't list any program called "Multimedia." So what am I supposed to fiddle with? We do have Administration / Services / Audio settings management (alsa-utils), and Preferences / Sound, and a whole Sound and Video submenu ... or I could open gnome- volume-control, which allows me to tweak Alsa mixer settings, from the right-click menu of the volume control icon on the panel ... At a minimum, could someone fix the error message to tell us which of these to fiddle with? The particular details of my situation are perhaps off-topic for a bug about an error message, but just to flesh out the picture: This bug comes and goes for me, without my attaching any other hardware. Sound Recorder can be working fine, but then crashes with this message when I try to open a new file in it. (Yes, software sound mixing is turned on.) Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the error message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Here's the bug trace today (thanks, Alvaro): $ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.202968000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Invalid argument 0:00:00.203016000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:606:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.203065000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:600:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Recording open error on device 'default': Invalid argument This seems perhaps consistent with ^rooker's diagnosis above. However, his or her solution doesn't work in my case: $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: Intel $ asoundconf set-default-card Intel -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wrote: > Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the > error > message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Well, that turns out to be because I already had another copy of Sound Recorder running (oops). So a more helpful error message in this case would be "You have another copy of Sound Recorder running." :-) (Or better, yet, just tell the existing copy to open a new window, and return immediately -- many applications behave this way now.) -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-media + + This "bug" was found in dapper, with all of the latest updates as of + 2006-09-18. After fiddling with the volume control application, switching the managed device and "tracks to be visible" (Edit -> Preferences), gnome- sound-recorder started giving this error message (the one in the bug summary). gnome-sound-recorder opened successfully just before fiddling around with this. I eventually managed to get gnome-sound-recorder to open properly again, after messing with the volume control a little more, although I'm not at all sure what change I made that caused the error message to go away. Anyhow, surely gnome-sound-recorder knows a little more about these "invalid" settings and can be a little more specific. A few threads with related discussion: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-211601.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-147778.html -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks for your bug. Do you have a better suggestion for that message? ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wish I did have a better suggestion! I still don't know what I "did wrong" to make this error message begin to appear. In any case, the message should reflect what is wrong and perhaps what I need to do to make gnome-sound-recorder work again. (Don't you think?) Would you like me to forward this bug upstream, as it most likely is an upstream problem? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had the same problem and I think I know how I produced it: Hardware: IBM Thinkpad X24 with Onboard soundcard "Intel 82801CA-ICH3", running Ubuntu 6.06.1 Audio was working properly until I attached an external USB headset. I've tried 2: One Logitech and one from CMedia. Logitech didn't work, but CMedia did - so I selected CMedia headset as sound device from "System > Preferences > Sound Preferences" I only had this headset attached temporarily. Now sound in gnome is behaving quite strange: - sound during boot: yes - sound in Totem: yes - sound recorder: no (with error) - audacity: no errors, but recording is broken and played back in other players with bad resampling artefacts. I'm still having this error so maybe I'm lucky and can find out how to fix it. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I fixed it. The problem was that the ~/.asoundrc.asoundconf entry for the "default" soundcard was broken: # BROKEN !defaults.pcm.card default defaults.ctl.card default defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 # WORKING -- !defaults.pcm.card I82801CAICH3 defaults.ctl.card I82801CAICH3 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 Here's how I fixed it: (lines starting with $ are shell commands) === $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: I82801CAICH3 $ asoundconf set-default-card I82801CAICH3 === -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This issue is a little similar to bug 67998. I solved another problem (see my message on that bug report) by issuing (essentially) the same commands as you did, ^rooker. These are not the same bug, though, as this report refers to the lousy error message given by gnome-sound-recorder. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Sorry. In that case, I should say here that IF the errormessage would have been similar to the one I got from "alsamixer", I would have solved things faster: "Cannot find soundcard 'default'..." Because that told me that my system was trying and failing to resolve some card labeled "default". -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I found this link ( http://l10n-status.gnome.org/gnome-2.18/PO/gnome- media.HEAD.pot ) when googl'ing, which may help to trace the problem back to the source code that actually uses it. I will do so myself if time permits... -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
FYI, this bug is trivially reproducible by doing the following on the command line: asoundconf set-default-card foo Just to save the time of whoever winds up looking into this. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This bug is definitely reproducible. ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Also affects: gnome-media (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
^rooker - It might make sense to file a separate bug for the USB headset issue, which would probably affect anyone who is removing a sound device that is set as the "default". Resolving this bug may ease the problems of USB headset users, but it may not make things entirely intuitive yet. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
The USB headset was just an example. This bug report here is actually about the errormessage in "gnome-sound- recorder", but the problem causing this error to appear occurs *very* often - and it might be more important to fix the source than the symptom, so bug-details about "what causes it" maybe should go somewhere else (gnome sound settings?). I certainly agree that errormessages should be more meaningful - in general. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Regarding Ubuntu/Gnome, it's currently even *if* I am aware of un-sane
sound device settings, the only existing frontent (gnome sound settings)
suggests that it can be used to select/change the default device, but in
fact does nothing in most of the cases.
Maybe I should check if there's some bug-report regarding that filed
there already...
However, returning to the actual topic, here's my suggestion for the
errormessage ("Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct
them in the Multimedia settings")
What about: "Unable to find/use device XXX. Please correct this in the
Multimedia settings"
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[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and there is nothing called "Multimedia settings". Furthermore, why shouldn't it tell me exactly what it considers invalid. I can't get it to record anything. It's a useless program for me. I have no idea what to set to what to get it to work. I follow the instructions and click File->New and get this insane message. How am I supposed to know what is invalid? A good idea, but needs work. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Description changed: Binary package hint: gnome-media + + This "bug" was found in dapper, with all of the latest updates as of + 2006-09-18. After fiddling with the volume control application, switching the managed device and "tracks to be visible" (Edit -> Preferences), gnome- sound-recorder started giving this error message (the one in the bug summary). gnome-sound-recorder opened successfully just before fiddling around with this. I eventually managed to get gnome-sound-recorder to open properly again, after messing with the volume control a little more, although I'm not at all sure what change I made that caused the error message to go away. Anyhow, surely gnome-sound-recorder knows a little more about these "invalid" settings and can be a little more specific. A few threads with related discussion: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-211601.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-147778.html -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks for your bug. Do you have a better suggestion for that message? ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wish I did have a better suggestion! I still don't know what I "did wrong" to make this error message begin to appear. In any case, the message should reflect what is wrong and perhaps what I need to do to make gnome-sound-recorder work again. (Don't you think?) Would you like me to forward this bug upstream, as it most likely is an upstream problem? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I had this message in Ubuntu 8.04 when I tried to launch Applications > Sound & Video > Sound Recorder. I went to System > Preferences > Sounds and in 'Audio Conferencing' I changed the option 'ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture' to 'PulseAudio Sound Server'. Anyway, most end users (including me) do not have an idea of what is all about and documentation is not very clear. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
does anybody still get the issue in intrepid or jaunty? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
could anybody having the issue send it to bugzilla.gnome.org? -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I just tested again. In Hardy (well, gNewSense): asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => error about multimedia settings In Intrepid: asoundconf set-default-card foo Start Sound Recorder => no error Recording from input Capture works. So it looks like it's fixed in Intrepid. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I am new and lost... I have the same problem. This is what I get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf set-default-card rev20 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:01.664087000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa conf.c:3949:snd_config_expand: alsalib error: Unknown parameters 0 0:00:01.664454000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa control.c:909:snd_ctl_open_noupdate: alsalib error: Invalid CTL default:0 0:00:01.664611000 22944 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsamixer.c:69:gst_alsa_mixer_open: Cannot open mixer for sound device 'default:0': Invalid argument [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 defaults.pcm.ipc_gid audio defaults.pcm.ipc_perm 0660 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Please try some lower-level access to your soundcard (I suppose that gnome-sound-recorder goes over ESD?), by running "speaker-test" (http://linux.die.net/man/1/speaker-test): speaker-test -c 2 (This should output some white noise on your left/right speaker) if this works, please try also: speaker-test -c 2 -Ddefault (this should use the "default" alias for your soundcard) In case the above tests didn't work, please try to manually set the "default" alias in .asoundrc.asoundconf: # Make a backup of .asoundrc: cp .asoundrc.asoundconf .asoundrc.asoundconf.bak # Overwrite it with the following content: !defaults.pcm.card rev20 defaults.ctl.card rev20 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Thanks! I got it to work but I am not sure how. I think what I did was: System -> Preferences -> Sound Then, in the Sound Prefrences, I went to "Audio conferencing " and selected "ALSA - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture" However, the mic sound is not good, it is very soft. I played with the volume and gain, it is better but still not normal. This is what I get when I save and then play: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:02.794622000 11574 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:06.408507000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:06.539519000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 sh: jackd: not found 0:00:06.760597000 11574 0x80974e0 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:06.760755000 11574 0x80974e0 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:428:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Jack client open error (status 1) Then I installed jackd, but that didn't help: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:03.875385000 11785 0x805e408 WARN pipeline gstpipeline.c:491:gst_pipeline_change_state: failed to query pipeline latency 0:00:10.447041000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2337:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: page is not BOS page 0:00:10.574366000 11785 0x8093668 WARN oggdemux gstoggdemux.c:2333:gst_ogg_demux_read_chain: problem reading BOS page: ret=-3 JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm] 0:00:10.935946000 11785 0x8093668 WARNjackclient gstjackaudioclient.c:274:gst_jack_audio_get_connection: could not create connection 0:00:10.936225000 11785 0x8093668 WARN jacksink gstjackaudiosink.c:425:gst_jack_ring_buffer_open_device: error: Cannot connect to the Jack server (status 17) Thanks Patricio -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This may sound silly but I was hit by this annoying error message until I enabled "Software Sound Mixing (ESD)" under System->Preferences-->Sound-->Sounds Tab. The sound recorder didn't work for me without this option. Now everything is fine! Using Gutsy! -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
It is very usuful to launch gnome-source-record with debug options: gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.315261000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Dispositivo ó recurso ocupado 0:00:00.315482000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:558:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.315643000 16096 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:596:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Device 'default:0' is busy At least you can see what it is going wrong. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Let me add another reason that it is an unhelpful error message: *** What is meant by "in the Multimedia settings"? *** I am running LInux Mint 4.0 (basically Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon with extra codecs), and my Gnome menu doesn't list any program called "Multimedia." So what am I supposed to fiddle with? We do have Administration / Services / Audio settings management (alsa-utils), and Preferences / Sound, and a whole Sound and Video submenu ... or I could open gnome- volume-control, which allows me to tweak Alsa mixer settings, from the right-click menu of the volume control icon on the panel ... At a minimum, could someone fix the error message to tell us which of these to fiddle with? The particular details of my situation are perhaps off-topic for a bug about an error message, but just to flesh out the picture: This bug comes and goes for me, without my attaching any other hardware. Sound Recorder can be working fine, but then crashes with this message when I try to open a new file in it. (Yes, software sound mixing is turned on.) Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the error message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Here's the bug trace today (thanks, Alvaro): $ gnome-sound-recorder --gst-debug-level=2 0:00:00.202968000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_hw.c:1242:snd_pcm_hw_open: alsalib error: open /dev/snd/pcmC0D0c failed: Invalid argument 0:00:00.203016000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa pcm_dsnoop.c:606:snd_pcm_dsnoop_open: alsalib error: unable to open slave 0:00:00.203065000 21830 0x805e408 WARN alsa gstalsasrc.c:600:gst_alsasrc_open: error: Recording open error on device 'default': Invalid argument This seems perhaps consistent with ^rooker's diagnosis above. However, his or her solution doesn't work in my case: $ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: Intel $ asoundconf set-default-card Intel -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I wrote: > Usually restarting Sound Recorder works okay; but today I am getting the > error > message immediately whenever I start Sound Recorder. Well, that turns out to be because I already had another copy of Sound Recorder running (oops). So a more helpful error message in this case would be "You have another copy of Sound Recorder running." :-) (Or better, yet, just tell the existing copy to open a new window, and return immediately -- many applications behave this way now.) -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
Finally I have it working selecting in the Audio Capture in System->Settings, Alsa. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ asoundconf list Names of available sound cards: ICH6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ head -14 .asoundrc.asoundconf | tail -5 defaults.ctl.card ICH6 defaults.pcm.device 0 defaults.pcm.subdevice -1 defaults.pcm.nonblock 1 defaults.pcm.ipc_key 5678293 I think it is the first time I have gnome-source-record working like an angel. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 and there is nothing called "Multimedia settings". Furthermore, why shouldn't it tell me exactly what it considers invalid. I can't get it to record anything. It's a useless program for me. I have no idea what to set to what to get it to work. I follow the instructions and click File->New and get this insane message. How am I supposed to know what is invalid? A good idea, but needs work. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61211 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
FYI, this bug is trivially reproducible by doing the following on the command line: asoundconf set-default-card foo Just to save the time of whoever winds up looking into this. -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
This bug is definitely reproducible. ** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
[Bug 61211] Re: "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message
** Also affects: gnome-media (upstream) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- "Your audio capture settings are invalid. Please correct them in the Multimedia settings." is a really unhelpful error message https://launchpad.net/bugs/61211 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
