"Paul W. Abrahams" wrote:
>
> I have some very basic questions about how sound works under Linux that
> aren't answered by either of the relevant Howto's. Perhaps someone here
> can help.
Wow, that is one humongous question. The only thing I've ever seen
is the OSS website used to have a little tutorial about programming
sound with their drivers. It probably would have some info.
>
> By the way, I've managed to get sound to play through the speaker (I
> have a Creative Labs PCI128 card) and also have done a little recording,
> but haven't been able to record from CD so far. So my problems are not
> with the basic setup or kernel configuration but rather with the
> intelligent usage of the relevant software.
>
This is one I can answer. If you want to record from cd, get cdda2wav.
It lets you rip a track from a scsi cd drive to a wave file in about 30
seconds. This is one area where linux multimedia beats window's stuff.
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