This does not seem to be a problem in the kernel. I recompiled MPlayer myself and recording sound works. I have kernel 2.6.15-26-k7.
-- mencoder no longer records sound when using v4l2 and alsa https://launchpad.net/bugs/46879 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
