Jonathan Ryshpan wrote: > > I'm trying to digitize a tape. The tape deck output is attached to the > input of my sound card. I can hear the sound on my speakers, which are > attached to the same sound card; but nothing is coming out of /dev/dsp. > > The mixer seems to work as advertized, volume and muting work OK. I've > tried activating recording, which (I think) is indicated by a red light > below the volume sliders for a number of diffreent inputs with no effect:
Are you using alsamixer to set the capture channel or another mixer app? Not all of them work correctly with alsa drivers. So it is best to use the native applications first. > The commands: > $ cat /dev/dsp > foo > $ od -h foo > 0000000 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 8080 > * > 0410000 > seem to indicate that the output of /dev/dsp is nil. > > Any idea about what the trouble is, how to fix it, or useful info to > gather? > > My setup is as follows: > Sound Card : Sound Blaster Live! > Drivers : ALSA Version 0.9.0beta9. > System : RedHat 7.2, kernel 2.4.7-10 > Mixer : KMix > Loaded Modules : > $ lsmod | fgrep snd > snd-pcm-oss 38992 1 (autoclean) > snd-mixer-oss 9040 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss] > snd-card-emu10k1 2384 3 (autoclean) > snd-emu10k1 52176 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-emu10k1] > snd-pcm 50304 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-emu10k1] > snd-timer 9776 0 (autoclean) [snd-pcm] > snd-rawmidi 12256 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1] > snd-ac97-codec 23440 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1] > snd-hwdep 3760 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1] > snd-util-mem 1632 0 (autoclean) [snd-emu10k1] > snd-seq-device 4112 0 (autoclean) [snd-card-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi] > snd 27552 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss >snd-card-emu10k1 snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-ac97-codec snd-hwdep >snd-util-mem snd-seq-device] > soundcore 4464 6 (autoclean) [snd] > > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com - For the discerning hardware connoisseur. http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/Linux_Audio_Users_Guide/ ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
