Hey James,
Thanks a lot for your reply. I've checked the setting as suggested but the
result is the same
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ aumix -q
vol 81, 81, P
pcm 52, 52
speaker 100, 100
line 100, 100, P
mic 100, 100, R
cd 0, 0, P
pcm2 74, 74
igain 100, 100
line1 0, 0, P
phin 0, 0, P
phout 74, 74, P
video 100, 100, P
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ amixer scontents
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 65536
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 52852 [81%] [on]
Front Right: Playback 52852 [81%] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch cswitch-joined
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 65536
Front Left: Capture 65536 [100%] [on]
Front Right: Capture 65536 [100%] [on]
When I do alsamixer -c 0 and while viewing all channels these are the values
presented:
Item: Master [dB gain=-9.00, -9.00]
Item: Master Mono [dB gain=-12.00]
Item: Headphone [dB gain=-12.00, -12.00]
Item: Headphone Jack Sense [Off]
Item: PCM [dB gain=-10.50, -10.50]
Item: Surround [dB gain=-46.50, -46.50]
Item: Surround Jack Mode [Shared]
Item: Center [dB gain=0.00]
Item: LFE [dB gain=-46.50]
Item: Line [dB gain=12.00, 12.00]
Item: Line Jack Sense [Off]
Item: CD [dB gain=-4.50, -4.50]
Item: Mic [dB gain=12.00, 12.00]
Item: Mic Boost (+20dB)
Item: Mic Select [Mic2]
Item: Phone [dB gain=-34.50]
Item: PC Speaker [dB gain=0.00]
Item: Aux [dB gain=-34.50, -34.50]
Item: Mono Output Select [Mix]
Item: Capture [dB gain=22.50, 22.50]
Item: Channel Mode [2ch]
Item: Downmix [Off]
Item: Exchange Center/LFE [Off]
Item: Exchange Front/Surround [Off]
Item: Exchange Mic/Line In [Off]
Item: External Amplifier
Item: Spread Front to Surround and Center/LFE [Off]
Item: Stereo Mic
Item: V_REFOUT [0 V]
What else can I try? I'm I missing something obvious here?
Cheers,
Daniel
On 16/02/2008, James Shatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > When I do "arecord -d 10 -f S16_LE -r 48000 -c 2
> > -t wav foobar.wav" and I literally put one of the
> > speaker at full volume in one of my ears I can
> > hear a very vere low volume version of myself.
>
> That's always a good sign.
>
> > _REFOUT=High-Z
>
> High-Z is high impedence(Mega Ohms). Generally meant for guitars that
> plug directly in for recording. Put that on a mic and if you don't have
> awesome gain, it's gonna make that signal very weak. If you can change that
> setting, then do. That is if you're not playing electric guitar as the
> input source.
>
> $ aumix -q
>
> That's what I normally use to show me my settings. Mic + iGain need to
> have values other than 0. At least that how it used to work for me. Aumix
> doesn't seem to play well with multiple soundcards. So I don't use it much
> anymore.
>
> $ amixer scontents
>
> A bit verbose, but it should give you some details. Check out the
> Capture, Mic, and Mic Boost settings.
>
> $ alsactl store (or restore)
>
> To save or restore whatever settings you've adjusted. My distro(debian)
> checks for these stored settings before it'll even think of restoring them
> from some other app like aumix. Basically if /etc/asound.state exists,
> mixer settings are restored from there.
>
> $ alsamixer -c 0
>
> To adjust mixer settings the alsa way(F1 for hotkey list). For some
> settings, it's the only way to access them. At least that was the case for
> some headphone jacks on dell laptops.
>
> HTH
>
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