On Tuesday 24 March 2009 18:51, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Tuesday 24 March 2009 17:21:06 Thorny wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:26:33 +0000, Lisi Reisz posted: > > > I am trying to test a microphone by some method other than ringing the > > > same poor person repeatedly by VOIP. > > > > > > I have tried to run record applications, but cannot seem to get the > > > applications going (so far Audacity and KRec). > > > > Hi Lisi, > > Hi, Thorny, > > > This sounds interesting. Why can't you get them going > > I have no idea - I have never used either but would like them to try and > record something so that I can test the mike. > > > and what do you mean > > by "going"? > > I can't persuade them to do anything recognisable to me. But then I have > never before tried to use a mike on a computer. All I want to use it for > now, is to use Twinkle to make telephone calls. But I so far only have one > SipGate number - and there is a limit to how often I feel able to make the > poor chap on the other end of it carry on a one-sided conversation. > > > I suppose you've already checked in your mixer that mic input isn't > > muted, eh? > > Yes. Everything is on maximum in KMix, and I tried to set "capture" and > "+20" and various other bits in alsamixergui. Not very successfully > because I can't make sense of the colours and symbols and alsamixer doesn't > go in for words much. :-( I shall persue this line a bit more. > > > What is your soundcard, > > Card: NVidia nForce2, chip: Realtek ALC650F > > > any known issues with it with Lenny, if that is > > what you use? > > D'oh! I haven't checked. Everything else I have thrown at it has Just > Worked, including the earphone part of this headset. > > I did have to adjust the mixer settings to get it to work, way back in the > mists of time when I first went from Etch to Lenny, tho' it had worked fine > in Sarge and Etch. And I have just finally found the thread about this > from when it happened, and have not yet worked thro' it all. I was looking > on the wrong list - it was on Debian Women, not here. > > But I have recently reinstalled Lenny, and deliberately lost all my config > files (It's a long story.....) and audio is working fine still. > > > ALSA working fine for other sounds on your system? > > See above. No problems at all with playing sound - and I actually think > that it may now (after my last lot of fiddling) be transmitting/recording > sound. I just need to test it somehow! While sparing my poor friend - I > don't want him to become an ex-friend. ;-) > > I have yet to try Sinan Can İmamoğlu's suggestions, tho' I shall certainly > do so. > > TIA > Lisi
Hi Lisi. I have used Krecord before, but you have to check the "full duplex" box in KDE's control centre > Sound & Multimedia > Sound System > Hardware, and that'assuming that the KDE sound server is running, otherwise the "full duplex" checkbox is greyed out. Personally I use MhWaveedit for recording. Normally I compile it from source, but it is available on some Debian based installs from their repo's. Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
