Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 08:38:55AM +1100, Alex Samad wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:50:22PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 04:44:24PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >>>> Alex Samad wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 05:51:37PM +0000, 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: >> [snip] >> >>>> It will record from the device specified by "-D". You can list (to see >>>> which device number to use) your devices using: >>>> >>>> ~$ arecord -l >>> Interesting but I have no idea what the output is telling me: >>> >>> **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** >>> card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] >>> Subdevices: 1/1 >>> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 >>> card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237] >>> Subdevices: 1/1 >>> Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 >> I am not a alsa expert, but the way I interpret this is there is 1 >> counds card it has 2 devices (could be 1 analogue and 1 digital) each >> device has a set of functions / capabilities like play , record etc.. > > Well, I did what I should have done before -- read the man page. Turns > out 'arecord -L' (capital L) gives better info: > > ------------------- > $ arecord -L > default:CARD=V8237 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > Default Audio Device > front:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > Front speakers > surround40:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers > surround41:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > surround50:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers > surround51:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers > iec958:CARD=V8237,DEV=0 > VIA 8237, VIA 8237 > IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output > null > Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) > ------------------- > > So it looks like I don't have a mike although I have gotten it to barely > work before. The question now becomes, how do I turn the mike on? > > Also, the -D parameter uses the PCM, which is what the -L gives -- not > that I know which of those numbers *is* a PCM. >
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