Damn! I've been all morning struggling with this. I have an analog microphone wired to my hda intel onboard sound card. Also, I have a genius webcam (gspca_pac7302) with a builtin mic.
I tried arecord but couldn't capture anything from any of it, so I guess I'm doing something wrong. But what? Below is arecord list output. Is arecord appropriate for this test or there is another tool I can grab? Thanks! Ezequiel. localhost ~ # arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: ALC887 Digital [ALC887 Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 2: ALC887 Analog [ALC887 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 localhost ~ # arecord -L null Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture) default:CARD=SB HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog Default Audio Device front:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog Front speakers surround40:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog 4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers surround41:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog 4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround50:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog 5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers surround51:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog 5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers surround71:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Analog 7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers iec958:CARD=SB,DEV=0 HDA ATI SB, ALC887 Digital IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output