[Alsa-user] alsa capture gets stuck

2012-05-31 Thread Paul Homlish
This works: arecord -D plughw:1,0 -c 2 -r 48000 | aplay I hear the audio generated from the capture device. But, after I use vlc or any other program and try to use it again with the plughw1,0 it no longer works- I just hear silence. I started with Ubuntu 12.04, compiled a new kernel, compil

[Alsa-user] Poor Microphone Capture

2012-05-31 Thread paul424
I have also embedded sound card on http://ee.gigabyte.com/products/page/mb/ga-m61sme-s2_2x/ It uses Realtek ALC883 8-channel audio codec Realtek RTL 8201 phy chipsets (cheapsets :D ) . I have tough time setting the microphone on ALSA. I can capture only iwth the lips ONLY 3 inches from mic. Any