Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord' A SOLUTION - POSTSCRIPT

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 16:49, David Fox wrote: > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a headset > > and when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the headphones. > > having never tried arecord I tried it out - o

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord' A SOLUTION

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 16:49, David Fox wrote: > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a headset > > and when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the headphones. > > having never tried arecord I tried it out - o

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord'

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 17:45, tom arnall wrote: > On Wednesday 03 October 2007 16:49, David Fox wrote: > > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a > > > headset and when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord'

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 16:49, David Fox wrote: > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a headset > > and when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the headphones. > > having never tried arecord I tried it out - o

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord'

2007-10-03 Thread David Fox
On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > yes to both. i used alsa mixer to set the mic level. i'm using a headset and > when i do input to the mic i can hear it in the headphones. having never tried arecord I tried it out - on lenny there seems to be a problem in that it can't open t

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord'

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 14:07, you wrote: > On 10/3/07, tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i am trying to record sound with 'arecord': > > > > arecord -d 5 file.wav > > Have you checked the mixer settings - specially is the microphone

Re: trying to record sound with 'arecord'

2007-10-03 Thread Simon Jolle "sjolle"
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/03/2007 11:00 PM, tom arnall wrote: > i am trying to record sound with 'arecord': > > arecord -d 5 file.wav > this gives me a file with a size of about 100k. but when i try to play it > with: > aplay fi

trying to record sound with 'arecord'

2007-10-03 Thread tom arnall
i am trying to record sound with 'arecord': arecord -d 5 file.wav this gives me a file with a size of about 100k. but when i try to play it with: aplay file.wav i get no sound. but aplay works fine with the files in /usr/share/sounds. is there a pr