Dapper-updates has been returning a zip error message since you asked for this, but it seems fixed for me anyway. I'm using gnome-media 2.14.2-0ubuntu1. Thanks for your help :).
** Changed in: gnome-media (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- Sound recorder disables the capture device after a second recording https://launchpad.net/bugs/39119 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs