Quoting Harald Gutmann <harald.gutmann@xxxxxxx>: > arecord -f dat file.wav sounds okay. > seems that this is the problem. Hmmm arecord -f dat file.wav and I get silence so what is different ? just tried arecord -r 48000 -f S16 this is fine. So it looks like my problem is recording stereo. Do I need something in .asoundrc ? cheers Paul. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user