Carl Weidling wrote: > I was asked to show the output of "amixer contents". I tried sending > that as an attached file and it seems to have gotten scrubbed, so I'll > try again. That attachment came through just fine. > ... But when I try to use mencoder to capture videos I get no sound. Does arecord work? > I've tried using alsamixer to set CD into capture mode, and it does > indeed indicate that CD is in capture mode, but the volume in capture > mode is zero and I can't change it! I think this is the problem. > There is also a column in alsamixer labeled CAPTURE, and here I can > change the volume, but I have no idea where input to that is coming > from. AC'97 codecs select the input before they apply attenuation, so there is only one generic "Capture" volume control. alsamixer displays an empty volume bar because there is no separate volume control for the CD input. > numid=24,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Source' > ; ... Item #1 'CD' ... > : values=1,1 > numid=25,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Switch' > : values=on > numid=26,iface=MIXER,name='Capture Volume' > : values=11,11 These look OK. > numid=39,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source Select' > ; Item #0 'Input1' > ; Item #1 'Input2' > : values=0 > numid=40,iface=MIXER,name='Input Source Select',index=1 > ; Item #0 'Input1' > ; Item #1 'Input2' > : values=0 These two controls do some additional routing on the inputs. If arecord doesn't work, try all four combinations. HTH Clemens ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
