Daniel, I also do not see this control with alsamixer and the only thing I see on my similar (non-working) system with "amixer -c 0" is: Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Playback AC97-SPSA',0 Capabilities: volume volume-joined Playback channels: Mono Capture channels: Mono Limits: 0 - 3 Mono: 3 [100%] Phil. On Mon, 2008-02-25 at 15:52 +0000, Daniel Sanabria wrote: > any ideas? ... anyone? > > On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria <sanabria.d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > now from http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/Record_from_mic I > read the following: > > Comment from reader: For me, the instructions above did not > still cut it. I had to turn a control "AC97" to 100% (in > addition to Mic and Capture to 100%). > > I'm I supposed to see the AC97 control? where can I find it? > > > On 17/02/2008, Daniel Sanabria <sanabria.d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes this is a PC mic (plantronics) and you're right it > doesn't have any source of power, it takes it from the > PC. However setting V_REFOUT to 3,7 or 2.25 doesn't > seem to make a difference. > > On 16/02/2008, James Shatto <Shadow_7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Simple mixer control 'V_REFOUT',0 > > Capabilities: enum > > Items: 'High-Z' '3.7 V' '2.25 V' '0 V' > > Item0: '0 V' > > What type of mic are we talking? Electret > type mics(the kind that most PC style mics > seem to be/use) need a voltage(called a bias > voltage, or plug-in power for voice > recorders). Without the voltage you need a > battery box. Set it to 3.7V, if you > can. 2.25 V should also work. 0V and High-Z > would be my last choices. > > HTH > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual > Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user -- Philip Rhoades Pricom Pty Limited (ACN 003 252 275 ABN 91 003 252 275) GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Fax: +61:(0)2-8221-9599 E-mail: phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user