On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:27 AM, David Gaarenstroom <david.gaarenstroom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I could not find an answer to this question, although I'm probably not > the only one wanting to use S/PDIF-in on Linux on the Realtek ALC889A, > Gigabyte MA69GM-S2H onboard sound. (Actually, I'm facing a similar > problem in Windows XP.) > If it's also impossible on XP, chances are the hardware doesn't support what you want to do. > I'm using snd-hda-intel, model "6stack-dig". You should never have to use a model option to make your sound work. Post your lspci output for the sound card so this can be fixed. > But there's no way that I can hear it real-time trough the controls > alsa(mixer) gives me. The only way I get some idea of what I'm > recording is to feed the arecord output into aplay, which gives me > sound with a 1 second delay (which of course is not an acceptable > workaround). Do "nice -n -20 arecord | nice -n -20 aplay" with a smaller buffer/period size. See aplay --help. Lee ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
