On Wed, 20 May 2009, Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Wednesday 20 May 2009 09:55:19 am Massie, Lee C. wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I'm fairly new to ALSA and am trying to get the microphone to record >> audio. When I try to record, a wave file is created, but when I play >> it back, it produces no sound. I've searched the web and most people >> who have had problem with the microphone have had problems, because the >> 'Mic' in the is muted. When I open the alsamixer and look at the >> capture view, I don't even have 'Mic'. The only thing that appears in >> my capture view is 'Multi Track Peak', which isn't even adjustable. >> >>> From everything I read online, what appears in the alsamixer is based on >> >> the card that was configured. Does that mean alsa will not work with my >> card with regards to microphone input? Here are some notes about what >> I'm using: >> >> >> >> Card: ICEnsemble >> >> Chipset: ICE 1724 - multitrack >> >> Using Redhat 5, kernel 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5PAE. >> >> Using alsa-driver-1.0.19. >> >> Configuring with command: ./configure --with-cards=ice1724 >> >> >> >> Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you. >> >> >> >> Lee > > > I have an ICE 1724 card and my mic works. But I set it up a long time ago and > I can't remember what I had to do in alsamixer to get it to work. I do > remember that the names of the devices used in alsamixer were not at all user > friendly and there is no documentation that maps the names used in alsamixer > to anything that a user would be able to understand without having to spend > hours digging through various web sites to try to understand what all of the > technical jargon in the UI means. Tell him the contents of your /etc/modprobe.conf file. That is where the options for your card as stored. > > Normally cards based on this chip set have two audio in channels but I am not > sure why these do not show in when using the Capture View in alsamixer. But > with current versions of alsa they do not. In addition there is no way to > set gain levels for these devices using alsamixer. > > Hal > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial > Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables > unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine > for externally facing server and web deployment. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > -- William G. Unruh | Canadian Institute for| Tel: +1(604)822-3273 Physics&Astronomy | Advanced Research | Fax: +1(604)822-5324 UBC, Vancouver,BC | Program in Cosmology | unruh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Canada V6T 1Z1 | and Gravity | www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
