On Wednesday 20 May 2009 12:07:11 pm Bill Unruh wrote: > 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 Alsa related stuff from /etc/modprobe.conf # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore ## ## IMPORTANT: ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) ## and then run `update-modules' command. ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. ## ## ALSA portion ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 ## OSS/Free portion ## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 ## # OSS/Free portion - card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss # ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd # OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore ## ## IMPORTANT: ## You need to customise this section for your specific sound card(s) ## and then run `update-modules' command. ## Read alsa-driver's INSTALL file in /usr/share/doc for more info. ## ## ALSA portion ## alias snd-card-0 snd-interwave ## alias snd-card-1 snd-ens1371 ## OSS/Free portion ## alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 ## alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 ## # OSS/Free portion - card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss ## OSS/Free portion - card #2 ## alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss ## alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss ## alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
