On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM, Niels Mayer <nielsmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Perhaps you don't have appropriate permissions on the device? > I tried it as root too. The current user can hear through the speakers so I guess the permissions are there. >Perhaps > something else (pulseaudio?) has grabbed the device? > I dont have pulse audio installed. > Perhaps audacity is talking to the "digital out" or "hdmi out" parts > of the card and not the part with a capture device? For example card > SB, device 1 > doesn't have a capture part, just a playback part: If you're talking > to the HDMI part, then it probably won't have an input... > >> aplay -l > **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** > ... > card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: VT1708S Digital [VT1708S Digital] > Subdevices: 1/1 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > ... > mine gives $ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: VT82xx [HDA VIA VT82xx], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: VT82xx [HDA VIA VT82xx], device 1: AD198x Digital [AD198x Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 >> arecord -l > **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** > ... > card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] > Subdevices: 2/2 > Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 > ... > $ arecord -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: VT82xx [HDA VIA VT82xx], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 > Perhaps, for recording, you should use http://jackaudio.org/ to talk > to your soundcard and setup audacity to work with jack. Once setup > correctly, jack tends to sidestep a lot of issues w/ access or RT > priority on a audio devices, will use dbus to move pulseaudio out of > the way, etc. > Ok will try that My real intention is to get Sound Working with Skype so that My Grand Mother can talk to my brother in another country. Thanks a lot for your continous help :-) Kind Regards --Siju ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
