In article <4E564121.70908@xxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Collier <collierab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hi, > how do i go about telling ALSA to record from > LINE-IN rather than MIC? IIUC You may be able to do this by putting the relevant details like pcm.!default { capture.pcm "<card details>"; } into an ~/.asoundrc file. That should then tell the alsa system that the card input to use as default is as given by <card details>. The "!default" overrules any existing default setting (to use the mic input in your case). This may have a name, but may be something like 'hw:X,Y" where you replace the X and Y with the card and port (device) numbers you need for your system. If you haven't already done so, the commands arecord -l and arecord -L will give you info on the card and device numbers for each input port. However I've only tried the equivalent of this method for controlling replay, and can't be sure it will work for recording. So please let me/us know if this works (or not!), and what details you need to make it work. Slainte, Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Audio Misc http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/index.html Armstrong Audio http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/Armstrong/armstrong.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user