On 20.07.2012 17:31, Robert M. Albrecht wrote: > > Hi, > > I got a Rode podcaster and tried to connect it to my Linux system. > > Audacity actually records from the device, but it's only digital zero. > > What does "ALSA sound/usb/clock.c:236 8:2:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x82" > mean ? It means that the driver was unable to read back the sample frequency from the device. This is just a warning though, the driver doesn't fail in that case. > !!USB Mixer information > !!--------------------------- > --startcollapse-- > > USB Mixer: usb_id=0x19f70001, ctrlif=0, ctlerr=0 > Card: RODE MICROPHONESj Rode Podcaster at usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.3, full speed > Unit: 2 > Control: name="Mic Playback Switch", index=0 > Info: id=2, control=1, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="INV_BOOLEAN" > Volume: min=0, max=1, dBmin=0, dBmax=0 > Unit: 10 > Control: name="Mic Capture Volume", index=0 > Info: id=10, control=2, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="S16" > Volume: min=0, max=5760, dBmin=0, dBmax=2250 > Unit: 10 > Control: name="Mic Capture Switch", index=0 > Info: id=10, control=1, cmask=0x0, channels=1, type="INV_BOOLEAN" > Volume: min=0, max=1, dBmin=0, dBmax=0 > --endcollapse-- > > !!-------Mixer controls for card 1 [Podcaster] > > Card hw:1 'Podcaster'/'RODE MICROPHONESj Rode Podcaster at > usb-0000:00:1a.0-1.1.3, full speed' > Mixer name : 'USB Mixer' > Components : 'USB19f7:0001' > Controls : 3 > Simple ctrls : 1 > Simple mixer control 'Mic',0 > Capabilities: cvolume cvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch > cswitch-joined penum > Playback channels: Mono > Capture channels: Mono > Limits: Capture 0 - 32 > Mono: Playback [on] Capture 0 [0%] [0.00dB] [on] I don't know that device, but maybe you just need to turn up the capture volume or tweak some other controls? Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user