I agree with Stan. This seems like a config (or rather, routing) problem. Also, what application are you attempting to record audio into? Here's an overview of Linux sound I wrote for opensource.com: https://opensource.com/article/17/1/linux-plays-sound It might help you troubleshoot. On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 1:27 PM stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:06:59 -0400 > Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I rarely have computer audio problems, it usually just works. But > > today I need to record voice and it does not do anything, pulse audio > > shows rear microphone plugged in and the level is turned up. aplay > > produces a test sound from the speaker and sound works as expected, > > just no mic audio. > > > Any ideas welcome, Bob > > > > It's a configuration problem. If pulse sees the mic, then alsa has > recognized it. > > First thing, run > alsamixer -c <card number> > Then hit F4 to get to the capture screen. Make sure that the capture > is turned on in alsa, and at a high enough level. > > Then, if you don't have it installed already, install pavucontrol. > Bring it up and play around with the default settings (last tab) for the > mic until you can see waveforms for capture in the capture tab. > > You could instead use arecord to try to capture some sound in a .wav > file. I haven't done that for a long time, so you will have to read the > man page, man aplay, to figure out how if you decide to do so. > > Another alternative is to use audacity to capture the sound from the > mic. It also allows configuration for direct record from alsa, I think. > So, you could disable the card in pulseaudio, and use alsa directly if > you just can't get pulse to record. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
