On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm having issues with an X-Fi Titanium and ALSA. The problem is that >> >> >> >> it appears to be impossible to capture without unmuting the channel I'm >> >> >> >> capturing from. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > What do you mean exactly "unmuting the channel I'm capturing from"? >> >> >> > If you mean to turn on/off "XXX Capture Switch", then it's a feature, >> >> >> > no bug. >> >> >> >> >> >> No, I mean that capture is possible only when mute=off and capture=on. >> >> > >> >> > Which mute? Please be more specific. >> >> >> >> The signal I'm trying to capture is coming in through the SPDIF-i >> >> channel, so I'm talking about the mute and capture flags on that >> >> channel. However, I also tried the analog input (line), and the >> >> problem is exactly the same on that channel. >> > >> > Well, this is still unclear (what actually do you mean "channel") but >> > let me guess: >> > >> > the recording from either mic or line-in doesn't work unless you unmute >> > via "Front Playback Switch" mixer element. >> > >> > Correct? >> >> Not really. I use gnome-alsamixer, and there is a mixer element called >> "SPDIF-i" that has a slider, a "Mute" switch, and a "Capture" switch. >> I connect a digital source to the SPDIF input on the card, and then I >> try to record it with arecord from device hw:0,0. The only way I'm >> able to record sound is by setting the Mute switch (of the SPDIF-i >> mixer element) to off and the Capture switch to on. > > There is no mixer switch names "SPDIF-i". It's cut in alsamixer's > display. To check more exactly, make a diff of amixer outputs between > working and non-working states. > > But, what you wrote above is about the SPDIF input, not about the > analog input, right? Let's focus on one of them first. The problem is exactly the same with the analog input, but we'll focus on the digital input first. I don't have access to my computer right now, but I'll send you the diffs later today. _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list Alsa-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.alsa-project.org/mailman/listinfo/alsa-devel
