On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 23:42:41 -0500, Ken Schutte <kschutte@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > I'm just starting with audio on Linux and have gotten stuck - I can't > seem to record anything from the mic or line-in. ALSA and jack seem to > be setup right (with a SB Live! Value) - I get output from XMMS with > jack plugin, and I can hear the microphone and/or line-in input directly > thru the speakers (I turned "Line" and "Mic" up in alsamixer). > > However, I can't get anything to record. I've been trying to record > from mic and/or line-in using Ardour with no luck. Considering I might > not be using Ardour correctly, I moved to something simpler - qaRecord. > I start it with "qarecord --jack", but can never get anything to > record and I never see anything on the level monitors, even though I can > hear the inputs directly (do I need something in the --device option?) > > qjackctl connections window shows alsa_pcm->capture_1 and capture_2, > which are connected to things in Ardour, but not qaRecord. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > Thanks, > Ken > > Ken, If you can see the pcm_capture signals in QJC then jsut connect them by hand to qaRecord and you should be good to go. In Jack a single input signal, such as your mic, can be connected to multiple apps. Ardour happens to make a lot of conenctions automatically, but many applications do not and you have to do it by hand. good luck, Mark
