On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:23:05 +0200 Hans <hansfong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The problem is that is doesn't work for me. It will write a 44 byte file > called file.wav and exit before you even say "a". I 'have' to use the -d > switch, which I think is a waste. weird. what version of arecord? > > The problem also is that I can't use oss-emulation to record. /dev/dsp > is good for signals out, but not signals in. That means legacy programs > like wavtools, sound-recorder of rawrec can't be used. Hmm, i can use audacity fine for recording [another oss app].. i can also record with sox.. it sounds to me as if you have a hw problem.. what driver module are you using? > I don't know how > I can check the mapping from alsa devices to oss devices, because I > suspect that there must be something wrong there, but then again I'm > guessing as I am by no means an expert on these matters. http://alsa-project.org/~iwai/OSS-Emulation.html http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=OssEmulation > Apart from > arecord I don't know of any other cli program that can record sound from > alsa devices. hmmm, well there isn't one because usually it does everything one needs :) > > To be honest. I think alsa sucks on this point. When I want to record > via line-in I use my old Pentium 200 with SB AWE64 and the oss/free > drivers. Works like a charm, never needs special switches or pointers to > devices. I know the statement that alse sucks is very subjective and > totally biased, but until now I haven't been able to record anything > decent on my new system (Athlon 2500+ with Audigy1) with alsa drivers. > Midi and sequencing works like charm, so I am happy with that, but I > need a problem free way to record. Audacity does only /dev/dsp > recording, ReZound can record but is too unstable, so what else is > there? I want a KISS solution. Any hints? if arecord doesn't work for you then either your hardware or the version of arecord you use is faulty.. actually plughw:0,0 is afaik the default device so arecord -f cd file.wav should usually work like a breeze.. flo -- Palimm Palimm! http://affenbande.org/~tapas/wiki
