Citeren Florian Schmidt <mista.tapas@xxxxxxx>: > 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? > version 1.0.4 > > > > 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? > emu10k1. I checked the aliases and they are correct. /dev/dsp is linked to /dev/dsp0, so why can Audacity play sounds, but not record? I'll dig further this weekend. > > 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 > I'll check those pages. Thank you for this. > > 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.. > The shortest that works for me is arecord -d 1 test.wav :-) Cheers and thanks. Hans -- _____________________________________________________________________ Zon Gratis ADSL. De voordelen van gratis internet met de snelheid van ADSL. Zonder abonnementskosten en zonder vast contract. Je betaalt alleen voor de tijd online. Nu zonder aansluitkosten en met gratis modem. Bestel snel op zonnet.nl.
