This "trick" used to work a couple of years ago and now I want to do the same thing again but if I follow the example exactly I have no wav file output... http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=SBliveCapture I suspect the SBlive mixer settings are different these days and I'm hoping it's as simple as the right magic combo... would anyone know what that combo might be ? The other thing is now I have jack running but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it... here's my aadebug output in case it's something silly with my own system and not my misunderstanding of the SBlive mixer controls... ALSA Audio Debug v0.0.8 - Mon Jan 31 19:49:46 EST 2005 http://alsa.opensrc.org/?aadebug Kernel ---------------------------------------------------- Linux shuttle 2.6.10 #2 SMP Sun Jan 23 10:22:10 EST 2005 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Loaded Modules -------------------------------------------- snd_seq_midi 8128 0 snd_emu10k1_synth 8064 1 snd_emux_synth 37888 2 snd_emu10k1_synth snd_seq_virmidi 7680 1 snd_emux_synth snd_seq_midi_emul 9216 1 snd_emux_synth snd_emu10k1 89380 7 snd_emu10k1_synth snd_rawmidi 22944 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1 snd_ac97_codec 77984 1 snd_emu10k1 snd_util_mem 4864 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1 snd_hwdep 9480 2 snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1 snd_seq_oss 33792 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8448 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_oss snd_seq 54720 15 snd_seq_midi,snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_seq_midi_emul,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 8720 7 snd_seq_midi,snd_emu10k1_synth,snd_emux_synth,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 52900 0 snd_pcm 89864 5 snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 22792 4 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 9480 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm snd_mixer_oss 18304 1 snd_pcm_oss snd 49992 25 snd_emux_synth,snd_seq_virmidi,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss Proc Config ----------------------------------------------- CONFIG_SND=m CONFIG_SND_TIMER=m CONFIG_SND_PCM=m CONFIG_SND_HWDEP=m CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI=m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL=y CONFIG_SND_MIXER_OSS=m CONFIG_SND_PCM_OSS=m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER=m CONFIG_SND_MPU401_UART=m CONFIG_SND_OPL3_LIB=m CONFIG_SND_VX_LIB=m CONFIG_SND_DUMMY=m CONFIG_SND_VIRMIDI=m CONFIG_SND_MTPAV=m CONFIG_SND_SERIAL_U16550=m CONFIG_SND_MPU401=m CONFIG_SND_AC97_CODEC=m CONFIG_SND_ALI5451=m CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP=m CONFIG_SND_ATIIXP_MODEM=m CONFIG_SND_AU8810=m CONFIG_SND_AU8820=m CONFIG_SND_AU8830=m CONFIG_SND_AZT3328=m CONFIG_SND_BT87X=m CONFIG_SND_CS46XX=m CONFIG_SND_CS46XX_NEW_DSP=y CONFIG_SND_CS4281=m CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1=m CONFIG_SND_KORG1212=m CONFIG_SND_MIXART=m CONFIG_SND_NM256=m CONFIG_SND_RME32=m CONFIG_SND_RME96=m CONFIG_SND_RME9652=m CONFIG_SND_HDSP=m CONFIG_SND_TRIDENT=m CONFIG_SND_YMFPCI=m CONFIG_SND_ALS4000=m CONFIG_SND_CMIPCI=m CONFIG_SND_ENS1370=m CONFIG_SND_ENS1371=m CONFIG_SND_ES1938=m CONFIG_SND_ES1968=m CONFIG_SND_MAESTRO3=m CONFIG_SND_FM801=m CONFIG_SND_FM801_TEA575X=m CONFIG_SND_ICE1712=m CONFIG_SND_ICE1724=m CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0=m CONFIG_SND_INTEL8X0M=m CONFIG_SND_SONICVIBES=m CONFIG_SND_VIA82XX=m CONFIG_SND_VX222=m CONFIG_SND_USB_AUDIO=m CONFIG_SND_USB_USX2Y=m Modprobe Conf --------------------------------------------- alias char-major-14-* soundcore alias char-major-116-* snd alias snd-card-0 snd-emu10k1 alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/mixer snd-mixer-oss alias /dev/dsp snd-pcm-oss alias /dev/midi snd-seq-oss options snd cards_limit=1 Proc Asound ----------------------------------------------- Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.6 (Sun Aug 15 07:17:53 2004 UTC). Compiled on Jan 23 2005 for kernel 2.6.10 (SMP). 0 [Live ]: EMU10K1 - Sound Blaster Live! Sound Blaster Live! (rev.6) at 0xc000, irq 17 1: : sequencer 0: [0- 0]: ctl 4: [0- 0]: hardware dependent 8: [0- 0]: raw midi 18: [0- 2]: digital audio playback 26: [0- 2]: digital audio capture 25: [0- 1]: digital audio capture 16: [0- 0]: digital audio playback 24: [0- 0]: digital audio capture 6: [0- 2]: hardware dependent 9: [0- 1]: raw midi 10: [0- 2]: raw midi 33: : timer 00-00: EMU10K1 (FX8010) 00-02: Emux WaveTable 00-00: emu10k1 : EMU10K1 : playback 32 : capture 1 00-01: emu10k1 mic : EMU10K1 MIC : capture 1 00-02: emu10k1 efx : EMU10K1 EFX : playback 8 : capture 1 Dev Snd --------------------------------------------------- controlC0 hwC0D2 midiC0D1 pcmC0D0c pcmC0D1c pcmC0D2p timer hwC0D0 midiC0D0 midiC0D2 pcmC0D0p pcmC0D2c seq CPU ------------------------------------------------------- model name : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ cpu MHz : 1994.868 RAM ------------------------------------------------------- MemTotal: 1025676 kB SwapTotal: 489940 kB Hardware -------------------------------------------------- 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge (rev a4) 0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map 0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller 0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 0000:01:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 06) --markc