On 09/12/2011 05:58 PM, Arve Barsnes wrote: > On 12 September 2011 13:26, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 12 September 2011 13:14, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Arve Barsnes <arve.barsnes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the hints. I'll try to fiddle some more with audacity, >>> >>> as several people have noted, it would be much better to fiddle more >>> with arecord first. >>> >> Really? I was under the impression that if one of them didn't work, >> none of them would? I'll check it out nonetheless, thanks Paul. >> > Indeed, arecord at least gave me the error that put me on the right > track. It seems it was a bandwidth problem because of my USB hub (even > though it's 2.0). I plugged it into a USB port connected directly to > my motherboard, and now arecord records from it just fine. Now to try > the same with audacity and figure out if it is capable of stereo or > not. > > Thanks for the help everyone! to wrap it up and future reference: The detailed explanation for this phenomena (connecting USB1.x audio devices on a 2.0 hub) can be found in the thread: http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2010-October/029509.html instead of directly connecting the device, you could use an USB1.x hub or disable USB 2.0 for the port as outlined in http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2010-October/029511.html best, robin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
