Hi Use a capitalised 'R' with the line value. And aumix calls capture 'input gain', thus you'd need something like: aumix -l 65 aumix -l R aumix -i 65 You're supposed to include all those commands in one string, however, I have difficulty in getting the 'R' to move from the mic to line. But by using the -q switch, you can see what is listed for playback and what is listed for recording. HTH Gena On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 06:49:02PM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > John, > > The mike is a monaural device. So no matter how you cable it, you only > can capture one channel. > > The volume setting of the line device is only half of the story. You > also need to set capture on, and choose a capture level as well. Not > sure of aumix, but amixer lets you do that. You could actually record > the line device with its playback gain set to zero, as long as the > capture setting was turned on and the capture gain was adequate. > > Chuck > > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 05:32:20PM -0500, John Heim wrote: > > I can't record the audio I hear when I plug my VCR or stereo into the > > line-jack on my SB Live sound card. I can record if I plug it int the mic > > jack but the quality isn't as good. I've used aumix to set the level of > > the line-in to 64 which sounds good. But recording with sox gives me > > nothing but silence. Ie: > > > > $ aumix -l 64 -m 64 > > $sox -t ossdsp /dev/dsp bogus.wav > > > > That works if I have my VCR connected to the mic although the quality is > > poor. Can I tell it to record from the line-in but not from the mic? Maybe > > aumix isn't the best tool to use. > > > > Alternately, maybe I could get the mic to work... The problem with the mic > > jack is that I get only the left or the right channel. I have a cable with > > 2 RCA jacks on one end and a stereo jack on the other. The 2 RCA jacks are > > plugged into the line-out on the VCR, left and right. The stereo jack is > > plugged into the mic on the sound card. Only 1 of the RCA jacks matter. The > > other I might as well leave dangling because I don't hear that channel no > > matter what. I can get the left channel on the VCR if i plug the jack that > > works into the left line-out jack on the VCR or I can get the right channel > > by plugging it into the right line-out jack. So the mic is acting as if > > there's a stereo-mono converter in there somewhere. > > > > I know the cable is good because: > > 1. I can hear both channels if I plug it into the line-in on the soundcard. > > But as I explained above, then I can't record. > > 2. I have a second cable and that one does the same thing > > 3. Both cables work fine with another sound card > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (73% of Full) > Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFERWzeXnuiIOyDVQURAl/7AJ4p3UFwmCXTaVbdh2DHDT6XhyD6dgCfWcE3 > OiJNovm2StV4t0S9tvdf75I= > =IUYM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ---end quoted text--- -- 2E0AXU Blindness Advocacy Self Help (BASH Online) bashonline-subscribe at yahoogroups.com Freedom & Power provided by debian GNU Linux
