As an alternative, couldn’t you set up a .asoundrc file to specify the default recording device? I don’t know much about the syntax for such things, but in theory that would avoid having to do so every time. I know the syntax is documented somewhere, probably on the Alsa web site. > On Nov 21, 2016, at 12:21 PM, Gregory Nowak <greg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On the rpi2, if you use arecord without specifying an input device, it > tries to record through the rpi2's sound card, which is of course not > possible, and results in the error message you posted. You need to > specifically give arecord the device to use for capturing from. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 04:31:32PM +0200, Jacob Kruger wrote: >> Will try that first command, but, if run arecord -l, it does show >> the USB adapter as an input device. >> >> >> Thanks > > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
