Jacob, if you haven't done so already, try running: amixer -c1 to see if your audio adapter has capture, mic, or +20db levels that you can adjust and/or unmute. Greg On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 12:43:23AM +0200, Jacob Kruger wrote: > Thanks, Greg. > > > Have actually just found out that specifying device 1 works. > > > Oddly enough, if I run the arecord -l command, it only shows device > 1, but, suppose that's since it's offering input, but, had thus not > realised there was also a device 0 that just wasn't showing up. > > > In other words, the following command does now run through, but, > with one more minor issue that will explain below: > > arecord -D plughw:1 -f dat testing.wav > > > The issue have now come across is that it's most likely recording at > a really low volume, or else will need to double check recording > with different microphones hooked up to the USB audio adapter, since > when I then copied the output file to my main PC, and, boosted it's > volume using audacity, I just picked up some crackles, but, no > actual voice input, but, will try it out with a different microphone > now. > > > Main thing is it didn't bring up that error message, and, ran > through, producing the output .wav file, etc. > > > Thanks, again > > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > "Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..." > -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- 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
