Hello List, Having trouble setting the -D option in arecord to set the PCM by name. If when I do "arecord -L" I get: ... plughw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0 HDA Intel PCH, ALC1220 Analog Hardware device with all software conversions ... What is the PCM name? plughw? I tried alot of names, but nothing is working. Well, "default" seems to be the only one. I have two working sources, the sound device on the motherboard and a webcam here, 8 and 21, see below. I using arecord in the default way, always data from the webcam is used. If I try to select one with the -D option I get errors (no such file / device or resource busy) If, using the configuration in pavucontrol, I turn one of the two off, than it works, but not if both are active. pactl list short sources 7 alsa_output.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo.monitor module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING 8 alsa_input.pci-0000_00_1f.3.analog-stereo module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING 11 QuiskDigitalInput.monitor module-null-sink.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING 12 QuiskDigitalOutput.monitor module-null-sink.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING 21 alsa_input.usb-046d_09a4_07BDCE12-02.mono-fallback module-alsa-card.c s16le 1ch 16000Hz RUNNING 23 alsa_output.pci-0000_65_00.1.hdmi-stereo.monitor module-alsa-card.c s16le 2ch 44100Hz RUNNING record -l **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC1220 Analog [ALC1220 Analog] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC1220 Alt Analog [ALC1220 Alt Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 2: U0x46d0x9a4 [USB Device 0x46d:0x9a4], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio] Subdevices: 0/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 So the question is how to select a source using the -D option. Thanks in advance, Sietse _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list pulseaudio-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss