re: recording

re: recording

[Tyler Spivey]

try:
amixer set Mic capture on
then try recording. that should work.

Re: recording

[Gregory Nowak]

When I try that, nothing still changes, and I get the following:


Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]



Just incase anyone is following this (besides Tyler), I have hit spacebar on the mic entry in alsamixer to turn on capture also.
Greg


On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 01:37:13PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> try:
> amixer set Mic capture on
> then try recording. that should work.
> 
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Re: recording

[Janina Sajka]

That utility is from the old OSS sound packages. Better to use arecord,
unless of course you haven't moved up to alsa yet.

And, if you want to stop and start recording, or add tracks, etc., etc.,
look to ecasound.

Lorenzo Taylor writes:
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Re: recording

[Lorenzo Taylor]

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plug your patch cable into your line input and use the rec command.

man rec

for more details.

Lorenzo
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realised what a powerful set of tools they were, it became self-evident this was
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recording

[Juan Hernandez]

Hey guys,  i just wanted to know what software in linux I could use to record from a tape recorder via patch cable, into like a wav format or something that is easly editable?  thanks

Re: recording

[Gregory Nowak]

I'm using kernel 2.4.17. When I got my drivers, 0.90 beta 9 was the latest. Guess I'll have to get the currently newest stuff (sigh).
Greg


On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 08:00:03PM -0500, John Covici wrote:
> You need a later version of the drivers -- particularly if you are
> using kernel 2.4.16 or 17 -- I think this may be why you are getting
> the ioctl messages (its why I got them anyway).
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Re: recording

[John Covici]

You need a later version of the drivers -- particularly if you are
using kernel 2.4.16 or 17 -- I think this may be why you are getting
the ioctl messages (its why I got them anyway).

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Re: recording

[Gregory Nowak]

Thanks Shaun, but that doesn't do anything magical either.
Greg


On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 09:23:59PM +1100, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> ok greg when you do that command rememb3er to put capture at the end if it
> so it looks like this.
> 
> hth Shaun.
> amixer sset Mic 100% capture
> 
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1@uic.edu>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: recording
> 
> 
> > Here's what I get when I try that one:
> >
> >
> > Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
> >   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
> cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
> >   Capture exclusive group: 0
> >   Playback channels: Mono
> >   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
> >   Limits: Playback 0 - 15
> >   Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
> >   Front Left: Capture [off]
> >   Front Right: Capture [off]
> >
> >
> > Beyond that, everything is the same.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:51:18PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> > > try:
> > > amixer set Mic capture
> > > (noe case)
> > > i don't have alsa running so i can't tell you if it works.
> > >
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Re: recording

[Shaun Oliver]

ok greg when you do that command rememb3er to put capture at the end if it
so it looks like this.

hth Shaun.
amixer sset Mic 100% capture



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <gnowak1@uic.edu>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 8:33 AM
Subject: Re: recording


> Here's what I get when I try that one:
>
>
> Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch
cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
>   Capture exclusive group: 0
>   Playback channels: Mono
>   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 15
>   Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
>   Front Left: Capture [off]
>   Front Right: Capture [off]
>
>
> Beyond that, everything is the same.
> Greg
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:51:18PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> > try:
> > amixer set Mic capture
> > (noe case)
> > i don't have alsa running so i can't tell you if it works.
> >
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re: recording

[Tyler Spivey]

this one's a stumper try reading amixer manual page and setting capture to full, that's a seperate mixer control.

Re: recording

[Gregory Nowak]

amixer set capture x%

gave me an error, so I tried :


amixer set Mic capture x%


which worked.
I tried a few values for x above, and got the same thing as before with all of them.
Greg

On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 04:44:45PM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> 
> Greg -
> In later versions of the alsa drivers I had to set both "Mic
> capture" and "Capture" separately. If you set "Capture" without
> including the "Mic" with it, you specify an amplitude in percent
> form, which you will have to play with to get right.
> Mine is:
> 
> amixer set Capture 25%
> 
> but that will depend on your Master volume setting and goodness
> knows what else.
> Chuck
> 
> On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> 
> > Here's what I get when I try that one:
> >
> >
> > Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
> >   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
> >   Capture exclusive group: 0
> >   Playback channels: Mono
> >   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
> >   Limits: Playback 0 - 15
> >   Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
> >   Front Left: Capture [off]
> >   Front Right: Capture [off]
> >
> >
> > Beyond that, everything is the same.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:51:18PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> > > try:
> > > amixer set Mic capture
> > > (noe case)
> > > i don't have alsa running so i can't tell you if it works.
> > >
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Re: recording

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Greg -
In later versions of the alsa drivers I had to set both "Mic
capture" and "Capture" separately. If you set "Capture" without
including the "Mic" with it, you specify an amplitude in percent
form, which you will have to play with to get right.
Mine is:

amixer set Capture 25%

but that will depend on your Master volume setting and goodness
knows what else.
Chuck

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Here's what I get when I try that one:
>
>
> Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
>   Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
>   Capture exclusive group: 0
>   Playback channels: Mono
>   Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
>   Limits: Playback 0 - 15
>   Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
>   Front Left: Capture [off]
>   Front Right: Capture [off]
>
>
> Beyond that, everything is the same.
> Greg
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:51:18PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> > try:
> > amixer set Mic capture
> > (noe case)
> > i don't have alsa running so i can't tell you if it works.
> >
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Re: recording

[Gregory Nowak]

Here's what I get when I try that one:


Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
  Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined cswitch cswitch-joined cswitch-exclusive
  Capture exclusive group: 0
  Playback channels: Mono
  Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
  Limits: Playback 0 - 15
  Mono: Playback 15 [100%] [on]
  Front Left: Capture [off]
  Front Right: Capture [off]


Beyond that, everything is the same.
Greg


On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:51:18PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> try:
> amixer set Mic capture
> (noe case)
> i don't have alsa running so i can't tell you if it works. 
> 
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re: recording

[Tyler Spivey]

try:
amixer set Mic capture
(noe case)
i don't have alsa running so i can't tell you if it works. 

Re: recording

[Gregory Nowak]

I just tried that, and I get the following error:


amixer: Unable to find simple control 'MIC',0


Greg


On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:09:47PM -0800, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> try setting MIC's capture.
> amixer set MIC capture 
> 
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Re: recording

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Greg -
I typed just what you did, and mine worked, with default
parameters of unsigned 8 bit samples, 8000 samples per second. I
use the arecord command a lot but usually specify different
parameters on the command line. I cannot help you with those
error messages.
Chuck


On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to record a test wave file.
> I got alsa setup the way I want thanks to some people who suggested using alsamixer instead of amixer.
> I know my microphone works, because I can hear myself in the speakers.
> However, when I do "rec test.wav", I don't hear anything upon playing the wav file.
> When I do "arecord test.wav" I get the following error.
>
>
> ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:598:(snd_pcm_hw_open) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_PVERSION failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> arecord: main:445: audio open error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
>
> Could someone please tell me how to fix this so I could record, or what am I doing wrong here? Thanks.
> Greg
>
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re: recording

[Tyler Spivey]

try setting MIC's capture.
amixer set MIC capture 

recording

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi all,

I am trying to record a test wave file.
I got alsa setup the way I want thanks to some people who suggested using alsamixer instead of amixer.
I know my microphone works, because I can hear myself in the speakers.
However, when I do "rec test.wav", I don't hear anything upon playing the wav file.
When I do "arecord test.wav" I get the following error.


ALSA lib pcm_hw.c:598:(snd_pcm_hw_open) SNDRV_PCM_IOCTL_PVERSION failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
arecord: main:445: audio open error: Inappropriate ioctl for device


Could someone please tell me how to fix this so I could record, or what am I doing wrong here? Thanks.
Greg