From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FVykf-0005k9-00 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:32:53 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D0A9741B3 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:32:23 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24787-01 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:32:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mailhost.math.wisc.edu (lcyoung.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.90]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FCF4740B5 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:32:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from yoda.math.wisc.edu (yoda.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.12]) by mailhost.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E919B100452 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:32:20 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.2.20060418171732.01af1270@mailhost.math.wisc.edu> X-Sender: jheim@mailhost.math.wisc.edu (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.0.6 Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:32:20 -0500 To: speakup From: John Heim Subject: Recording on SB Live line-in Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-UWMath-MailScanner: amavisd-new at math.wisc.edu X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:32:53 -0000 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