From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx-4.csir.co.za ([146.64.10.99] helo=apollo.csir.co.za) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FW9jc-0002F1-00 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:16:32 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain ([146.64.19.125]) by apollo.csir.co.za (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3JAG7uC024608; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:16:08 +0200 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3JAEIj6030210; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:14:18 +0200 Received: from localhost (wvdwalt@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) with ESMTP id k3JAEHX0030192; Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:14:18 +0200 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: wvdwalt owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:14:17 +0200 (SAST) From: Willem van der Walt X-X-Sender: wvdwalt@localhost.localdomain To: John Heim Subject: Re: Recording on SB Live line-in In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20060418171732.01af1270@mailhost.math.wisc.edu> Message-ID: References: <6.1.0.6.2.20060418171732.01af1270@mailhost.math.wisc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-CSIR-MailScanner-Information: Please contact sys-admin at csir dot co dot za for more information X-CSIR-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: wvdwalt@csir.co.za Cc: speakup 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: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 10:16:33 -0000 You should set the line to R mode. aumix -l R aumix -lq should now show an r next to the numbers. HTH Willem On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, John Heim wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to HelpDesk@csir.co.za. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.