Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:56:07 -0500 From: Bill Reid <wer@cstone.net> To: epilogue@attcanada.ca Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sound recording questions Message-ID: <3FBBA0A7.4010804@cstone.net> In-Reply-To: <20031111165957.57114d1e.epilogue@attcanada.ca> References: <20031111165957.57114d1e.epilogue@attcanada.ca>
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Since you have a rec option in your mixer.... I would go ahead and set the record input (which you probably already did) mixer -f /dev/mixer[device] =rec [ line, mic ] When you run mixer you should see ....... Mixer video is currently set to 75:75 Recording source: mic So I got my recording source in mixer output. Also you could try giving the program the actual device /dev/dspW0.1 instead of a symlink.... Maybe it will like that better. The only other thing I can say on the topic is that many full duplex cards (I am not at all familiar with yours) can do full duplex but may only do 8 bit in one direction and 16 bit in the other. So they may be trying to set AFMT_S16_LE or AFMT_STEREO in both directions, which might not work. They should be doing AFMT_U8 on playback and AFMT_STEREO on recording ..... Not sure if this helps you. My only recording interests were to "Tivo" Radio talk show Mainly Art Bell. Um. So I just have some crappy program and some scripts. I have not been played with anything else related to recording. Best wishes, -=Bill epilogue@attcanada.ca wrote: >hello all, > >a couple of questions: > >1) have any of you had success installing ardour (ardour.sf.net)? if so, could you >please contact me to review the steps taken? > >2) audacity users: i currently have audacity-1.0.0_2 installed (audacity.sf.net). >even though it invariably hiccups an error message about /dev/dsp not being a >valid playback device, it does provide playback. i cannot, however, seem to get it >to record. i've scoured both google and the audacity mailing lists, but no luck. > >for what it is worth, i do have 1 recording channel... > > > >>cat /dev/sndstat >> >> >FreeBSD Audio Driver (newpcm) >Installed devices: >pcm0: <ESS Technology Maestro-2E> port 0x1400-0x14ff irq 5 at device 8.0 > on pci0 (4p/1r/4v channels duplex) > >i have also fiddled with the mixer settings in pretty much every way imaginable.... > > > >>mixer >> >> >Mixer vol is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer pcm is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer speaker is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer line is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer mic is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer cd is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer rec is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer ogain is currently set to 50:50 >Mixer line1 is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer phin is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer phout is currently set to 75:75 >Mixer video is currently set to 75:75 > >when i try to record, audacity complains about not being able to record and >playback simultaneously under unix. when i try to change the program's >preferences so that it does not try to do both at the same time, i uncheck >a couple of boxes and hit 'ok'. however, as soon as i hit 'ok', audacity whines >again about /dev/dsp not being a valid device and refuses to accept the changes. > >sigh. > >any suggestions you might have regarding getting recording working with this program >would be VERY much appreciated. thanks for your time. > > >cheers, >epi >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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