From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 3 20:33:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEFA16A474 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:33:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ariesgeek@gmail.com) Received: from hs-out-2122.google.com (hs-out-0708.google.com [64.233.178.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BC4B13C4D5 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 20:33:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ariesgeek@gmail.com) Received: by hs-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id h53so1976821hsh.11 for ; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:33:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=fdEy/taaQEpqEfCkKI9WFB1nrFTs2kVBuWjVcEoElEg=; b=XrvkflPu47Dz30z/zw1BtIuKn7bLHF7lEDJ7n6r5EAUSww73dcatOF5nvBTDwJ+Y7ec1bYADA5DXim0kH79PWu14DpR3S5w6FxIsedtvh+L9AZ0sXu1UfFHMBSKFxVSOCaG9dLEh7jO4wS5PiHEOm3DiwcuePKrx2GIclT/QKaA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=KpoapqG4/geiOcHTlw/q0VSxeizmcl6UejFlCGZesJnyoYXVtNeYGG2EXoUEzN7NsTKP6D27QeVEiuow9Q572p4VKqwjR1UCZYXFyCeG3HpifOtUow8FPyqRKQ4gwhPPbOq5GxGlVTCqrN8V1fmeXA8uaGVrgeQyB+vEClL+Yqg= Received: by 10.142.89.9 with SMTP id m9mr3113885wfb.35.1202070778275; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:32:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.117.20 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Feb 2008 12:32:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 14:32:58 -0600 From: "Dan Kelley" To: "Stuart Barkley" In-Reply-To: <20080203150722.F2411@freeman.4gh.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <47A56758.2000006@math.arizona.edu> <20080203150722.F2411@freeman.4gh.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Not capturing sound X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 20:33:01 -0000 Thank you my friend, that was it. Check the results.: [aries@studio01 ~]$ mixer rec mic rec 100 Setting the mixer rec from 0:0 to 0:0. Setting the mixer rec from 0:0 to 100:100. Fired up Audacity and boom I'm recording. This should be in a FAQ somewhere. I appreciate your help. On Feb 3, 2008 2:15 PM, Stuart Barkley wrote: > On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 at 13:31 -0600, Dan Kelley wrote: > > > Any other suggestions? > > Often the record level is set by the record control. Try: > > mixer =rec mic rec 100 > > Give us the output from the "mixer" command (without any arguments), > "dmesg | grep pcm" and the contents of /dev/sndstat. > > Some sound devices also have a 20db pad on the mic input which may > need to be disabled. Depending upon the specific sound driver there > may be a mixer control which changes this. > > Stuart > http://www.4gh.net/tudor/resume.html > -- > I've never been lost; I was once bewildered for three days, but never > lost! > -- Daniel Boone >